One of the most momentous discoveries in palaeontology was made in 2003 when a 67-million-year-old dinosaur “mummy” was unearthed in North Dakota.
Only a few mummified dinosaurs have ever been found and none with as much potential to revolutionise our knowledge of dinosaurs. This film follows the extraordinary process of excavating the fossilised mummy, the analysis from one of the largest CT scans ever taken and the potentially ground-breaking results of the scientific investigation. Established theories of dinosaurs’ appearance and movement are called into question.
In the UK we now spend an estimated half a billion pounds every year on face creams that claim to make women - and men - look younger.
The marketing for these creams often features scientific, hi-tech sounding ingredients, yet unlike drug companies the beauty industry does not have to publish clinical trials showing whether these creams are effective. Read More »
Never work with children, animals…or crabs! Friday’s Discovery photo call for the launch of Deadliest Catch went horribly wrong as a tank holding £5,000 worth of giant crabs smashed on the ground.
Since Deadliest Catch premiered on Discovery Channel in 2005, millions of viewers have been captivated by the fleet of crab-fishing boats and their unforgettable captains and crews who risk life and limb, braving treacherous conditions on the high seas. This May the Emmy®-nominated series returns to Discovery, launching with eight brand-new episodes Tuesdays from 6th May. Read More »
Child Of Our Time returns to our screens tonight on BBC One. I love this show and in some ways almost feel as if I kind of know some of the children by now.
In tonight’s show, Professor Robert Winston looks at our culture which is often dominated by sex, celebrity and consumerism, what are these children learning? And is the divide of the sexes growing?
I loved this clip below, and I just know that if my six year old daughter was taking part she would definitely have LOVED Princess Pop!
Obesity is big news. Health Secretary Alan Johnson has described the problem as “the most significant public and personal health challenge facing our society.” And the government is instigating several action plans to tackle the problem.
One in four pre-school children is obese and, with eight out of ten obese children growing into obese adults, things need to change.
Too Fat To Toddle focuses on four families with overweight children, to see if this problem can be nipped in the bud before it’s too late. Read More »
Grand Designs goes live for the first time ever with a week-long series of programmes celebrating the best of British passion, design and innovation in our homes.
Kevin McCloud has just six days to build his own Grand Design , and he’ll be building it live every night. Also at the heart of this week-long celebration will be a nationwide competition to find the Grand Designs Home of the Year. Read More »
Channel 4’s acclaimed foreign affairs strand exposes a dark side to Egypt that the authorities don’t want foreigners to see: a secretive society of around 40,000 people literally living in rubbish in a Cairo ghetto overrun by rats and disease. Read More »
Joanna Lumley attempts to realise her life’s ambition in a one-off special film for BBC One.
Travelling north across the Arctic Circle up through Norway and finally to Svalbard, Joanna takes viewers on a very personal journey as she hopes to see the spell-binding Northern Lights in Joanna Lumley: Land Of The Northern Lights (working title).
Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, yet dreamed of the winter wonderland she read about in books.
She says: “I had never seen snow and never felt cold. In the Far East, cold was a luxury and snow was only in pictures in fairy stories.” Read More »
Continuing this special series as the Embarrassing Illnesses doctors aim to de-stigmatise common complaints that many people would rather ignore than take to their GP. This show is dedicated to gynaecological issues as the three straight-talking doctors - Christian Jessen, Dawn Harper and Pixie McKenna - take their clinic to the streets of the UK, finding patients who desperately need their help.
Embarrassing Bodies features a case study of a mother who has experienced a vaginal and rectal prolapse following the birth of her large baby, and a woman who has spent the last 26 years putting up with urge incontinence. Dr Pixie also meets a student whose condition of polycystic ovarian syndrome has given her excess hair on her face, back and chest. Read More »
Journalist Jacques Peretti travels to the heart of Essex to examine what happened on that fateful night that ended in Stuart Lubbock’s death and helped bring about the end of Michael Barrymore’s glittering career.
Through the events of that night, Jacques gains insight not just into the personal demons of a fallen entertainment icon, but also into the contradictory worlds Barrymore tried to straddle: Read More »
