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Northern Thailand is a mountainous wilderness of pristine forest, and with its unbeatable scenery it is truly a beautiful and mystical place. Here you can find Elephant Haven, a place where magnificent Asian elephants are left to roam free after years of hard labour in the cities. The elderly elephants have adopted the young ones, and likewise, adoptive older brothers take care of the small and weak in the herds. Elephant, Return to the Wild follows two elephants from their previous lives of bondage and servitude to their new lives in Elephant Haven’s forest, where they are able to begin their recovery and rehabilitation into the wild.
The Imperial War Museum holds an extraordinary treasure trove of First World War eyewitness testimony. Filmed 50 years ago for the BBC’s landmark series The Great War, only a tiny fraction of this footage ever made it to air. This programme delves into this vault of powerful, personal interviews with soldiers and civilians, enabling their voices to be heard for the first time. This poignant film brings the conflict to vivid and shocking new life: from the horrors of artillery bombardment and the anguish of young men forced to become killers, to fleeting outbreaks of peace on the battlefield, and the heartbreaking stories of the women on the home front who lost those closest to them. This is the Great War as visceral, lived experience, with eyewitnesses still spry, alert and passionate. Finally, they are given their chance to speak directly to us across time.
Babies of the Plains explores the circle of life in the Serengeti. Part 2 of 2.
At Messines in Belgium, bomb disposal specialists work alongside archaeologists on WWIs biggest archaeological dig. This was one of the killing fields of the Western Front, and 100 years later the ground is still littered with unexploded shells, grenades and ammunition. Held by the British in 1914, Messines was captured by German troops, including a young Adolf Hitler, and for nearly three years the two opponents faced each other in trenches. Uncovered by archaeologists, these trenches saw some very heavy fighting. Part 1 of 2.
Daring hostage rescues, strategic counterterrorism, dangerous undercover stings, these are just a few of the risky situations tackled by America's FBI everyday. With exclusive access to the experiences of the FBI and their case agents, this series takes you right into the heart-stopping action. In this episode, a missing persons case leads the FBI to rural Virginia, where a kidnapper is holding a woman and toddler hostage. The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team must lure the suspect into a sniper's crosshairs before the kidnapper carries out his murderous threats.
Daring hostage rescues, strategic counter-terrorism, dangerous undercover stings - these are just a few of the risky situations tackled by America's FBI every day. With exclusive access to the experiences of the FBI and their case agents, this series takes you right into the heart-stopping action. In this episode, the FBI springs to action when an improvised explosive device is found alongside a parade route in Spokane, Washington. Behind it all: a reclusive white supremacist. Special agents must race to hunt down the lone wolf bomber, before he strikes again.
By 1917 German troops had been facing the British in trenches at Messines for almost three years. Archaeologists discover German tunnels - evidence of an underground war. A camera lowered down a flooded German mineshaft looks for remnants of this subterranean battleground. On one night here 19 bombs were detonated beneath German strongpoints, killing 10,000 German soldiers in seconds and creating the biggest explosion that the world had ever seen. Part 2 of 2.
In 1914 women all over Europe were experiencing the impact of a war that reached into every corner of people’s lives. In Britain, war came to the Home Front and in doing so ushered in a seismic shift in the lives of women far from the front line of battle, and this fascinating programme is filled with examples of women from all walks of life, every class and every corner of Britain, and their contributions to the war effort – in the factories, the banks, pulpits and even football pitches. This is their story and shows how, ultimately, victory lay not just in leaving the traditional confines of their lives behind and shouldering responsibility as never before, but culminated in women gaining the vote. The Enfranchisement Bill passed on 6 February 1918 can be attributed to Britain’s wartime women fighting on the Home Front.
Join presenter Andrew White and his team of dedicated walkers as they lead a series of walks throughout Britain. In this episode, travel along part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path and between Huggate and Thixendale on the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
