TV Schedule for BBC Earth HD
Saturday, June 28th TV listings for BBC Earth HD
Merchants of the Wild Wigwaas Jiimaanan (Birchbark Canoes)
After being dropped into the woods with no supplies, six Indigenous strangers learn to patch birchbark canoes.
Merchants of the Wild Shkotae (Fire)
Gabriella and the others experience a wet, cold night; Elder Charlie demonstrates the art of starting fire; Michela's fears grow.
Mysteries From Above Unreachable Places
Strange markings in the remote reaches of Northern Finland; drones find a Manhattan-sized mystery in the depths of a Vietnamese cave; secrets are no longer hidden in the Antarctic; a lost sky-high world in Mozambique gets a visit from above.
Griff's Canadian Adventure Sasakatchewan/alberta Richness / Emptiness
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones explores the prairies and vast sprawling plains of both Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces.
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle Growing Up
The chicks are getting more independent.
High in the mountains of Morocco lives a descendant of a long line of macaque rulers who has been in charge of her troupe for many winters - one of the longest recorded reigns of an alpha - but this year is likely to be her last.
Serengeti Destiny
With food in abundance it's a time of plenty in the Serengeti, but a series of unexpected events turns families against each other and stretches relationships to breaking point.
Serengeti Conflict
As the Serengeti starts to dry out, competition heats up between the families; the strong females take center stage, dealing with headstrong males and fighting for the survival of their kin.
Serengeti Invasion
The anticipation of the annual Great Migration is being felt by all of the Serengeti's families as they wait with great desperation for it to arrive; the land continues to get hotter and hunger starts to bite as food becomes even more scarce.
Serengeti Exodus
The dry season is now upon the animals of the Serengeti, turning the waterhole into a death trap for the herds, but for some this season is a gift.
Inside the Factory Pencils
Gregg Wallace goes to a historic factory in Germany that produces 600,000 pencils a day; at materials intake, he is astonished that the main material in a pencil is not lead but graphite; he helps mix this with clay to produce a 250-kilo batch.
Mammals Cold
From ice covered seas to snow-capped mountains, mammals have conquered the cold, living in the most inhospitable places on Earth thanks to their intelligence and adaptations.
Planet Earth: Dynasties II Cheetah
On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.
Wonders of the Solar System Order Out of Chaos
How Earth's cosmic backyard emerged from chaotic clouds of gas; two extraordinary wonders on Earth.
Croc and Hippo Watch with Steve Backshall
Steve tries to figure out if crocodiles are better off living in the wild or within the confines of the reserve; looking the world's oldest croc in the eye and how a crayfish reshapes an entire ecosystem.
Planet Earth: Dynasties II Cheetah
On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.
Wonders of the Solar System Order Out of Chaos
How Earth's cosmic backyard emerged from chaotic clouds of gas; two extraordinary wonders on Earth.
Croc and Hippo Watch with Steve Backshall
Steve tries to figure out if crocodiles are better off living in the wild or within the confines of the reserve; looking the world's oldest croc in the eye and how a crayfish reshapes an entire ecosystem.
Edges Unknown Bootleggers
During prohibition, men would regularly risk their lives to transport the goods; with the Great Lakes as the backdrop for this endeavour many men were lost; Brett and Cliff try their hands at bootlegging.
Edges Unknown Homesteaders
As pioneers settled North America, many ventured to find their own piece of paradise in the remote wilderness; homesteaders aim was to build a home for their families to grow and flourish; Brett and Cliff are determined they have what it takes.
Edges Unknown Castaways
Brett and Cliff aim to put themselves through the experience of losing one's ship and needing to be rescued.
Edges Unknown Ranchers
Ranchers would hire cowpokes to deliver their cattle when it was time to take the animals to market; Brett and Cliff to test their mettle in the unforgiving landscape of the Southwest.
Arctic Secrets Waiting for Winter
It's November at Cape Tatnam, and though winter is coming to the lower Western shore of Hudson Bay, the ice, which should be forming by now is nowhere to be seen.
Great Blue Wild Save the Giants
The coastline of Mozambique attracts some of the world's largest filter feeders; Two of Mozambique's leading marine researchers, Andrea Marshall and Nakia Cullain, set out to find one of the ocean's most secretive animals.
Great Blue Wild Macro Mozambique
Humpbacks and whale sharks visit the coast of Mozambique.