TV Schedule

  • 00:05

    03 Dec

    Inside Taronga Zoo - Season 2

    Helping animals struggling in the wild is an important part of Taronga's DNA; in the case of the endangered swift parrot, keepers are running a breeding programme aimed at increasing their numbers.

  • 00:50

    03 Dec

    The Yorkshire Vet - Season 10

    An emotional emergency for Peter at a friend's farm; Steve's wife is seriously ill, and now her favourite sheep's life is in the balance. Julian tries to remove an abscess on Karine the alpaca's chin.

  • 01:35

    03 Dec

    The Yorkshire Vet - Season 10

    Peter faces a difficult calving at Ed McDonald's farm; can he get a baby out alive and save mum? Also, Julian faces one of his biggest ever challenges trying to treat one-ton Clydesdale horse Howard.

  • 02:20

    03 Dec

    The Yorkshire Vet - Season 10

    Peter heads to a neighbour's farm hoping that he can save the life of a seriously ill sheep, and cocker spaniel Paddy has an unusual hernia that Julian will need to find a way to fix.

  • 03:05

    03 Dec

    Wild China with Ray Mears - Season 1

    Ray is in Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province; it is earmarked to become the country's first national park, China's Yellowstone.

  • 03:35

    03 Dec

    Wild China with Ray Mears - Season 1

    Ray explores the hills around the Li River in Guanxi Province; this is China's Karst landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the hills look like a dragon in the mist in the early morning.

  • 04:05

    03 Dec

    Wild China with Ray Mears - Season 1

    Ray is exploring the world's largest grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province, and he's on a bear hunt. He heads to Shungu Monastery, where the bears come to eat the monks' food.

  • 04:35

    03 Dec

    Wild China with Ray Mears - Season 1

    Ray explores the magical landscapes of Shangri-La in Yunnan Province; local ranger Yu Jianhua shows Ray where one of China's rarest creatures can be found - Yunnan's black and white snub-nosed monkey.

  • 05:05

    03 Dec

    Inside Taronga Zoo - Season 2

    After five years of construction, Taronga's African Savannah precinct will soon be opened; in order to move into their new enclosure, Taronga's giraffe have been training for well over a year.

  • 05:50

    03 Dec

    Inside Taronga Zoo - Season 2

    Taronga Zoo takes care of ten female squirrel monkeys - to ensure the success of the breeding season, Taronga has imported two males from New Zealand who are just ending their quarantine period.

  • 06:00

    03 Dec

    Inside Taronga Zoo - Season 2

    Chimpanzee Naomi has had some struggle conceiving; she has had two births but they were both stillborn. The zoo brings in a specialist to find out what is going on with Naomi.

  • 07:10

    03 Dec

    The Yorkshire Vet - Season 1

    Julian comes up against a difficult patient at a local petting zoo - an angry goat with a suspected broken leg - and Peter and Julian take an afternoon off to visit the annual Great Yorkshire Show.

  • 07:55

    03 Dec

    The Yorkshire Vet - Season 1

    Julian performs surgery on staff member Molly's cat, which appears to have been shot in the head; an exotic bird of prey, a sheepdog run over by a tractor, and an injured tortoise also feature.

  • 08:40

    03 Dec

    Hot Life: Africa - Season 1

    Most species that live in extreme places are delaying their life cycles of reproduction and breeding; wild dogs are advancing their biology by several weeks to avoid the dangers of heat to their pups.

  • 09:35

    03 Dec

    Hot Life: Africa - Season 1

    The caracal always lives where the land and vegetation are the same colour; it is stealthy and silent, a perfect master of camouflage and also a specialist in deserts and savannahs.

  • 10:25

    03 Dec

    Chasing The Rains - Season 1

    We take a look behind the scenes and reveal how the series was created in collaboration with innovative conservation programmes and inspirational people.

  • 11:15

    03 Dec

    Great Barrier Reef

  • 12:10

    03 Dec

    The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure - Season 1

    The Great Barrier Reef is a living, breathing organism supporting the richest and most complex ecosystem on the planet; we explore Koala Island and take a closer look at lionfish, crocodiles and more.

  • 13:00

    03 Dec

    The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure - Season 1

    The Great Barrier Reef is the only place in the world where ancient rainforest meets a tropical reef, with the coastal fringe supporting a variety of unique wildlife.

  • 13:45

    03 Dec

    Nature's Ultimate Survivors - Season 1

    Kill or be killed: we uncover mind-blowing tactics, ingenious teamwork, and unrivalled speed, stamina and stealth with our top twenty most formidable hunters in the animal kingdom.

  • 14:40

    03 Dec

    Wild Texas

  • 16:20

    03 Dec

    Alaska: A Year In The Wild - Season 1

    Autumn is here and temperatures are starting to fall; this is the season when Alaska's wildlife must make final preparations for winter, but time is running out - autumn this far north is short.

  • 17:05

    03 Dec

    America's Wild Border: Northern Exposure

  • 17:55

    03 Dec

    Canada: A Year In The Wild - Season 1

    Spring in Canada is when most animals heave a sigh of relief, but spring is late this year, and the race is on when it finally arrives to find a mate and start a family.

  • 18:40

    03 Dec

    Canada: A Year In The Wild - Season 1

    Summer is the season of plenty for most animals, but not for polar bears; they can't hunt seals until the sea freezes over again, and they grow hungrier by the day when they are stuck on land.

  • 19:25

    03 Dec

    Hot Life: Africa - Season 1

    The caracal always lives where the land and vegetation are the same colour; it is stealthy and silent, a perfect master of camouflage and also a specialist in deserts and savannahs.

  • 20:20

    03 Dec

    Running with the Beest

  • 21:10

    03 Dec

    Wild Dogs: Running with the Pack - Season 1

    Wildlife cameraman Julz Braatvedt arrives in eastern Zambia to film three packs of wild dogs - the Manzis, Kakulis and Stork Colony - in three very different territories.

  • 21:40

    03 Dec

    Wild Dogs: Running with the Pack - Season 1

    It's 100 degrees and rising; as waterholes dry up, Julz is alarmed to find lions in the Kakuli pack's favourite drinking spot but also gets to touch a wild dog for the first time ever.

  • 22:05

    03 Dec

    Wild Dogs: Running with the Pack - Season 1

    There's a shock in the borderlands where the Stork Colony pack roams, Vultures, elephants, baboons, and hyenas make for noisy neighbours for the Manzi pack, and the Kakuli pack goes missing.

  • 22:30

    03 Dec

    Work On The Wild Side - Season 1

    Alison is preparing for the release of Nick, a critically endangered African penguin; Will and Rachel introduce us to orphaned baby rhinos Ribbon and Lazuli, whose mums were killed for their horns.

  • 23:15

    03 Dec

    Wildest Survival - Season 2

    To reach adulthood, animals must constantly overcome many obstacles; from mantids to scimitar-horned oryx, some animals have adapted in surprising ways to ensure they make it to old age unscathed.

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