Canadian bear expert Charlie Russell rescues two orphaned cubs destined for death in a squalid Russian zoo and secrets them away to his home in the remote wilds of the South Kamchatka peninsula, in the former Soviet Union. Air Date : 11th-Oct-2007

Canadian bear expert Charlie Russell rescues two orphaned cubs destined for death in a squalid Russian zoo and secrets them away to his home in the remote wilds of the South Kamchatka peninsula, in the former Soviet Union. Air Date : 11th-Oct-2007  Read More

Explorer the ongoing quest to extend human life, the cutting-edge research and the latest discoveries. Air Date : 18th-Oct-2007  Read More

Climate change is irrevocably altering the world as we know it, challenging our sense of the future and the fundamental values of our industrial societies. Air Date : 25th-Oct-2007  Read More

Explore the impact of both colonial and contemporary initiatives in Kenya and how they affect the peoples who have traditionally lived off the land. Air Date : 1st-Nov-2007  Read More

The emerging world market in living cells, where an individual's genes can be bought and sold as commodities. Air Date : 8th-Nov-2007  Read More

Witness the exciting lead up to the launch of the new High Speed One service out of St. Pancras Station, in London. A look at the Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most sophisticated machine ever constructed by science. And an interview with musician and environmentalist, Sarah Harmer. Air Date : 15th-Nov-2007  Read More

Now that climate change is an accepted, if inconvenient, truth, how are we coping? David Suzuki takes a first-hand look at how climate change is affecting Canadians where it really hurts: in their ability to make a living. Air Date : 22nd-Nov-2007  Read More

Hot Times in the City takes the pulse of three major Canadian cities: Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax, as they grapple with one of the planet's greatest threats to human health: global warming. Air Date : 29th-Nov-2007  Read More

A look into the multi-billion dollar underworld of counterfeit drugs, the tale of the Lunokhod a self-propelled robot on the Moon that could be controlled from the Earth and an interview with Boston Bruins' defenseman, Andrew Ference. Air Date : 6th-Dec-2007  Read More

Air Date : 6th-Jan-2008  Read More

In Hearing, episode one of The Science of the Senses, finding the answer to that question will take us on a journey through the ear, into the brain and right into the heart of the human psyche. Air Date : 10th-Jan-2008  Read More

In The Science of the Senses: Touch we will take a journey through the skin, into the subcutaneous world of our sensory receptors and up into the brain as we explore the hidden language of our most essential sense. Air Date : 17th-Jan-2008  Read More

In this episode of The Science of the Senses, we explore how smell combines with taste, somewhere in our brain, to create the perception of flavour. Most people wrongly assume that taste dominates. But what actually allows us to differentiate one food from another beyond the basics of sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, is the aroma. Air Date : 24th-Jan-2008  Read More

This episode takes viewers on a fascinating tour of our visual world, from the moment light enters our eyes, to the way this information is transformed into electrical impulses and decoded by our brain - the domain of "visual perception". The act of "seeing" takes an immense amount of brainpower, more than 65% of the brain's neural pathways. Air Date : 31st-Jan-2008  Read More

Explores how China's 1.3 billion people interact with their extraordinary wildlife and landscapes. Air Date : 22nd-Jun-2008  Read More

Beneath billowing clouds in China's far southwest, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks and jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. Air Date : 28th-Jun-2008  Read More

Explore the vast windswept wilderness in one of the world's most remote places - the size of Western Europe. Air Date : 29th-Jun-2008  Read More

Travel across China's heartland where its Han people are the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization. Air Date : 5th-Jul-2008  Read More

Warrior nomads, bizarre wildlife and extreme weather conditions are found beyond the Wall, built by China's emperors. Air Date : 12th-Jul-2008  Read More

China's coast is an area of huge contrast-from futuristic modern cities jostling traditional seaweed-thatched villages to ancient tea terraces and wild wetlands where rare animals still survive. Air Date : 13th-Jul-2008  Read More

The SEDNA IV sails across the Polar Front, an area where cold turbulent Antarctic waters meet warmer water from the north - one of the earth's last great refuges for wildlife. Air Date : 20th-Jul-2008  Read More

Antarctica's inhabitants are telling us that their world is changing in complex and subtle ways. The once successful colonies of diminutive Adelie penguins are declining because of increased snowfall - one of the unexpected consequences of a warmer climate. Air Date : 27th-Jul-2008  Read More

A cold and mysterious world that is home to some of the toughest and most unusual creatures on the planet: giant ribbon worms, dragon fish, and ancient sponges. Air Date : 3rd-Aug-2008  Read More

Follow mission leader Jean Lemire and his crew as they endure 17 months on the expedition to measure the threat posed by global warming in the Antarctic - a place where the Earth is particularly vulnerable. Air Date : 30th-Aug-2008  Read More