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January 2016 Primetime Schedule
FRIDAY JANUARY 1
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2:00am The Manor Reborn
7:00pm Secrets of the Castle
(1 of 5) Peter and Tom set to work straight
away learning the skills of the medieval
stonemasons to construct a beautiful
spiral staircase. [CC]
8:00pm Secrets of the Castle
(2 of 5) This time the team are defending the
castle. Ruth, Tom and Peter explore the art
of medieval combat and the building of the
castle’s defensive structures. [CC]
(2 of 4) Work at Avebury Manor gets under
way, but will the National Trust accept the
colour scheme for the Queen’s bedroom? [CC]
10:00pm Secrets of the Castle
(4 of 5) Ruth, Peter and Tom discover the
ways in which every aspect of construction
at the castle requires the masons, blacksmiths and carpenters to coordinate
their efforts. [CC]
11:00pm Secrets of the Castle
(5 of 5) Peter visits Vezeley Abbey to examine
first hand some of the influences that were
shaping the stone architecture of the period.
[CC]
12:00am The Polar Sea
Passage To The Future (10 of 10) The explorers
exit the Bering Strait and complete the
Northwest Passage. In two months, our
sailors have completed a journey that
Britain’s Royal Navy could not achieve in
five centuries of trying. [DV] [CC]
1:00am The Manor Reborn
(1 of 4) Designer Russell Sage, architectural
writer Dan Cruickshank and historian
Anna Whitelock make a pitch to the U.K.’s
National Trust to reinterpret 500-year-old
Avebury Manor. [CC]
(3 of 4) The experts come to blows over the
royal bed, and the opening of the Victorian
kitchen garden is threatened by wildlife. [CC]
4:00am The Manor Reborn
(4 of 4) Designer Russell Sage and the
historical experts rush to get the house
ready for opening day. [CC]
4:00pm The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (1 of 2)
Over the centuries diverse peoples have
sought to carve out lives from a land riddled
with lakes and limestone. [CC]
5:00pm The Shield
Island of Great Spirit: Manitoulin (2 or 2)
Exploring the complex relationships
between the Anishinabek, the French,
the British, and the settlers, who all shared
the Great Manitoulin and its resources. [CC]
The Class of ’92 details the rise to
prominence and global sporting superstardom of six talented young Manchester
United footballers: David Beckham, Nicky
Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and
Gary Neville. [CC]
Westminster
The archaeologists have three days to
pin down the location of a lost sacristy
and uncover the Anglo Saxon origins
of the Abbey. [CC]
11:30pm Untamed Americas
Mountains
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
12:30amCoast
Our Holiday Coast
See 8 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:30am The Class of ’92
6:00pm Canada Over the Edge
Haida Gwaii South
Starting at BC’s mainland, we head west
to the shores of Haida Gwaii. The Haida
people’s cultural past is told through the
town of Skidegate’s residents. [RP] [CC]
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:30am Time Team
Westminster
See 10:40 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:30am Museum Diaries
7:00pm National Geographic
Untamed Americas: Mountains
Stunning HD cinematography produces
an epic yet intimate look at the mountains
of North and South America. [DV] [CC]
Fakes & Frauds Exposed
A look at the techniques that
conservators and technicians use to
reveal the authenticity of artifacts.
Some fakes are masterfully disguised.
[DV] [RP] [CC]
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[RP] = Repeat Program
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9:00pm The Class of ’92
10:40pm Time Team
SATURDAY JANUARY 2
The Agenda
with Steve Paikin
[NEW!] = New Episode
[DV] = Descriptive Video [NEW!]
Our Holiday Coast
Nick Crane follows a centuries-old tourist
trail out of London and heads for Margate,
via Southend on Sea. [CC]
3:00am The Manor Reborn
9:00pm Secrets of the Castle
(3 of 5) Ruth, Peter and Tom enter the
colourful world of medieval interior design.
Peter and Tom render and limewash the
inside walls of a guard tower. [CC]
8:00pm Coast
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January 2016 Primetime Schedule
SUNDAY JANUARY 3
4:00pm The Blue Realm
Tentacles
Scientists attempt to unravel the secrets of
cephalopods, including the Caribbean reef
squid, giant octopus, and cuttlefish. [CC]
11:00pm The Great Canadian
12:00am The Truth About Calories
Tax Dodge
Examining the issue of tax avoidance,
including how corporations and wealthy
individuals use offshore tax havens to
minimize their taxes. [DV] [CC]
1:00am Tudor Monastery Farm
Miracle Venom
The waters of Papua New Guinea and
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef harbour
an exceptional variety of venomous fish,
reptiles and invertebrates. [CC]
6:00pm Autism Grows Up
Tens of thousands of young adults
with Autism Spectrum Disorder are
looking for work in Canada – and over
a hundred thousand more are on their
way. Are we ready? [CC]
7:00pm World’s Oldest Child
Dr. Harold Dibble and a crew of
archaeologists and students dig in
the ancient soil of a small cave near
the Moroccan coast, finding a human
skull which appears to be that of
a child. 18+ [DV] [CC]
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Wild Shepherdess
12:00am You Don’t Like the Truth:
5:00pm The Blue Realm
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
4 Days Inside Guantanamo
This film shows the CSIS interrogation
of Omar Kahdr at Guantanamo Bay
Prison in 2003. The raw prison footage is
accompanied by commentary from Khadr’s
lawyers, cellmates and family members
as well as psychiatrists, and a former
US interrogator. [CC]
Afghanistan (1 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Simon Schama:
Shakespeare and Us
(1 of 2) Examining Shakespeare’s
Henry VI, a democratic vision that
Shakespeare expanded upon in
Henry IV. [CC]
4:00am Simon Schama:
2:00am Fight Like Soldiers,
Die Like Children
General Roméo Dallaire (ret.) was UN Force
Commander during the Rwandan genocide
in 1994. Now he is on a global mission to
eradicate the use of child soldiers. 18+ [CC]
Shakespeare and Us
(2 of 2) A look at the ways that Shakespeare’s
tragedies stripped away the mask of royalty
to reveal truths not just about kings and
queens, but about humanity. [CC]
TUESDAY JANUARY 5
3:00amProsecutor
The International Criminal Court issues
an arrest warrant for Sudanese president
Omar Al-Bashir for war crimes. Behind
the charges: the court’s controversial
Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. [CC]
7:00pm Is Seeing Believing?
MONDAY JANUARY 4
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
A better understanding of our senses
is opening up exciting new possibilities,
enabling people to harness powers they
never knew they had. [CC]
8:00pm Walking Through History [NEW!]
Bronte Country
Tony Robinson returns for a series
of spectacular walks around Britain’s
historic landscapes, starting with a tour
of the Yorkshire landscapes that inspired
the Brontes. [DV] [CC]
[CC]
7:00pm Wild Shepherdess
Afghanistan (1 of 3) Kate Humble treks
into the remote mountains of Afghanistan,
where she lives with some of the most
traditional shepherds on earth. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Banaz Mahmod, a British woman,
was “disappeared” by her family in 2006
because she tried to choose a life for herself.
Her story strengthens the fight to overcome
oppression and outdated cultural practices.
[CC]
[CC]
9:00pmBorgen
89,000 Children
A year has passed since our last glimpse
of Birgitte Nyborg. She visits soldiers
stationed in Afghanistan when their
encampment comes under attack, claiming
the lives of several soldiers. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm Caligula with Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard explores the life
and times of one of Rome’s most notorious
individuals: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus
Germanicus, better known to us as Caligula.
[CC]
9:00pm Banaz – An ’Honour Killing’
9:00pm The Truth About Calories [NEW!]
From the farm to the food factory,
Dr. Chris Van Tulleken goes in search
of the truth about calories, challenging
everything we thought we knew. [CC]
10:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm
A look at the theme of hospitality in
Tudor England. With no provision for
the poor from the state, monasteries
provided welfare. [CC]
10:00pm Genius of Marie Curie –
The Woman Who Lit Up The World
Marie Curie’s story has become one of iconic
scientific heroism, but Curie’s is also a story
of a woman who fell in love three times,
and endured loss. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Banaz – An ’Honour Killing’
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
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1:00am Genius of Marie Curie –
The Woman Who Lit Up The World
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Is Seeing Believing?
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The World According to Irving
John Irving is one of the world’s most read
writers. This film visualizes the elation
in his novels, a factor which makes him
a literary figure of global format. [CC]
4:00am WB Yeats – No Country
FRIDAY JANUARY 8
7:00pm The Land Between
The Best of Both Worlds
Find out how the transitional geology and
ecology of this area has been understood
for centuries. [CC]
Waitressing and the Art of Service
This film delves into Toronto’s classic diners,
Montreal’s “sexy restos” and Tokyo’s fantasy
“maid bars” in an insider’s look at gender,
power, and the art of service. [CC]
for Old Men
In Ireland, Yeats is regarded as the poet
laureate of the new nation. In Britain he
is regarded as a romantic, Irish dreamer.
This film concentrates on his later work
and the themes that inspired him. [CC]
4:00amCorpus
THURSDAY JANUARY 7
Where There’s a Will
A woman is threatened with eviction after
a violent dispute over a will. 14+ [CC]
7:00pm Swimming With Killer Whales
10:00pm New Tricks [NEW!]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
3:00am Dish: Women,
A healthy 32 year-old, Connie Diletti
journeys across North America to decide
what to do with her body after she dies. [CC]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6
Ingrid Visser investigates the mysterious
deaths of critically endangered killer whales,
and what they tell us about the health of
our oceans. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pmHeartbeat
Prodigal Sons
With Sasha back on fighting form,
UCOS investigate the death of a talented
cricket prodigy. 14+ [CC]
7:00pm How Nature Works
The Emerald Band
Discover the intricate mechanisms that
make life on Earth possible, beginning with
the diversity of species in the rainforest. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
[CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
9:00pm Mrs. Carey’s Concert
12:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
At a Sydney girls’ school, music director
Karen Carey prepares her young students
for a classical concert at the Sydney
Opera House. [CC]
9:00pm The Great Canadian
Tax Dodge
See Sunday, January 3 at 11 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
10:00pm The Maestro and the Master
This film follows the drama and passions
surrounding the creation of the first new
opera house to be built in Russia since
the Czars. [RP] [CC]
Emergency (1 of 3) Thirty-six hours after
one of the deadliest earthquakes in history,
a team from the International Federation of
Red Crosses (IFRC) is travelling overland
into Haiti. [CC]
10:40pm Taking Flight
Following the struggles and triumphs of
Edmonton’s resident ballet company as it
takes a giant risk and turns professional. [CC]
1:00am
11:20pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
2:00am New Tricks
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
Heartbeat
Where There’s a Will
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Prodigal Sons
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
12:30am Mrs. Carey’s Concert
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:10amTaking Flight
12:00am The Great Canadian
See 10:40 pm. [RP] [CC]
Tax Dodge
See Sunday, January 3 at 11 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
3:00am Swimming With Killer Whales
2:00am How Nature Works
The Emerald Band
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
The Best of Both Worlds
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
Emergency (1 of 3) See 12 am. [RP] [CC]
SATURDAY JANUARY 9
1:00am The Maestro and the Master
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Land Between
4:00am Chaorismatic –
David Altmejd Sculptor
Journey into the strange yet beautiful
world of Montréal artist David Altmejd.
The artist’s half brother follows Altmejd
as he prepares for the prestigious Venice
Biennial in 2007. [RP] [CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
Untamed Americas: Coasts
Shaped by three oceans, America’s coastline
twists well over 100,000 miles almost from
pole to pole. [DV] [CC]
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8:00pmCoast [NEW!]
Bounty from the Sea
Nick Crane is on an island odyssey in the
Faroes on a mission to gather all manner
of bounty to take to a traditional feast. [CC]
9:00pm Stop at Nothing
This is the Lance Armstrong enriched
himself by cheating his fans, his sport and
the truth. But the former friends whose lives
he destroyed would prove to be his nemeses.
[CC]
10:45pm Time Team
Mull
Time Team descend on the Isle of Mull
at the invitation of two local amateur
archaeologists to investigate a mysterious
set of earthworks. [CC]
9:00pmBorgen
In Brussels No One Can Hear You Scream
The Prime Minister is about to appoint
a new EU commissioner. Kasper prepares
to move in with his new girlfriend, but his
history with Katrine still haunts him.
14+ [CC]
9:00pm Sicily Unpacked
(1 of 3) Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio
Locatelli introduce one another to the
things they love about the island. Their
first stop is a restaurant near the village
of Porto Paolo. [CC]
10:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm
10:00pm The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America [NEW!]
Kingdom of the Jaguar
Host Jago Cooper begins by journeying
through southern Mexico to investigate the
rise and fall of America’s oldest civilisation,
the Olmec. [CC]
This week the team will be bringing in the
barley and celebrating with a harvest feast to
give thanks for their bounteous crop. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Sicily Unpacked
11:00pm A Hard Name
Ex-convicts talk about their lives in
prison and their struggles to adapt to life
on the outside. [CC]
(1 of 3) See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:00am Tudor Monastery Farm
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
11:40pm Untamed Americas
Coasts
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
12:30am Venom: Nature’s Killer
2:00am Wild Shepherdess
12:30amCoast
1:30am Walking Through History
3:00am From C to C: Chinese
Bounty from the Sea
See 8 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:30am Stop at Nothing
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
Victoria and Albert’s Highland Fling
See 8 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
2:30amBorgen
In Brussels No One Can Hear You Scream
See Sunday at 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Peru (2 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
Canadian Stories of Migration
A moving, cinematic tapestry of Chinese
Canadian stories of migration, contrasting
historical accounts with the experiences
of contemporary Chinese Canadian youth.
[RP] [CC]
3:30am Time Team
Mull
See 10:45 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:30am Museum Diaries
Borneo Bound
The ROM Curator leads a team on a six-week
research trip to the other side of the world
and into the rain forests of the Mulu
Mountains in Borneo. [DV] [RP] [CC]
3:30am The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America
Kingdom of the Jaguar
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
A robot is used to explore what lies behind
a stone door deep inside the Great Pyramid
of the Pharaoh Khufu on the Giza plateau.
[DV] [CC]
4:30amDeadman
SUNDAY JANUARY 10
Matt Sandvoss’ Wild West-obsessed,
constructing a replica of an Old-West
town in a remote part of British Columbia.
His work raises questions about the
stereotypes of cowboys and Indians. [RP] [CC]
7:00pm Venom: Nature’s Killer
MONDAY JANUARY 11
What they lack in speed, strength and size,
some of the world’s deadliest predators make
up for with chemical weapons. Venom holds
fabulous secrets – and promises of medical
miracles. 18+ [DV] [CC]
4:00am Egypt: Into the Great Pyramids
TUESDAY JANUARY 12
7:00pm Swallowed by a Black Hole
Deep in the heart of the Milky Way
galaxy, a rare cataclysmic drama is about
to unfold. For cosmic detectives, it is a
precious opportunity to observe a black
hole’s power. [CC]
7:00pm Wild Shepherdess
Peru (2 of 3) Kate Humble explores how
Peruvian alpaca herders are reviving the fine
textile heritage of their Incan ancestors. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pm Genetic Me
8:00pm Walking Through History [NEW!]
Victoria and Albert’s Highland Fling
In the Cairngorms, Tony Robinson discovers
how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert fell
in love with the Highlands and shaped some
Scottish traditions. [DV] [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
Science journalist Lone Frank is determined
to change her personality. To find out how,
she undergoes psychological tests and gets
relevant genes mapped out. [CC]
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10:00pm The Truth About Exercise
Scientists are uncovering surprising
truths about what exercise is really doing
to our bodies, and why we all respond
to it differently. [CC]
2:00am How Nature Works
The Secret of Savannah
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Pink Ribbons, Inc.
3:00amDisfarmer:
A Portrait of America
The Arkansas portrait photographer
known as Mike Disfarmer captured the lives
and emotions of the people of rural America
during the two World Wars and the Great
Depression. [CC]
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Breast cancer has become the poster
child of corporate cause-related marketing
campaigns. Millions of dollars are raised
in the name of breast cancer, but where
does this money go and what does it
actually achieve? [CC]
1:00am The Truth About Exercise
THURSDAY JANUARY 14
How the mugshot has been sensationalized
by celebrities, exploited by the leniency of
freedom of information, and has captured
the attention of the art world. [DV] [RP] [CC]
7:00pm Wild Arabia
FRIDAY JANUARY 15
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Genetic Me
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Swallowed by a Black Hole
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Battery Man
Biba Struja can conduct electricity through
his body. This is a poignant portrait of a
social outsider with gifts that are a blessing
and a curse. [CC]
4:00am Lake of a Thousand Caiman
At the start of the Amazon’s dry season, the
forest drains, and South America’s largest
predators, the black caiman, are driven to
the only remaining source of water. [DV] [CC]
Sand, Wind, Stars (1 of 3) Entering the
wilderness of Arabia to discover wildlife like
the snow-white oryx and the jerboa, horned
vipers and scorpions. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
4:00amMugshot
7:00pm The Land Between
The Country of our Defeat
The story of the surveyors and traders
who were among the first Europeans to
come to The Land Between. [CC]
[CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00pm Brazil with Michael Palin
Out of Africa
Michael Palin travels from Sao Luis just
south of the equator to the bustling city of
Salvador, the capital of Bahia. He explores
the landscape, food, music, and colonial
heritage of the region. [RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13
[CC]
9:00pmHeartbeat
Taking Sides
Neil is accused of groping by a female
patient. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm New Tricks [NEW!]
10:00pm Dance For Me
7:00pm How Nature Works
The Secret of Savannah
Find out why elephants are crucial
to keeping the East African grasslands
in shape. [CC]
Fourteen-year-old Mie is one of Denmark’s
top dancers, and the Russian Egor lives with
Mie and her mother. The duo appear to be
perfect together. But Egor is having trouble
adjusting to his new home. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Fame Game
While Sasha is occupied with an intensive
training course, the boys’ investigations take
them to a lookalike agency where the top two
acts were found dead. 14+ [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
9:00pmBuck
12:00am Brazil with Michael Palin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
Buck Brannaman is a real-life “horsewhisperer” who eschews the violence
of his upbringing and teaches people to
communicate with their horses through
leadership and sensitivity. [CC]
Out of Africa
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
2:00am Wild Arabia
1:00am Dance For Me
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
Relief
Two weeks after the earthquake, people are
becoming more and more desperate – more
than a million people need food, water and
emergency shelter. [CC]
1:00am
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00amBuck
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Sand, Wind, Stars (1 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
Heartbeat
Taking Sides
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am New Tricks
The Fame Game
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:30am
Deadman
See Sunday, January 10 at 4:30 am. [RP] [CC]
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SUNDAY JANUARY 17
MONDAY JANUARY 18
7:00pm Quest for the Lost Maya
7:00pm Wild Shepherdess
Relief
See 12 am. [RP] [CC]
In the past decade, researchers have
made a series of startling discoveries that
reveal a gap­ing hole in our understanding
of the Maya. [DV] [CC]
SATURDAY JANUARY 16
8:00pm Walking Through History [NEW!]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
3:00am The Land Between
The Country of our Defeat
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
7:00pm National Geographic
Untamed Americas: Deserts
Deserts are among the harshest
environments on the planet. Wind and
water sculpt these thirst-lands into natural
monuments. The desert reveals surprising
stories of survival and perseverance. [DV] [CC]
8:00pmCoast [NEW!]
Ingenious Isles
Nick Crane is following the Welsh
Coastal Path around Anglesey and taking
in 700 years of inspired thinking and
ingenious isles. [CC]
9:00pm Venus and Serena [NEW!]
An unfiltered look into the remarkable lives
of the greatest sister act professional tennis
has ever seen. [CC]
Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire
Tony Robinson visits Pembrokeshire to
see why it feels English, even though it’s
over 100 miles from the border. He traces
the Norman conquest that turned it into
‘Little England beyond Wales’. [DV] [CC]
The Last Worker
Pressure grows on the home front, where
Phillip has a new girlfriend. Katrine covers
a political seminar for Laugesen, who has
his own agenda. 14+ [RP] [CC]
of Central America [NEW!]
The People who Greeted Columbus
The Taino people of the Caribbean had
a multicultural society. In deep caverns
and turquoise seas, Jago uncovers their
hidden history. [CC]
11:00pm Listen to This
Pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo starts a music
program at a school in the Jane and Finch
neighbourhood and works with the students
one-on-one to help them find their voice. [CC]
Deserts
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
12:00am Quest for the Lost Maya
12:30amCoast
1:00am Walking Through History
1:30am Venus and Serena
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
4:03amRecessionize!
For Fun and Profit!
Director Jamie Kastner sets off on a
road trip through California, Europe and
Dubai to meet those who manage to turn the
world economic crisis into opportunity. [CC]
(2 of 3) Andrew and Giorgio explore the
legacy of Spain’s 500-year occupation of the
island and the influence this has had on art
and culture. [CC]
10:00pm Wartime Farm
(1 of 8) The team begin their time on the
wartime farm by reclaiming badlands to
grow new crops. [CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Sicily Unpacked
(2 of 3) See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:00am
Wartime Farm
(1 of 8) See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Wild Shepherdess
Australia (3 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Defector:
Escape From North Korea
Following the journey of Sook-Ja and
Yong-hee who escape North Korea and meet
with a broker who guides North Korean
defectors to their freedom. [RP] [CC]
Norman Conquest of Pembrokeshire
See 8 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
4:00amProsecutor
2:00amBorgen
TUESDAY JANUARY 19
3:00am The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America
The People who Greeted Columbus
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
7:00pm Mega Structures –
Sinking a Destroyer
Canadian and United States Navy forces
converge for a live fire exercise off the coast
of British Columbia. The goal: sink the
HMCS Huron, a Tribal-class destroyer. [CC]
4:00am Listen to This
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Last Worker
See Sunday at 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:15am Time Team
Piercebridge
See 10:40 pm. [RP] [CC]
9:00pm Sicily Unpacked
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
10:00pm The Lost Kingdoms
11:30pm Untamed Americas
Ingenious Isles
See 8 pm. [RP] [CC]
[CC]
9:00pmBorgen
10:40pm Time Team
Piercebridge
Tony Robinson and the team examine a
stretch of the River Tees where local divers
have found over 2000 Roman finds. [RP] [CC]
Australia (3 of 3) Kate Humble travels into
the Australian Outback to work on a massive
sheep station, where 25,000 sheep are raised
on a million acres of pasture. [CC]
See 11 pm. [RP] [CC]
See Sunday, January 3 at 3 am. [DV] [CC]
[CC]
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9:00pm Blood Lions
[NEW!]
Journalist and safari operator Ian Michler
visits breeding farms to witness the results
of lions reared in battery cages. Rick Swazey,
an American hunter, volunteers his services
after seeing footage of canned hunts. Rick
purchases a lioness online and then travels
to South Africa to follow the path of canned
hunters. [CC]
10:00pm Marilyn vs. Marilyn
In an effort to be seen as a “serious” actress,
Marilyn Monroe went to New York to take
lessons with Lee Strasberg. She also set up
her own production company. [CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
See 9 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
Exploring the impact of digital technology
and social media on the way we experience
our lives. [DV] [CC]
1:00am Marilyn vs. Marilyn
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
2:00am How Nature Works
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Blood Lions
See 9 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
1:00am Life after Digital
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
The Magic Forest
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Listen to This
See Sunday, January 17 at 11 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:00amBroke
2:00am Mega Structures –
Sinking a Destroyer
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
David Woolfson’s A1 Trading Pawnshop in
Edmonton offers a glimpse into a subculture
where stories of despair, hope and humanity
play out every day. [CC]
3:00am Raw Opium:
THURSDAY JANUARY 21
Pain, Pleasure, Profits
(1 of 2) A look at the history, science and
politics of the opium trade. [RP] [CC]
7:00pm Wild Arabia
4:00am Raw Opium:
Pain, Pleasure, Profits
(2 of 2) The story of opium continues
to unfold, with a heroin user entering
treatment and a doctor working to change
the public’s attitudes towards addiction.
[RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20
7:00pm How Nature Works
The Magic Forest
Discover how a lynx depends on a caterpillar
to survive, and how the BC forest depends
on salmon. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pm Mom and Me [NEW!]
This film follows the complicated and
tumultuous relationship between director
Lena Macdonald and her mother, who was
once a filmmaker herself, but ended up
homeless. [DV] [CC]
2:00am Wild Arabia
The Jewel of Arabia (2 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
12:00am Mom and Me
10:00pm Life After Digital
1:00am Chaorismatic –
David Altmejd Sculptor
See Thursday, January 7 at 4 am. [RP] [CC]
The Jewel of Arabia (2 of 3) In Oman’s Dhofar
Mountains, cameras capture footage of the
Arabian leopard, while its waters reveal
humpback whales, turtles and fish. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pm Brazil with Michael Palin
Into Amazonia
Michael continues his journey on the border
with Venezuela. In Brazil’s capital, Brasilia,
he meets punk rockers who came of age with
the building of the city. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Liberia 77
For Jeff and his brother Andrew, Liberia
in the 1970s was a paradise. A bloody
coup d’etat and two brutal civil wars
would soon devastate the nation. Now,
Jeff and Andrew return to photograph
their childhood Eden. [CC]
4:00am Inside Jerusalem’s
Holiest Places
To Muslims it’s Al-Haram al-Sharif,
the Noble Sanctuary. To Jews and Christians
it’s the Temple Mount. The walled sanctuary
in the heart of Old Jerusalem is home to the
Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[DV] [CC]
FRIDAY JANUARY 22
7:00pm The Land Between
Ginowaydaganuc
We gain a sense of the relationships that
people have with the modern Land Between,
with input from an artist, an archaeologist,
and elder, and more. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pmHeartbeat
Echoes of the Past
Mrs. Craddock organizes a Christmas
charity dance. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm New Tricks [NEW!]
The Russian Cousin
UCOS investigate the murder of a private
investigator killed in a suspected robbery
gone wrong. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm Chaorismatic –
David Altmejd Sculptor
See Thursday, January 7 at 4 am. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
12:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Brazil with Michael Palin
Into Amazonia
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
Recovery
Six months after one of the world’s
deadliest earthquakes, Haiti’s recovery
remains painstakingly slow and riddled
with complex challenges. [CC]
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1:00am
4:00am Mom and Me
Heartbeat
Echoes of the Past
See 9 pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Time Team
Norman Cross
See 10:30 pm. [RP] [CC]
See Wednesday, January 20 at 9 pm.
2:00am New Tricks
4:00am The Lost Highway
MONDAY JANUARY 25
The Russian Cousin
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Land Between
Ginowaydaganuc
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
Howard Gibbs’s 80-year-old gas station
needs new tanks or the inspectors will
shut him down. He’s desperate to lure his
daughter back from the city to help carry on
the family legacy. [DV] [CC]
[DV] [RP] [CC]
7:00pm Girl Eat World
SUNDAY JANUARY 24
Tokyo
Food writer and MasterChef South Africa
winner Kamini Pather travels to Tokyo,
Japan. Her guide is food blogger Tamiko
Suzuki-Sakuma. [CC]
7:00pm Wild Alaska
7:30pm Girl Eat World
4:00am Inside Disaster: Haiti
Recovery
See 12 am. [RP] [CC]
SATURDAY JANUARY 23
The story of the creatures, both great
and small, that endure this harsh reality
and live life on Alaska’s edge. [DV] [RP] [CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
8:00pm Walking Through History [NEW!]
Untamed Americas: Forests
The Americas boast the greatest variety
of forests in the world: from the tropical
rain forest of the Amazon, to the boreal
forest in the far north. [DV] [CC]
Nazi Occupation: Channel Islands
Tony Robinson takes a four-day walk
through Guernsey and Jersey, finding out
what life was like there for the years of
German occupation in World War II. [DV] [CC]
Lima
In Lima, Peru, Kamini’s guide is blogger
and photographer Jimena Agois, whose
blog Pizca d’Sal is a magnificent collection
of local recipes, gorgeous images and
great food. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
9:00pm Sicily Unpacked
(3 of 3) Andrew and Giorgio take the pulse
of contemporary Sicily, experience the
change that is sweeping through the island,
and find out how the future of it is linked
to its ancient past. [CC]
8:00pmCoast [NEW!]
9:00pmBorgen
9:00pm Katharine Hepburn:
The Great Kate
This European-made documentary touches
on the American icon’s background and
career, with candid footage from interviews
in which she shares insights about her life.
[CC]
10:00pm The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America [NEW!]
Between Oceans and Empires
Jago explores the forgotten people of ancient
Costa Rica, who built a series of spectacular
settlements amongst the rivers and
volcanoes. [CC]
(2 of 8) The team tackle the conditions
faced by British farmers in 1940, when
the full impact of rationing take hold and
which also saw Britain face the onslaught
of Nazi bombing in the Blitz. [CC]
10:30pm Time Team
11:00pm Mom and Me
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Irish Sea
Nick Crane hops on a ferry across the
Irish Sea and washes into Dublin. [CC]
Norman Cross
Tony and the Team examine the remains
of the world’s first ever purpose-built
prisoner of war camp, at Norman Cross
in Cambridgeshire. [CC]
11:30pm Untamed Americas
Forests
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
12:30amCoast
The Irish Sea
See 8 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:30am
Katharine Hepburn:
The Great Kate
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Battle Ready
Brigitte’s private life is in tatters, and she is
tempted into a one-night stand. 14+ [RP] [CC]
See Wednesday, January 20 at 9 pm.
10:00pm Wartime Farm
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
[DV] [RP] [CC]
12:00am Sicily Unpacked
12:00am Wild Alaska
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
1:00am Walking Through History
Nazi Occupation: Channel Islands
See 8 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
2:00amBorgen
Battle Ready
See Sunday at 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Lost Kingdoms
(3 of 3) See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:00am
Wartime Farm
(2 of 8) See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Girl Eat World
Tokyo
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:30am Girl Eat World
Lima
See 7:30 pm. [RP] [CC]
of Central America
Between Oceans and Empires
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
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3:00am The Night Cook
Leading an uprising against the
Communist invaders of Czechoslovakia
in 1968, George Golias was forced to flee
his country as a refugee. This film explores
George’s 37 years in Canada. [CC]
4:00am Child Genius
(2 of 4) It’s the general knowledge and
memory round of the child genius
competition, and the pressure is mounting
for the gifted kids and their parents. [CC]
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27
4:00am Child Genius
(1 of 4) Highly gifted children aged between
7 to 12 take part in a competition, run in
association with British Mensa, to find the
UK’s annual child genius. [CC]
TUESDAY JANUARY 26
7:00pm How Nature Works
Waterworlds
Exploring the relationship between
hawksbill turtles and sponges that is vital
to the health of the coral reef. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
7:00pm A New Age of Exploration
Humans are now shattering boundaries
that have long been considered unbreakable.
Meet the trailblazers who are working on the
unexplored frontiers of human imagination
and innovation. [DV] [CC]
9:00pm Brazil with Michael Palin
The Road to Rio
Michael Palin continues his travels to
the centre of Minas Gerais. Then, he heads
Rio de Janeiro, which will host the Olympics
in 2016. [RP] [CC]
10:00pm Chopin Saved My Life
Exploring the incredible transformative
power of Chopin’s Ballade Number 1,
a piece of music that has cast a spell on
millions of people around the world. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00pm First Comes Love
[CC]
9:00pm Mom and Me
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See Wednesday, January 20 at 9 pm.
[CC]
[CC]
Single at age forty-one, Nina Davenport
decides to have a baby on her own. She
enlists her best friend Amy as a birth
partner and her gay friend Eric as a sperm
donor. The process of baby-making affects
all their lives profoundly. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
[DV] [RP] [CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Brazil with Michael Palin
The Road to Rio
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:00am Chopin Saved My Life
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Wild Arabia
Shifting Sands (3 of 3) See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
12:00am First Comes Love
10:00pm Mysteries of the
Human Voice [NEW!]
No combination of artificial sounds can
equal the complexity and emotion of the
human voice. In the age of voice synthesizing
robots and global communications, will the
human voice survive? [CC]
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
2:00am Chubby Chaser
Jeff Sterne, a Toronto filmmaker, examines
the psychological and social influences
that determine how society defines beauty.
3:00amEchoes
Women in China face pressure to deliver
boys and give up their girls. Who are the
women faced with these difficult decisions,
and the women who raise these children
on the other side of the world? [CC]
[DV] [RP] [CC]
4:00am Child Genius
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
3:00am How Nature Works
Waterworlds
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Mom and Me
See Wednesday, January 20 at 9 pm.
[DV] [RP] [CC]
1:00am Mysteries of the Human Voice
See 9 pm. [CC]
4:00am Child Genius
(3 of 4) Some of the kids take part in a
spelling bee. Has rebellious Hugo’s lack
of effort finally caught him out? And has
human dictionary Ben met his match
with Scrabble champion Shrinidhi? [CC]
2:00am A New Age of Exploration
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
THURSDAY JANUARY 28
3:00am A Sorry State
7:00pm Wild Arabia
With three Canadian government apologies
to his parents and stepparents for past racist
actions, Mitch Miyagawa may have the most
apologized-to family in the world. But what
do they mean to his family and his country?
[DV] [CC]
Shifting Sands (3 of 3) Examining the
Arabian people’s changing relationship
with nature. Traditional camel races are
ridden by robot jockeys and falcons are
trained with radio-controlled planes,
but wildlife is also protected. [CC]
(4 of 4) The final six go head-to-head in
a debating contest, hoping to make it
through to the last quick-fire round and
the chance to be crowned Child Genius
of the Year 2013. [CC]
FRIDAY JANUARY 29
7:00pm Sand Wars
We use sand to manufacture optical
fiber, cell phone components and computer
chips. We find it in our toothpaste and
powdered foods. Can the supply satisfy
the demand? [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
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9:00pmHeartbeat
Twists of Fate
Maggie is accused of medical negligence.
14+ [CC]
9:00pm The Last Impresario [NEW!]
A London theatre and film impresario,
Michael White produced over 200 shows
and movies over the last 50 years, shaping
the cultural scene of the 1970s London. [CC]
10:00pm New Tricks [NEW!]
Lottery Curse
A skeleton uncovered in the foundations
of a swimming pool is identified a a lottery
winner reported missing 17 years ago.
14+ [CC]
10:35pm Time Team
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:30pm Access 360:
World Heritage- Kilimanjaro
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
See description on first page. [RP] [CC]
12:00am Raw Opium:
Pain, Pleasure, Profits
(1 of 2) A look at the history, science
and politics of the opium trade. [RP] [CC]
1:00am
Heartbeat
Twists of Fate
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
Sutton Courtenay
The Team tries to locate one of the rarest
of archaeological sites – an Anglo-Saxon
royal complex. [CC]
Lottery Curse
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm Invisible City
Two boys from Toronto’s Regent Park cross
into adulthood, their mothers and mentors
rooting for them, their environment and
social pressures tempting them to make
poor choices. [CC]
12:00am When Continents Collide
12:30amCoast
Wild Waters
See 8 pm. [RP] [CC]
1:30am The Last Impresario
See 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
See 7 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
1:00am Walking Through History
King John’s Ruin: Peak District
See 8 pm. [DV] [RP] [CC]
2:00amBorgen
3:05am Time Team
2:00am New Tricks
10:00pm The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America [NEW!]
The Place Where Time Began
Jago explores the ancient civilisation
of Teotihuacan that exploded into
dominance in the ancient Americas
almost 2,000 years ago. [CC]
Sutton Courtenay
See 10:35 pm. [RP] [CC]
Plant a Tree
See Sunday at 9 pm. [RP] [CC]
3:00am Sand Wars
and the Art of Service
See Tuesday, January 5 at 3 am. [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Lost Kingdoms
of Central America
The Place Where Time Began
See 10 pm. [RP] [CC]
4:00am Raw Opium:
Pain, Pleasure, Profits
(1 of 2) See 12 am. [RP] [CC]
SUNDAY JANUARY 31
4:00am Invisible City
4:00am Dish: Women, Waitressing
See 7 pm. [RP] [CC]
SATURDAY JANUARY 30
7:00pm National Geographic [NEW!]
Access 360: World Heritage-Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is losing the iconic white
cap. A passionate team of Tanzanians are
on a mission to uncover the mystery behind
the demise of this national treasure. [CC]
8:00pmCoast [NEW!]
Wild Waters
Nick Crane travels to the north east coast –
one of Britain’s most hazardous. He also
explores the eye-watering early science of
resuscitation before taking part in a rescue
operation using a unique piece of kit. [CC]
See 11 pm. [RP] [CC]
7:00pm When Continents Collide
This is the story of how the area comprising
the current-day Republic of Panama
connected two continents – each with
its own animal kingdom – separated two
oceans, and transformed the world. [DV] [CC]
8:00pm Walking Through History [NEW!]
King John’s Ruin: Peak District
In Sherwood Forest and the Peak District,
Tony Robinson explores the story of
King John. [DV] [CC]
9:00pmBorgen
Plant a Tree
Katrine receives the offer of a high-profile
job. Birgitte’s children are clearly affected
by their mother’s work-related stress.
14+ [RP] [CC]
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