SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS
SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 23 November 2020 CAT: Mondayat 22:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
The 20th century witnessed an astonishing revolution in physics, from unlocking the secrets of the atom to solving the mysteries of the cosmos. It was also the century when radio and television became widespread, so for the first time, we were able to see who the greatest minds really were.
THE SECRET RULES OF MODERN LIVING: ALGORITHMS
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 30 November 2020 CAT: Monday at 22:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
In this coding special, Professor Marcus du Sautoy lifts the veil on The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms. Our lives are touched by Algorithms every day. They are ubiquitous –yet most of us are unaware of their extraordinary impact on our everyday lives.
HISTORY LOVER TUESDAY
THE STORY OF WALES
New Episodes – continuing from October CAT: Tuesdays at 21:00
Episodes: 2x 60 mins -ends 10 November 2020
HuwEdwards presents this history of Wales, showing the country in ways its never been seen before. From prehistoric times, to power struggles with the barons and England, through to the industrial revolution and today this history is comprehensive and compulsive viewing.
WILDLIFE WEDNESDAYS
ANIMAL INSTINCTS: RAINFOREST HOME Documentary Special - 04 November 2020 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
Rainforest, the richest habitat on earth, teeming with millions of dramatic plants and animals. Jungle lies between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, a tropical belt green stretching across South and Central America, Central Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia and Northern Australia. Without a doubt, rainforests are the last stronghold for some of the most astonishing animal families you will find.
MIGRATIONS ON THE WING
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 11 November 2020 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
Half of all bird species undertake annual migrations, everything from heavy- bodied swans to delicate hummingbirds. Migration is one of the most remarkable phenomena on the planet, hosts of animals of all shapes and sizes demonstrating incredible feats of endurance.
WETLANDS
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 18 November 2020 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1x 30 mins
The crocodile is the king of the wetland; a cold-blooded monster with the most terrifying bite force on Earth. The product of a 100 million year ancestry, the 25 species around today are a testament to the crocodile’s supreme intelligence and adaptability.
OWLS
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 18 November 2020 CAT: 20:30 Episodes: 1x 30 mins
Owls are remarkable, highly resourceful birds that have carved out a unique way to live. They have colonized terrains from tundra to rainforest and will hunt almost anything.
TIME LAPSE
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 25 November 2020 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
We like to think we can control everything: changing the course of water, reclaiming land, replanting deserts – we constantly remodel the natural world to suit our needs. But there’s one thing we can’t control: the passing of time. However, we can change how we see things; using cameras we can start to see the world in different time frames. Now we can see animals following the sun, mass movements of the changing seasons and even the vast impact of the changing weather. Watch what happens when time flies…
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE FRIDAY
THE NILE: 5 000 YEARS OF HISTORY
Brand New Series - premieres 06 November 2020 CAT: Fridays at 20:00
Episodes: 4 x 60mins -ends 27 November 2020
For 5 000 years Egypt has been shaped by one thing more than any other: the River Nile. For historian BettanyHughes, this is the journey of a lifetime, as she sets off on a 900 mile adventure up the Nile, from its mouth to Egypt's southern border. With the use of a timeless Nile cruise boat, Bettany travels the country and sees it as the ancient Egyptians once did, from the great river.
BEST OF CURIOSITY SUNDAYS
Sundays from 19:00
SAVING THE DINOSAUR FISH
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 08 November 2020 CAT: 19:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
Rory Moore, a marine biologist and wildlife photographer, is on a mission to save the sturgeon from extinction. A prehistoric fish and one of the most critically endangered species on earth.
Sundays from 19:00
PREHISTORIC ASTRONOMERS
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 08 November 2020 CAT: 21:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
Cave paintings and lunar calendars exist in the caves and remains of prehistoric hunters studied recently. What if Prehistoric Man were clever enough to develop in-depth scientific knowledge? As unlikely as it may seem, new data tend to prove that Prehistoric Man actually invented Astronomy!
Sundays from 19:00
COLD WAR HOT JETS
Brand New Series Special - premieres 15 November 2020 CAT: 19:00 (back to back) Episodes: 2x 60 mins
The jet engine is one of the most transformative inventions of the modern age. A crucial discovery in World War Two, flowing from a golden age of British inventiveness, energy and sheer derring-do, it was a technology that truly came of age in the 1950s during the early years of the Cold War.
Sundays from 19:00
THE PERSEUS SURVIVOR
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 15 November 2020 CAT: 21:00 Episodes: 1x 60 mins
The Perseus Survivor documents the story of British Navy stoker John Capes, the lone survivor of a sunken submarine who hid from enemy forces for 18 months before his rescue.
Curiosity Channel is on DStv channel 185
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