(Image from “Voices of the Dead”)
This June, BBC Studios will continue to serve up a host of premium shows across their channels.
BBC Lifestyles newest local series - Listing Cape Town, coming to screens on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The series will take viewers right into the heart of the most magnificent homes found in the opulent suburbs of Cape Town. The five-dedicated and passionate high-end real estate brokers will show us what it takes to navigate the extravagant luxury property market in Cape Town.
On BBC Earth, extreme volcano hunter Chris Horsley climbs deep inside some of the world’s most active volcanoes to gather new scientific data from the very heart of their active lava-filled cores on Exploration Volcano.
Earth's Great Rivers takes viewers on a journey along three more of the planet’s most spectacular rivers: the Danube, the Yukon, and the Zambezi to find out how the Danube is coping with years of human impact. Welsh comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones embarks on a journey across the second largest country in the world: Canada to explore how history has shaped Canada and uncovers what makes each province so unique on Griff's Great Canadian Adventure.
Here are some of the highlights for BBC Earth:
(Pic from “Changing Planet)
Changing Planet
From June 5 at 16h10
Series 1 (2 episodes)
The start of a visionary project to
document how our planet evolves over the next seven years. We face a pivotal
moment in the Earth’s history. The future of our precious ecosystems hangs in
the balance. This ambitious series meets local eyewitnesses at six vulnerable
locations – Iceland, the Amazon, California, Kenya, the Maldives and Cambodia –
and records the changes they are experiencing. It also meets the scientists,
indigenous groups and conservationists fighting to save these iconic places for
the future. Returning every year for seven years, Changing Planet
reveals each location’s battle and asks if we are doing enough to save our
planet from irreversible change.
The World's Deadliest Weather
From June 9 at 19h00
Series 5 (13 episodes)
In this fifth series, we explore the
deadliest weather through the eyes of the people who have been in the eye of
the storm but against all odds, managed to survive. News archive and user generated
footage enables us to relive these weather spectacles in astonishing
minute-by-minute detail. We see Hurricane Ida destroy homes and lives in
Louisiana, high seas and winds force a captain to abandon ship in Norway and in
Hawaii, a climber fights for his life.
(Right: Griff's Great Canadian Adventure)
From June 10 at 19h00
Series 1 (6 episodes)
Join Welsh comedian and travel enthusiast
Griff Rhys Jones as he embarks upon a journey across the second largest country
in the world: Canada. From mountain ranges and vast prairies to glittering
cities and remote Arctic towns, this fascinating series explores how history
has shaped Canada and uncovers what makes each province so unique. Griff
travels from the rugged Atlantic Coast of Newfoundland to Vancouver in the
Pacific Northwest, with each episode involving him undergoing a challenge which
reflects the region he is visiting.
From June 18 at 19h00
Series 2 (3 episodes)
Travel along three more of the planet’s
most spectacular rivers: the Danube, the Yukon and the Zambezi. In Europe, find
out how the Danube is coping with years of human impact. Visit North America’s
Yukon and see the rich variety of life that has made this great frozen river
home, from musk ox to bears. While in Africa, explore the length of the
Zambezi, from a tiny trickle deep in a forest to the thundering Victoria Falls
and meet the hippos, elephants, lions and buffalo drawn to its wild waters.
Exploration Volcano
From June 19 at 20h00
Series 1 (8 episodes)
Extreme volcano hunter Chris Horsley climbs
deep inside some of the world's most active volcanoes to gather new scientific
data from the very heart of their active lava-filled cores. From Africa's Great
Rift Valley to Central America's Volcanic Arc, Chris will take us closer than
ever to the bowls of the world's most volatile volcanoes located in some of the
most inhospitable landscapes on earth. 800 million people live in the shadow of
the planet's 1,571 active volcanoes, so Chris isn't putting himself in harm's
way for the pure thrill of it - by using innovative techniques, he wants to
help predict future eruptions. He'll be installing an "early warning
system" for eruptions including gas monitoring systems and surveillance
web cameras at their rims to alert scientists and local communities about the
ever-changing behaviour of volcanoes.
Voices of the Dead
Sunday 26 June at 21:50
Series 1 (3 episodes)
Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic
investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and
brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she
unearths along the way. Based on sparse remains and clues gleaned from their
possessions, Bettany uses the latest evidence and cutting-edge science to craft
intimate portraits of these forgotten souls. And while exploring epic and
sometimes explosive moments of history, even reveals the sound of their lost
voices. Digging into Tutankhamun's secrets, the team uncovers dark stories of
royal intrigue—including his mother's murder—along with answers that have
eluded Egyptologists for decades. Meanwhile, Bettany reconstructs the identity
and fate of five victims of Mount Vesuvius—one of history's worst natural
disasters—leading up to and following its devastating eruption.
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