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Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 3: The Chindits were the army's elite jungle troops who beat the Japanese in a daring mission. Hear their jaw-dropping story . To take on the undefeated "supermen" of the Japanese army advancing toward India, the British call on Orde Wingate, who forms a special "Chindits" unit for sabotage inside Japanese-controlled Burma. 1943, Orde Wingate was an extraordinary British General, forming the Chindits as the Japanese appeared to be planning to invade India. They marched deep into the jungles of Burma to destroy Japanese supply lines and disrupt their advance. Remarkable eyewitness interviews, of how the Chindits survived in the jungle and walked to freedom.         They were the bravest of the brave . Led by the bible-thumping, onion chewing maverick, Orde Wingate, the Chindits were the British army s elite jungle troops the first to take on the Japanese and beat them. This film contains jaw-dropping testimony from sur...

Voyage of the Continents episode 4:  Europe's geological history is mysterious. Continent was constructed out of three massive collisions by what was to become America, Asia and Africa. Born of three massive tectonic collisions the continent has been transformed many times. Each impact caused cataclysms on a tremendous scale, creating a world of chaotic forms and bright colours. Over time, mountain chains that were even higher than the Himalayas sprung up in Scandinavia and Scotland, where today the great central plains lie. After millions of years of erosion, Europe has become a sea floor. It has been invaded by unusual life forms, and some of our species have modified the very shape of the continent. These metamorphoses in time and space are part of the ceaseless voyage of the continents. In this episode we discover ancient fossils, petrified forests and go diamond hunting in the depths of the earth. https://hdclump.com/voyage-of-the-continents-episode-4/

How to Be a Gardener episode 9: You wouldn't dream of randomly decorating a room in your house, without planning it out beforehand. The same should also be true when creating a garden from scratch. A well-designed garden looks like a picture, one that can be achieved by following a few simple steps. Together we’ll discover some tricks of the trade, and once you’ve got to grips with the basics, take a look at our range of garden styles to inspire you in your own design. https://hdclump.com/how-to-be-a-gardener-episode-9/

Voyage of the Continents episode 3: Asia is a closely watched continent. Teams of scientists keep a constant eye on it. Asia is a continent on high alert. The Indian sub-continent that smashed into the mainland eons ago is still pushing the Himalayas to ever greater heights. The tectonic activity in the south of the continent extends as far as Nepal and the Tibetan plain. Off the east coast, Japan is in the grip of tectonic forces that shake its islands with devastating force while Indonesia is ravaged by volcanoes. China is also affected and, like Japan, is exposed to daily earthquakes. The volcanism of the entire region, in Japan and in Indonesia, is both a danger and a resource, and many risk their lives to exploit it. These tremendous phenomena are the fruits of the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents. In this episode we chart the present and look into the future of the planet's most explosive continent. https://hdclump.com/voyage-of-the-continents-episode-3/

Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 2: In the wake of the humiliation of Pearl harbour, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle was asked to mount an astonishing raid. For the first time ever, bombers would be put onto aircraft carriers and shipped over near Japan. They would then hit Tokyo. The trouble was, the bombers couldn't land on the aircraft carriers. Instead, the crews had to fly to China and then bail out. Many ditched in the sea. Others met up with resistance fighters and then tried to evade the Japanese. Several were captured. This film has exceptional footage of the raid itself and testimony from several of the surviving Doolittle raiders.         Humbling tales of heroism from WWII. Hear first-hand about America's astonishing first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, led by Colonel 'Jimmy' Doolittle. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, America seeks a way to hit back at Japan. Col. Jimmy Doolittle puts B-25 bombers on aircraft carriers and sails towards Ja...

Countryfile - Going to Extremes: Celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the first recorded summit of the highest point on earth, Mount Everest, Ellie Harrison is in Kettering at one of the world’s most advanced materials research facilities to put outdoor gear – and herself – to the test. As well as getting to grips with a pair of expedition boots that made it to the top of the world, how will Ellie bear up in a cold chamber where the mercury can hit -40 Celsius? The UK may not be able to match the dizzying heights of Everest, but we do have our own extreme landscapes, so how can we best be braced to deal with them? https://hdclump.com/?p=38478

Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs episode 2: The plot thickens. As the team uncovers the remains of fearsome Jurassic predators, they consider the possibility that the site was a dinosaur hunting ground. This time, the team tries to figure out if the Jurassic’s most vicious predator was involved in the deaths of super-sized beasts, like the iconic Diplodocus, that are buried at the site, helping to reveal why so many dinosaurs came here and what killed them in such great numbers 150 million years ago. https://hdclump.com/secrets-of-the-jurassic-dinosaurs-episode-2/

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 8: It's the quarter-final, and the remaining five potters face an altered reality as they throw and radically alter an abstract coffee set. The bucket of doom returns as judges Keith and Rich set a second challenge to throw multiple high-footed rice bowls under pressure, but who will secure an all-important place in the semi-final? https://hdclump.com/the-great-pottery-throw-down-2023-episode-8/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 40: Rick drops in on the fishing port of Boscastle and finds a fabulous seafood restaurant in a building that once housed rockets used to fire safety ropes out to sinking ships. A trip to Cornwall’s only dedicated organic mushroom farm inspires him to cook a stir-fry with lion’s mane mushrooms, which are said to regrow neurons! https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-40/

Ancient Aliens – S19 E07 | Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: The Center for the Study of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence defines a "Close Encounter of The Fifth Kind" as direct human contact and communication with extraterrestrial life. But is this a classification that will only be useful in the distant future, or have such encounters already taken place… and within the highest levels of the U.S. government? https://hdclump.com/ancient-aliens-s19-e07-close-encounters-of-the-fifth-kind/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 39: Rick’s idea of bliss is to spend an afternoon scaling and gutting a freshly caught sea bass before using it to make a simple yet delectable dish which ranks amongst his absolute favourites – steamed sea bass with garlic, ginger and spring onions. https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-39/

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2020 episode 1: Melanie Sykes hosts as 12 amateur potters compete against one another, with judges Keith Brymer Jones and Sue Pryke asking the contenders to throw a breakfast set and then egg cups. https://hdclump.com/the-great-pottery-throw-down-2020-episode-1/

Gardeners’ World 2023 - Compilations episode 2: Monty Don plants tender annuals for high summer colour, as well as sharing his tips for growing cherries and pruning blackcurrants. Arit Anderson discovers a paradise garden in Cambridge that has become a focal point for the local community. Adam Frost heads to a beautiful walled garden in West Sussex that is both ornamental and productive, and Frances Tophill meets an enthusiast in Devon who grows a huge variety of perennial veg. https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2023-compilations-episode-2/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 38: Rick delves into the stories of those who worked in Cornwall’s mines, from the men who laboured in extreme heat a full hour’s journey beneath the earth's surface to the young women known as 'bal maidens', who earned their living breaking rocks with heavy sledgehammers.   https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-38/

Voyage of the Continents episode 2: The history of Asia is awash with superlatives. Along with teams of scientists, we discover the incredible volcanic phenomenon that caused the greatest extinction of all time. Asia was the theatre of the world's most violent tectonic collision , and has witnessed the birth of the Earth's highest summits. Today, one of the countries of Asia – which is the world's most densely populated continent – could be swallowed up, in the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents. Remote Siberia is where Asia was born. A cold and distant land that has seen billions of years of volcanic activity. In this episode we see evidence of the greatest destruction of life in the history of the Earth. And we follow Siberia as it wanders the Earth's surface eventually joining with other land masses to form our planet's largest continent. https://hdclump.com/voyage-of-the-continents-episode-2/

Joanna Lumley's Japan episode 3: The actress heads to the island of Shikoku hoping to gain a better understanding of Japanese Buddhism. She then takes a bullet train to another island - Kyushu - where she finds the Henn Na Hotel, the world's first robot hotel. At Nagasaki, she visits Shiroyama Elementary school, one of the only buildings to survive the atomic bomb dropped on the city in 1945. Joanna then travels to Sakurajima, one of the country's most active volcanoes, before heading to the islands of Okinawa where one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War was fought. https://hdclump.com/joanna-lumleys-japan-episode-3/

Life of the Buddha is a major new landmark documentary following Buddha on his journey from the lap of luxury to the verge of starvation and final enlightenment. Shot on location in Nepal and India, documentary uses dramatic computer-generated images and recent archaeological discoveries to piece together this remarkable story. https://hdclump.com/the-life-of-the-buddha/

Great British Menu 2023 episode 11 - NW England: Judging: The two highest-scoring chefs from north west England must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again. Will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve up their dishes to the new panel of judges ? https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-11-nw-england-judging/

Joanna Lumley's Japan episode 2: The actress flies over Tokyo in a helicopter. The city was bombed extensively during the Second World War, so almost all of it is a symbol of the post-war economic boom that saw Japan become the world's second largest economy. While in the capital, Joanna heads out to a nightclub to see a Japanese girl band and witnesses the largely male audience perform almost as much as the artists on stage. Later, Joanna travels to the Kiso Valley to walk the Nakasendo Way, an ancient route that once linked Tokyo to Kyoto, a place best known for that most famous of Japanese traditions, the Geisha. https://hdclump.com/joanna-lumleys-japan-episode-2/

Great British Menu 2023 episode 11 - NW England: Mains and Puddings: The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve their unique take on the brief celebrating British animation and illustration, inspired by Paddington’s 65th birthday. For mains, one chef is taking inspiration from the original illustrations of the Mad Hatter’s tea party in Alice in Wonderland with a barbecued poussin stuffed with chicken and truffle mousse, polenta playing cards and rich gravy. Another is paying homage to an animated episode of Paddington where he holds a surprise Chinese New Year party for his friend – the celebration features steamed chicken, gold-bar spring rolls, and fresh rolled noodles with peanut and chilli sauce. https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-11-nw-england-mains-and-puddings/

Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 1: Amazing wartime tales. A gripping account of one of the most daring raids of WWII - the squadron of low-flying bombers who freed Resistance fighters from Amiens Jail . In advance of the Allied landings at Normandy, the British plan the aerial bombing of Amiens Prison, where a hundred Resistance fighters await execution. It was one of the most daring raids of World War II. https://hdclump.com/narrow-escapes-of-world-war-ii-episode-1/

Voyage of the Continents episode 1: The history of Oceania is the history of the Earth as a whole. Along with scientists, we track the information recorded in its relief, from the first forms of life on Earth , to their destruction and rebirth. Welded to Antarctica for millions of years, Australia is today a deserted landscape that enjoys extraordinary stability. Its neighbours do not share the same luck. New Zealand is perilously located between two tectonic plates, and the volcanic islands of the Southern Pacific could explode, thus disappearing from the ceaseless Voyage of the Continents. In this episode we explore the fiery results of the collision of the Australian and Pacific plates. https://hdclump.com/voyage-of-the-continents-episode-1/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 37: Rick boards the King Harry Ferry to enjoy a crossing voted one of the most scenic in the world. Once safely across the River Fal, he explores his passion for fresh and unusual salad leaves, with a mosey around an organic market garden called Soul Farm, and is inspired to make a radicchio tart. https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-37/

Great British Menu 2023 episode 10 - NW England: Starter and Fish: The heats for the north west of England begin. Returning to the programme is Caroline Martins, head chef at the Sao Paulo Project in Manchester. Joining her are Sam Grainger, chef patron of Belzan in Liverpool, Danielle Heron, head chef at Osma, and Laszlo Nagy, who until recently was head chef at Hypha in Chester. https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-10-nw-england-starter-and-fish/

Joanna Lumley's Japan episode 1: Joanna begins a 2,000-mile journey across Japan in Hokkaido, where she meets one of the most important animals in Japanese culture, the red-crowned crane. She arrives in Sapporo during the middle of the annual Snow Festival and meets members of the local indigenous community, before travelling into the Fukushima exclusion zone and taking a bullet train from Nagano to Tokyo.         Featuring the much loved Joanna Lumley, the series will follow her as she travels to the far reaches of Japan, from the icy Siberian seas of the north to the subtropical islands of the south. With her natural curiosity and engaging storytelling, Joanna will take viewers on an adventure exploring some of the most uncharted corners of Japana's 6,800 mystical islands.   Joanna Lumley's Japan episode 1   Joanna Lumley's Japan is a travel documentary series presented by the British actress, model, and activist Joanna Lumley. The series foll...

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 36: Rick meets Pip and Matt Smith, with their herd of 600 red deer, on a north Cornish farm that has been in Pip’s family for over three centuries. With some very fine organic venison, Rick returns to his kitchen in Padstow to make a magnificent venison wellington.   https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-36/

Bettany Hughes Treasures of the World episode 6: Bettany travels to Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and visits the iconic sites and undiscovered jewels that are only just becoming accessible to tourists. From the natural beauty of the Red Sea, with its outstanding corals and marine life, to the ancient rock art and desert camps of local Bedouin tribes, testament to humanity's connection to this awe-inspiring landscape over millennia. https://hdclump.com/bettany-hughes-treasures-of-the-world-episode-6/

Countryfile - Livestock Market: Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in Derbyshire at Bakewell Livestock Market as hundreds of sheep and cattle are auctioned. Among the farmers looking to make a penny or two is Keith Harrop, who is hoping to get top dollar for one of his beef cattle. But is business brisk enough today? As well as following a busy market day, Charlotte discovers the history of markets and how Bakewell is adapting for the future with pop-up shops and also a pop-in health clinic. Joe Crowley is in East Anglia, where a proposed new multibillion-pound power grid has been met with stiff opposition. https://hdclump.com/countryfile-livestock-market/

Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs episode 1: Liz Bonnin joins an international team of palaeontologists in the remote badlands of Wyoming as they investigate a mysterious dinosaur graveyard. Packed with over a dozen skeletons , including predators such as the fearsome Allosaurus and iconic giants like Diplodocus, as well as fossilised plants and footprints , the site is a treasure trove that is helping to change the way we think about the Jurassic – the golden age of dinosaurs. The astonishing evidence also helps the team to answer why so many dinosaurs came here and what killed them in such great numbers 150 million years ago. https://hdclump.com/secrets-of-the-jurassic-dinosaurs-episode-1/

The Great Pottery Throw Down 2023 episode 7: The six remaining potters discover their wild sides, as they create metallic-effect endangered animal sculptures fired in oil drums, before judges Keith and Rich set a surprise second challenge to throw a tall, thin-necked vase. Who will beast their way to the quarter-final, and who will be heading home? Just like Bake Off’s Tent of Dreams in the latter stages, the Stoke studio is looking more gappy, with just six potters remaining in the competition. And now they’re encouraged to tap into their wild sides by sculpting endangered animals, which are then fired in oil drums – before they’re faced with another potential banana-skin: to throw a tall, thin-necked vase.Otherwise, expect cheering, Sunday-night business as usual. Judges Keith and Rich will dovetail with their encouragement and evaluation; a mod-heavy soundtrack will help to raise the temperature; and Siobhán McSweeney will no doubt do her best to conjure more tumbleweeds with her ma...

Gardening Australia episode 2 2023: Costa meets a frog fanatic; Sophie talks garden ties; Jerry whacks weeds; Jane tours an inclined garden; Hannah harnesses chook power; Clarence discovers the power of plants; we meet an artist inspired by plants and play. https://hdclump.com/gardening-australia-episode-2-2023/

Greek Odyssey episode 4: This week Joanna meets the people and discovers places in the mountainous region of northern Greece. Here the hills are alive with ancient stories and legends. Some familiar, others long since gone untold. Where better to start than a climb up Mount Olympus, the country’s highest peak. Here, the ancient Greeks believed that the gods had their dwelling place, where they meted out punishments and blessings upon the mere mortals, thousands of feet below. She meets the modern gods of today, sporting athletes who taking part in the brutal challenge of the Mount Olympus marathon. https://hdclump.com/greek-odyssey-episode-4/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 35: Rick encounters a fishing method frozen in time, going under sail without engines or winches for what he considers to be the best oysters in the world. Back on dry land, he cooks a warming fish soup called Cullen skink, the perfect lunch after a morning on the water. He discovers the surprising story behind Charles Napier Hemy’s famous painting of oystermen at work and the equally surprising story of Cornwall’s former capital, now the sleepy town of Lostwithiel but once a cosmopolitan and internationally significant port, which boasted an important political and administrative complex of buildings. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that he knows and loves: a unique part of the British isles with a strong sense of identity and a history rooted in its Celtic past. With his famous natural inquisitiveness, Rick shares the road less travelled – championing the food , history, music, art and culture of the county many locals argue shoul...

Ancient Aliens – S19 E06 | Cosmic Impacts: Meteor impacts have significantly altered our world, creating the perfect environment for the rise of humankind and delivering metals essential to the development of an advanced civilization. But could new evidence reveal that celestial objects have been directed to Earth by an alien intelligence? Ancient Aliens is an American television series that premiered on April 20, 2010, on the History channel. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment in a  documentary  style, the program presents hypotheses of  ancient astronauts  and proposes that historical texts, archaeology, and legends contain evidence of past human-extraterrestrial contact. The show has been widely criticized by historians, cosmologists, archaeologists and other scientific circles for presenting and promoting pseudoscience, pseudohistory and  pseudoarcheology . https://hdclump.com/ancient-aliens-s19-e06-cosmic-impacts/

Greek Odyssey episode 3: In this episode Joanna explores some of the fourteen hundred Greek Islands that make up this maritime nation. Each has a story to tell, often a fascinating history spanning thousands of years. Tthe Greek islands are a familiar destination for many a British holidaymaker. Yet beyond the deck chairs and white sands is a culture which has created one of the greatest seafaring nations of the world. Hitching a lift on board a shipping magnate’s yacht, Joanna’s route begins on the ancient island of Crete, where she learns about a way of life that has transcended centuries, spending time with the shepherds in the high, remote mountains of the island. https://hdclump.com/greek-odyssey-episode-3/

Gardeners’ World 2023 - Compilations episode 1: The team celebrates the joy that gardens and gardening can bring by looking back at some of their seasonal highlights. Monty Don harvests tomatoes from the greenhouse and plants out some of his favourite flowers for long-lasting summer colour, heleniums. Carol Klein pays an inspirational trip to an early summer garden in Wiltshire, Toby Buckland meets a passionate gardener in Devon who has created and nurtured her garden over the last 60 years, and Rachel de Thame visits the garden of hairstylist Sam McKnight. There's also a young gardener in Cumbria with a passion for dahlias and a dedicated grower whose allotment is towering with structural plants, as well as another look at films from viewers' own gardens. Gardeners’ World is a long-running British gardening programme that started on 5 January 1968. It was described as "a weekly series for gardeners, advanced and beginners, throughout the British Isles". It picked up ...

Bettany Hughes Treasures of the World episode 5: The historian visits a dig in Istanbul containing artefacts from multiple eras, and follows in the footsteps of one of her heroes , Byzantine empress Theodora. She visits the restoration of the 6th-century Basilica Cistern, a marble-columned water reservoir under the city's streets, Topkapi Palace, and Europe's largest wooden building, Prinkipo Orphanage, which was once home to more than 1000 children. Few cities capture the imagination of history-lovers like Istanbul, so it’s no surprise that Bettany Hughes has headed here to conclude her treasure-hunting tour. And once again, she’s heading under ground. In the city’s metro system she joins an archaeological dig uncovering details of Istanbul’s earliest inhabitants, and she gets a rare chance to walk on the floor of the stunning marble-columned sixth-century Basilica Cistern during its restoration. https://hdclump.com/bettany-hughes-treasures-of-the-world-episode-5/

Greek Odyssey episode 2: Joanna is travelling across the northern most regions of Greece, through an area that has been vastly influenced by the world around it, more so than anywhere else in the country. Her route is from the western Ionian island of Corfu to the turbulent eastern border it shares with Turkey and Bulgaria. It’s a frontier-land where foreign invasion and occupation have left a fascinating legacy. The British ruled Corfu for 50 years. Joanna discovers how they left their mark with cricket, brass bands, ginger beer and the staunchest local anglophiles in “Kensington-on-sea”. Crossing to the mainland, Joanna retraces the steps of another lover of Greece. https://hdclump.com/greek-odyssey-episode-2/

Great British Menu 2023 episode 9 - Wales: Judging - The two highest-scoring chefs from Wales must go head-to-head and cook their six-course menus again. Will they take on board their veteran’s advice as they serve to the new panel of judges? They need to impress Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing, chef and restaurateur Nisha Katona, and comedian and food podcaster Ed Gamble. There’s also the guest judge, TV presenter Gethin Jones, who spent his life around animation at S4C before moving to Blue Peter. How will he judge dishes inspired by British animation and illustration and Paddington’s 65th birthday? Only one of the chefs will triumph and go through to represent Wales at the national finals. https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-9-wales-judging/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 34: Rick glimpses life in Cornwall 2,000 years ago as he explores the atmospheric ruins of the ancient village of Carn Euny. He soaks up the lively ambiance of Truro cattle market, an important social hub for local farmers but one of only a few live cattle markets still operating in the UK. He cooks his favourite Sunday lunch, a hearty steak and kidney pudding, and goes for a bracing ride on a beautiful handbuilt boat, a replica of one of the most famous and fastest vessels to sail the waters around Falmouth a hundred years ago. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that he knows and loves: a unique part of the British isles with a strong sense of identity and a history rooted in its Celtic past. With his famous natural inquisitiveness, Rick shares the road less travelled – championing the food , history, music, art and culture of the county many locals argue should be a country in its own right. https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-...

The US and the Holocaust episode 3 - The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed: First reports of the industrial scale of killing reach the United States. A group of dedicated government officials establish the War Refugee Board to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allies advance, soldiers uncover mass graves and liberate German concentration camps, revealing the full horror of the Holocaust. The danger of its reverberations soon become apparent.         Discover the gripping and powerful new three-part series, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein. The six-hour documentary takes an in-depth look at America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century. Inspired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibition and using its historical resources, the series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany, including global ant...

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 33: Rick visits Europe’s largest tea plantation beside the River Fal in Cornwall, where conditions are just right for the perfect cuppa. He indulges in his greatest pleasure, afternoon tea, with a freshly baked fruited tea loaf and some plum compote. Afterwards, he takes a day trip to Penzance and an invigorating dip in the UK’s largest outdoor seawater lido, with its stunning art deco design and modern geothermal heating system.  Rick also uncovers the fascinating and little-known story of Charles Dickens’s time in Cornwall and how the county found its way into one of the most famous novels of all time, A Christmas Carol. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that he knows and loves: a unique part of the British isles with a strong sense of identity and a history rooted in its Celtic past. With his famous natural inquisitiveness, Rick shares the road less travelled – championing the food , history, music, art and culture of the county ma...

Great British Menu 2023 episode 8 - Wales: Mains and Puddings - The three chefs are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve their unique take on the brief celebrating British animation and illustration, inspired by Paddington’s 65th birthday. For mains, one chef is taking inspiration from Quentin Blake's illustrations in Fantastic Mr Fox, while another presents a smoky dish inspired by the Welsh animation Ivor the Engine. There's also a duck dish with hearts on skewers and an elderberry jus based on the medieval Welsh stories of the Mabinogion. https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-8-wales-mains-and-puddings/

Islands of Evolution episode 3 - Madeira: In the final episode, Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Here, in the island's laurisilva forest, he examines the remains of an ancient forest that once carpeted all of Europe, finds island lizards that live to be four times older than their mainland counterparts, and meets a huge wolf spider. With the help of local divers, he also discovers an unexpectedly rich marine habitat populated by whales, dolphins and unusual deep-sea species that have much to tell us about the changing nature of our seas.         Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and remarkable species that live on them. Examining some of the crucial influences on natural selection that are normally overlooked - like geology, geogra...

Greek Odyssey episode 1: Joanna begins her Greek odyssey at the Parthenon in Athens, which was created by the ancient Greeks two and a half thousand years ago. This was the dawn of western civilisation, which saw the birth of democracy, language, science and medicine. From here Joanna travels around the southern region of Greece from Athens to the Peloponnese, visiting spectacular mythical and historic sites left by this great civilisation. These were places of theatre, death, sport and religion to the Ancients and they represent the very cornerstone of this empire. The Greeks flocked to these sites and Joanna follows in their footsteps. https://hdclump.com/greek-odyssey-episode-1/

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 32: Rick meets the author of The Salt Path, Raynor Winn, and her husband Moth in the ancient apple orchard where she and Moth make delicious cider, filtered through straw, in the way it was a hundred years ago. Inspired, Rick cooks a chicken, leek and cider gratin for his old friend John Harris, head gardener at Tresillian House, who regales Rick with his memories of cider making as a boy. https://hdclump.com/rick-steins-cornwall-episode-32/

Great British Menu 2023 episode 7 - Wales: Starter and Fish - The heats for Wales begin. Returning to the programme are Mark Threadgill, head chef at Hotel Portmeirion, Georgia Sommerin, head chef at Michelin-starred restaurant Home in Penarth, and Tom ‘Westy’ Westerland, who developed his style at Michelin-starred Lucknam Park. They are joined by first-time contestant Simmie Vedi from Cardiff. Presenter Andi Oliver welcomes them to the kitchen, where the theme for this year’s competition is inspired by Paddington’s 65th birthday and a celebration of British animation and illustration – from cartoons to comics to computer games. One of the four must leave the competition at the end of the episode, to be decided by this week’s veteran judge - a previous winner who remains a surprise to the chefs until the moment they walk into the kitchen to taste the first-course canapes. https://hdclump.com/great-british-menu-2023-episode-7-wales-starter-and-fish/

The US and the Holocaust episode 2 - Yearning to Breathe Free: After Kristallnacht, Germany’s Jews are desperate to escape Hitler’s tyranny. Americans are united in their disapproval of the Nazis’ brutality, but remain divided on whether and even how to act as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists, while FDR tries to support Europe’s democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.         The U.S. and the Holocaust is a three-part, six hour series that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a “nation of immigrants,” but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution,...

Rick Stein's Cornwall episode 31: Rick returns to Cornwall in the spot where his passion for seafood began, at the exposed rock pools below his parents’ old house on the Cornish Atlantic coast. With his freshly foraged mussels, Rick heads home to Padstow, where he rustles up a delicious seafood omelette for breakfast. On Bodmin Moor, he and son Jack reminisce about the Cornish ghost stories Rick used to tell, but this time Rick has a tale that he’s never told before: the horrific murder nearly 200 years ago of a young woman called Charlotte Dymond. Below the moor, Rick meets a former car mechanic and cleaner who now farms over 200 goats. Using their artisanal goat’s cheese, Rick shows off his foolproof method for making perfect cheese souffles. In this new series Rick Stein reveals the Cornwall that he knows and loves: a unique part of the British isles with a strong sense of identity and a history rooted in its Celtic past. With his famous natural inquisitiveness, Rick shares the ...

Islands of Evolution episode 2 - Madagascar: Professor Richard Fortey travels to the rainforests of Madagascar - an ancient island that has spawned some of the most extraordinary groups of plants and animals anywhere in the world. From beautiful Indri lemurs, toxic frogs, and the cat-like giant mongoose called the fossa, to evolutionary oddities like the giraffe-necked weevil and the otherworldly aye-aye, he uncovers the secrets of the evolutionary niche - examining how, given millions of years, animals and plants can adapt to fill almost any opportunity they find. Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and remarkable species that live on them. Examining some of the crucial influences on natural selection that are normally overlooked - like geology, geography, isolation and time - the series reveals that there is much more to evolution than 'survival of the fittest'. Chart...