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  • Planet Earth Live

    Planet Earth Live

    Premieres 16th May at 8.10pm (SIN/HK)

    Join the world’s best natural history film-makers for the most ambitious live wildlife series ever undertaken!

    Experts and cameramen/women from the award winning BBC Natural History Unit combine the spectacular cinematography of Frozen Planet with the live techniques of Big Cat Live and Springwatch to follow real-life animal dramas from around the globe throughout May - a critical time for many of the Earth’s young animals.

    From baby elephants in Kenya, black bears in Minnesota, macaque monkeys in Sri Lanka, meerkats in South Africa, grey whales in the Pacific to the lions of the Masaai Mara, the lives of many wild youngsters hang in the balance.

    Expect the unexpected as nature writes the script.

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    Real animals - real lives - in real time!

  • The Secret Life of Primates

    The Secret Life of Primates

    Thursdays at 9:55pm (JKT/BKK); 10:55pm (SIN/HK); 11:55pm (KOR). Premieres 3rd May.

    In a spellbinding journey of discovery, renowned zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek undertakes a unique animal experience as she travels to the planet's jungles and mountains and infiltrates some of the greatest wild primate groups, attempting to get physically closer to them than anyone has tried before. Charlotte's adventure is not without its risks but the rewards are more than worth it, bringing the opportunity to witness rare moments of acceptance and kindness between human and primate.

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    A hidden world...

  • Louis Theroux: The Return Of America's Most Hated Family

    Louis Theroux: The Return Of America's Most Hated Family

    Premieres 8th May at 10.55pm.

    Four years ago Louis Theroux spent a summer living with the community of the Westboro Baptist Church, famed for their hateful and offensive ministry. America hated them and they revelled in their notoriety. Now Louis returns to find a very different community. More like a cult than ever before, they are convinced the world is about to end. But as their behaviour becomes even more extreme, some of the younger members of the Church have fallen away, and Louis finds a family heading towards uncertain times.

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    America's Least Wanted

  • Louis Theroux: Ultra Zionists

    Louis Theroux: Ultra Zionists

    Premieres 15th May at 10.55pm.

    Louis spends time with settlers in the occupied territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. He wants to understand the lives of people who both put themselves and their families in danger, and also seem ready to attract the criticism of the rest of the world in order to plant the flag for a bigger Israel that will encompass new lands. He joins pioneer settlers who claim new hilltops for Jewish occupation and also spends time with those who live cheek by jowl with Palestinians in Hebron and East Jerusalem.

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    Louis investigates...

BBC Entertainment

  • Inspector George Gently Series 4

    Inspector George Gently Series 4

    Premieres 24th & 25th May (Thur-Fri) at 8pm (BKK): 9pm (SIN/HK); 10pm (KOR).

    It's 1966 and the world is changing fast... Martin Shaw plays one of the unsung heroes of detective fiction, Inspector George Gently, whose passionate investigations reveal the dark underbelly of a society on the cusp of change.

    The murder of a schoolgirl takes the Inspector uncomfortably into the world of pop and media celebrity and the death of an old friend and informant brings an investigation closer to home.

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    The Inspector calls...

  • Five Daughters

    Five Daughters

    Fridays at 8.05pm. Premieres 18th May.

    Tania, Gemma, Anneli, Paula and Annette were ordinary young women – friends, daughters, sisters and mothers – full of potential, until one wrong turn, one chance meeting, led them into the world of heroin and crack cocaine. Their dependency on these drugs facilitated their easy exploitation and led them to work in the sex industry.

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    A sensitive portrait of events surrounding the tragic murders of 5 young women

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    Saturdays at 8:30pm (BKK); 9:30pm (SIN/HK); 10:30pm (KOR). Premieres 28th April

    Graham Norton returns with a brand new series of his award-winning talk show.

    Along with the usual mix of Graham's cheeky monologues and the terrifying Red Chair, he's got a fantastic line-up of guest stars including Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett and the hilarious Matt Lucas.

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    He's back!

BBC Lifestyle

  • Saturday Kitchen Series 6

    Saturday Kitchen Series 6

    Monday – Friday at 5:40pm (JKT/BKK); 6:40pm (SIN/HK). Premieres 1st May.

    James Martin presents another menu of mouthwatering recipes, great chefs and celebrity guests in the sixth series of this irresistible food show. The infamous 'omelette challenge' continues to test the two chefs each week, as they compete to whip up a three-egg omelette against the clock, with hilarious results! And once again, the celebrity guests must face up to their 'food heaven' or 'food hell', with a fantastic recipe conjured up from either their favourite or least-liked ingredient. Which one will it be? Whatever the decision, James is determined to delight.

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    James serves up more recipes

  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Series 7

    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Series 7

    Sundays at 6.30pm. Premieres 20th May.

    Ty Pennington and his Extreme Makeover design team are back - making deserving families’ dreams come true by building them luxury homes where every sumptuous detail is just right.

    It's a race against time on projects that would usually take months as the team has just seven days to perform these extreme makeovers.

    A family from Minnesota who have turned their home into a day-care centre which now needs some serious updating and a Maryland family who offer an open house that offers kids hot meals are among the heartwarming stories as Ty and his team go to work.

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    Turning dreams into reality

  • The Restaurant Series 3

    The Restaurant Series 3

    Mondays at 9.15pm.

    Passionate chef Raymond Blanc is back in the compelling series which gives one couple a chance to open and run their own restaurant. And this time, Raymond and his two sidekicks - sharp-eyed food industry experts Sarah Willingham and David Moore - are putting their own money into the winning couple's restaurant, meaning the stakes are even higher. They're looking for a strong idea, cooking skills and a strong partnership, but in an economic downturn they also need a couple who can prove they can tough it out in the harsh realities of working in the restaurant trade. Those that can't, are eliminated until just one couple and one restaurant remains. So which couple can go all the way to realising their dream?

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    Cooking up a dream

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  • Zingzilla Series 2

    Zingzilla Series 2

    Weekends at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. Premieres 5th May.

    The hottest music superstars are back on their island paradise doing what only they know how – creating that unique ZingZilla sound with great songs, more fun and a lot of zing! Explore more of the world of music and dance, with special guests, showing sounds and moves from around the world. Supported as always by the Moaning Stones, the Beach Byrds, DJ Loose and Todd the caretaker, they are also joined by a submarine full of friends ready to join in – the ZingBoppers. Each episode sees the fab four learn a new type of music to create a song, and get ready for the final fantastic Big Zing performance.

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    Music Magic!

  • Zingzillas: Zingbop

    Zingzillas: Zingbop

    Weekends at 9.15am, 1.15pm and 5.15pm. Premieres 5th May.

    ZingBop is an exciting new part of the successful ZingZillas series, combining all the magic of ZingZilla Island with a new, groovy twist! DJ Loose is back, and each episode he invites six children, the Zing Boppers, to the ZingZilla Island, where they learn a dance to the ZingZilla’s music, and take part in the ‘Zing Bop’!

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    Put on your dancing shoes...

  • Charlie and Lola

    Charlie and Lola

    Mondays to Fridays at 9:20am, 1:20pm & 5:20pm (SIN/HK)

    Charlie is seven. He’s very bright. His little sister Lola is four going on five. She is small, mischievous and very funny. Join them as they learn about the world around them

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    Sibling stories with Charlie and Lola

BBC World News

  • Newsday

    Newsday

    Weekdays at 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm

    Babita Sharma in London and Rico Hizon in Singapore deliver an overview of the day's big news stories, as well as the latest business and sports updates, each weekday. The programme looks at stories from both an Asian and global perspective and offer a thorough round-up for audiences both in the region and around the world.

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    Delivers an overview of the day's big news stories, live from Singapore and London

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    North Korea resumes work on a light water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear programme after months of…

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    Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced…

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    Demonstrators and police clash in the Bangladesh capital after 33 senior opposition figures are arrested over anti-government…

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    Security forces in Cambodia shoot dead a 15-year-old girl who was taking part in a protest against the development of a rubber…

  • Pakistan to open Nato supply line

    Pakistan's cabinet orders officials to finalise a deal as soon as possible to end to a six-month blockade on overland Nato…

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    An Indonesian team finds the cockpit voice recorder of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed last week and searches…

  • Former S Lanka rebels 'disappear'

    Three Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels who took part in a rehabilitation ceremony may have been taken away by the authorities…

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  • Planet Earth Live

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    Premieres 16th May at 8.10pm (SIN/HK)

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