David Attenborough in the first season of The Green Planet BBC Studios
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In 2022, The Green Planet (with David Attenborough, above) delighted us with its extraordinary perspective on plants, using time-lapse tech to capture their world and reveal how much we depend on life forms so different from us. Now, Green Planet II has even smarter tech to delve further.
Hannah Fry Victoria Jones/Shutterstock for Channel 4
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Artificial intelligence (or its hyped potential) has transformed our world in three short years. What will it do in 2026? Mathematician and broadcaster Hannah Fry gets us up to date with the developments in this controversial field. Whether you fear or embrace a future in which AI runs much of our lives, this series grapples with the big picture.
Keiko the orca, who played Willy in Free Willy Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy
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Keiko was the first captive orca to be released into the wild, after starring in the film Free Willy. A new series follows his journey after being captured near Iceland in 1979, then transported around the world before being fully released in 2002. Keiko’s story can teach us a great deal about our troubled relationship with other animals and the challenges of righting the wrongs of our past.
Kandi Ejiofor and Tim Spector Channel 4
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Microbiome expert Tim Spector and family doctor Kandi Ejiofor explain just how worried we should be about ultraprocessed foods. These near-unavoidable foodstuffs in our diets can have ill effects on everything from our cholesterol to our gut microbiome. Each of the four episodes will feature a family looking to shop, cook and eat better, so there will be plenty of practical advice for all of us to apply to our daily lives.
A tiger in the wild Savanking/Shutterstock
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On a river island in western Nepal, sharing just 4 square kilometres of land, live an unusually large number of tigers. This two-part series will bring you to the heart of a conservation success story, deep in a community-owned forest. The makers of Tiger Island promise exceptional footage of tigers in the wild, including some behaviours that have never been captured before.
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