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Since 1968, the BBC's iconic Living World has been introducing listeners to the best natural history Britain has to offer. Its veteran presenters have criss-crossed the country in all weathers and through all terrains, in search of remarkable species and extraordinary stories. Introduced and updated by Brett Westwood, these classic archive programmes are hosted by Lionel Kelleway, Trai Anfield, Chris Sperring, Paul Evans, Peter France, Joanna Pinnock, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Sarah Pitt and Brett himself.

Seventeen-year-old Maddie has always felt a hole in her life, but she has finally found a way to fill it with her quest to mold her body into her ideal, thinnest shape. When she comes across the world of “thinspiration” websites, where young people encourage each other in their mission to lose weight, she quickly becomes addicted. Finally, she has found a place where she is understood and where she can belong.

April runt een hondenuitlaatservice in North Carolina en neemt haar vrolijke viervoeters elke dag mee naar het landgoed van haar opa en oma. April vindt het heerlijk toeven in de natuur, dicht bij de plek waar ze opgroeide. Tot ze op een dag een sexy maar botte vreemdeling tegen het lijf loopt, die haar van het landgoed wegstuurt. Wie denkt hij wel niet dat hij is?

Spy. Fighter. Zorian. Can one girl and her comrades bring about the salvation of two kingdoms? Tanner, the youngest spy on the magical island of Zora, receives orders from the Zorian king to gather information on Viggo, the King of the Outlands—England. However, her team's espionage plans are violently disrupted by Gordon—a man sworn to kill all Zorians. His determination to avenge his daughter's death knows no bounds, as he rallies Outlanders to his cause and searches the seas for Zora.

March, 1945. The ravaged face of London will soon be painted with victory, but for Sylvie, the private battle for peace is just beginning. A Small Dark Quiet follows a mother as she struggles to find the courage to rebuild her life and care for an orphan whom she and her husband, Gerald, adopt two years later. Born in a concentration camp, the orphan’s early years appear punctuated with frail speculations, opening up a haunting space that draws Sylvie to bring him into parallel with the child she lost.

Bindi and her South African friend, Hannah, are on a horse-riding trek of a lifetime in South Africa, when they discover that the supposed breeding sanctuary for the giant sable antelope is actually looking more like a game reserve for rich tourists with big guns. But the girls get found out spying and may not get a chance to tell anyone what's really going on!

Bindi's birthday party at Australia Zoo is going to be huge. Karaoke, animal rides, dancing competitions, it's all happening! But when a spoilt 10-year-old boy decides he wants to take home one of the zoo's precious water dragons, chaos ensues.

While on an early morning bushwalk, Bindi and her best friend, Rosie, notice smoke on the horizon. On a super-hot day, this can only mean one thing. Bushfire! The girls spend an exhausting day helping out at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, caring for the victims of the fire.

Bindi, Robert and Terri have been invited to Singapore for the opening of a new reptile park. But the kids realise they will have to blend into their surroundings to help find a Komodo dragon that has disappeared from her enclosure!

1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a series of posters to promote it. The striking lithographs Henri produces will make his name—and launch the careers of the performers he portrayed. This sparkling collection of plays introduces us to eight of those legendary artistes, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.

Van beschuit met muisjes direct door naar een live interview op nationale televisie: het leven van verloskundige Marlies Koers is er niet rustiger op geworden na het schrijven van haar eerste boek. Naast het werk in haar praktijk in het oosten van het land schreef ze de bestseller Dagboek van een verloskundige, wat haar toch al onregelmatige leven nog iets meer op zijn kop zette. Met veel energie en plezier geeft ze in Sorry dat ik je wakker bel een uniek inkijkje in haar dynamische leven als verloskundige.

Constable Michèle Moreau longs for something more than writing traffic tickets and breaking up drunk and disorderly calls. That opportunity comes in a case headed by the police commissioner centering on the murder of a well-known local news anchor. Wanting to get her first major case started right, she enlists the help of a secretive private detective with an impressive reputation. Together, the detectives unearth a shocking discovery. This murder may be the first of a planned series.

La mort de l’Àngel -el pare de família, el marit, el germà, un home de cap a peus- canvia per sempre l’existència de les dones de la seva vida. La seva germana Dolors, la seva dona Glòria i les seves filles, Àngela i Natàlia, hauran de fer front a la pena per la pèrdua del cap de família i seguir endavant en una casa habitada només per dones, on ja no hi ha la referència de l’home. A través de cadascuna d’elles coneixerem les seves maneres d’entendre el món i l’amor, i les seves maneres especials d’expressar l’afecte.

Savage, lawless, 1880's frontier Skagway, Alaska, is ruled by ruthless men. A woman isn’t welcome, except in dance halls. Young widow Jessie barely knows how to fend for herself, much less those depending on her in an unwelcoming man’s world.

Margery Williams' classic story about a toy rabbit who longs to become real is a treat for listeners of all ages. This full-cast performance brings this timeless tale to vibrant life.

Gannon doesn't know what's happening to him. The emotions that he felt the moment he saw Willow hit him so strongly, and he can't get her out of his mind. This is unlike anything that he has ever experienced, and though everything in his heart is telling him that he wants to be near her, his mind is holding him back. Willow knows that something has changed in Nana's home, but she doesn't know what. The gorgeous man in the greenhouse appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the weeks since Willow has visited.

Still separated by the planets where they are, Maxim and Ivy long for one another as they face some of the greatest challenges of their lives. On Penthos, a discovery on the ship creates chaos and causes Maxim to reach out to Avery for help, hoping he can rely on the knowledge of the human pilot to keep everyone safe. It is the words of his father, however, that remind him that his greatest priority is still the woman he loves and the life that they are building together. When he sets out on a mission by himself, he encounters danger that might take all of it away forever.

As the universe hangs in the balance, all will fight for the past and for the future. When mysteries unravel and truths are finally revealed, all sides will gather for the war that can bring it all to an end.

For years, Aegeus has been legend on Uoria. His death in battle has become lore, overshadowed only by the discovery that he didn't die when he walked into that fateful battle, the clash that brought what many thought was peace to Uoria. All those years Aegeus spent in the clutches of Ryan, witness to the cruelty and madness that drove the scientist. He watched and he waited, knowing that one day he would have his chance again. Aegeus tells his story the way that only he can, through the memories that he struggles to retain.

Feeling the effects of the decision that he made to leave the Order, Malcolm is trying to get accustomed to being away from the hierarchy and in the home of the beautiful but strange woman that Athan chose. The tension between them is obvious, but he has no choice but to accept the shelter that she has offered or face the danger posed by an angered and betrayed Order. Neither fully trusts the other and both must learn to either compromise and embrace the feelings that are growing between them, or put everything that they all have been working for at risk.