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GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.
Extinction: The Facts is a 2020 documentary film by the natural historian David Attenborough which aired on the BBC. It depicts the continuing sixth mass extinction, caused by humans, and the consequences of biodiversity loss and climate change. It also suggests positive action which can be taken to halt or reverse these effects.
The primates had become used to humans through years of being studied by researchers. Attenborough originally intended merely to get close enough to narrate a piece about the apes' use of the opposable thumb, but as he advanced on all fours toward the area where they were feeding, he suddenly found himself face to face with an adult female.
Even compared with other social animals, humans have an unusually high degree of flexibility in their facial expressions. [298] Humans are the only animals known to cry emotional tears. [299] Humans are one of the few animals able to self-recognize in mirror tests [300] and there is also debate over to what extent humans are the only animals ...
Animal Arc; Animal Fair (TV series) Animal Magic; The Animal Magic Show; Animal World (2015) Animaland; Animalia; Animals at Work; The Animals of Farthing Wood; Animorphs; Anthony Ant; The Antics Road Show; Anytime Tales; Ape Man: Adventures in Human Evolution; Apple Tree House; Aquila; Archer's Goon; Arizona (TV series) Around the World with ...
The human population exploits a large number of non-human animal species for food, both of domesticated livestock species in animal husbandry and, mainly at sea, by hunting wild species. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Marine fish of many species, such as herring , cod , tuna , mackerel and anchovy , are caught and killed commercially, and can form an important ...
Britain almost entirely under ice. Southern England a polar desert. Humans driven out. c. 16,500-14,670 BP Windermere interstadial [15] (the 'Allerød oscillation' or 'Late Glacial Interstadial'). Temperatures rise. Homo sapiens returns to Britain. c. 12,890-11,700 BP Loch Lomond stadial [16] ('Younger Dryas'). Temperatures drop rapidly. Humans ...
Poppies is also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year. The film sees World War I as experienced by a group of animals living in a battlefield. As their peaceful wildflower meadow is interrupted by the outbreak of war, a rabbit, bird and snail take shelter underneath a Brodie helmet. At the end of the conflict, a single poppy blooms in the ...