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Mountain
Exploration of our obsessions with high places and how they have captured our imagination, set to a specially curated musical performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
1:00:00Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, was not conquered until 1953, an expedition that paved the way for the countless climbers that have subsequently reached its summit. This programme looks at the incredible forces that led to Everest's creation, and meets some of the humans and animals who live in its shadow.
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Griff Rhys Jones returns to the land of his forefathers in the first of his series exploring the mountains of Britain. 59:00 Expired
Griff Rhys Jones continues his exploration of Britain's mountains with a journey across the Pennines, the natural barrier between Yorkshire and Lancashire. 56:00 Expired
Griff Rhys Jones continues his tour of the mountains of Britain with a journey to the central Highlands, where he explores Glencoe, the Cairngorm range and Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis. 59:00 Expired
Griff Rhys Jones explores the stunning landscape of the Lake District as his expedition through the mountains of Britain continues. With 12 million people visiting the Lakes every year, it's hard to imagine that the mountains were once thought to be 'God's mistake'. Yet only a few hundred years ago it was believed no-one i... 59:00 Expired
Griff Rhys Jones begins his exploration of Britain's mountains in the breathtaking wilderness of the north west Highlands of Scotland. The area was once home to half the population of Scotland, but Griff finds a vast, empty landscape closer to the Arctic Circle than to his native London. He meets a crofter who wants to enc...