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  Monkey Eating Eagles of Venezuela

  Thursday 17 May at 09:45

  Little is known about the elusive harpy eagle – the top predator in the South American rainforest canopy – but it is certainly the most powerful bird of prey in the world.

  Wildlife film-maker Fergus Beeley has a rare and privileged opportunity to study the bird up close when a nest is located in Venezuela.

  From his eyrie in a neighbouring tree, he develops an unexpectedly close bond with a harpy chick. And tracking its development from a hatchling to a more independent warrior of the sky, Fergus never ceases to be amazed and surprised.

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  Winged warriors…
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  Kiss of Death

  Friday 18 May at 20:00 and 20:50

  From the award-winning creator of Waking the Dead comes a chilling crime drama with a classy cast – and a killer twist.

  When a body is discovered on a beach followed by a kidnapping, the investigating team are challenged to work out why. But suddenly everyone’s version of events comes under scrutiny, as well as their personal histories – no one is above suspicion. And the killer becomes obsessed with a member of the team on his trail.

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  Who did it?
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  Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

  From Sunday 20 May at 19:00

  The human eye is a remarkable piece of precision engineering, but all around us is an astonishing and beautiful world we cannot see. This series uses cutting-edge camera technology to reveal the full glory of these secret forces and hidden powers that impact on our everyday life.

  Combining bold ideas with lucid scientific insights and stunning footage, Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds is packed with surprising facts as well as phenomena never seen before on TV, including deadly discharge leaking from high-voltage power lines, the hidden patterns and colours of a flower garden and a black hole at the centre of our universe.

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  See the unseen…
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  The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart

  From Tuesday 22 May at 21:00

  Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift runs for thousands of miles, from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi, and is a diverse landscape of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rich grasslands, vast lakes and mighty rivers.

  Home to the greatest concentration of animals on Earth, including lions, crocodiles, elephants, hippos, flocks of flamingos and pastoralists such as the Maasai – this is a land in constant geological turmoil, and deserving of a documentary series of its very own.

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  On safari…
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  Tiger – Spy in the Jungle

  From Tuesday 22 May at 21:50

  This revealing series follows the different stages of a tiger’s life, from playful cub to learning adolescent and hunting adult. And ingeniously, elephants become unlikely camera assistants, carrying cameras on their tusks and trunks and following the tigers wherever they go, even on the move.

  Along the way, the camera-carrying elephants uncover a wildlife world every bit as rich as that of Africa, encountering sloth bears – a rarely filmed bear famous for carrying its comical babies on its back – and leopards, the tiger’s major competitor.

  Tiger – Spy in the Jungle is a story filled with drama and humour, and the most intimate portrayal of tigers ever captured.

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  Cats shot by elephants…
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  Sleep with Me

  Friday 25 May at 20:00

  A hip, erotic thriller that begins between the sheets as 30-somethings Lelia and Richard conceive a child before going to a Christmas party. Though Richard, a newspaper editor, and Lelia, an academic, struggle with their careers and the question of marriage, they are content in their relationship.

  Enter mousy Sylvie, a mysterious friend of a friend who soon seems to have them both under her spell. And as Lelia's pregnancy advances, the couple become bound up in a web of uncertainty and undisclosed memories.

  Shot in a contemporary urban setting, this smart, suspenseful tale features psychologically intrigue and fantastical plot twists.

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  Sex, secrets and suspense...
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  Superswarms

  From Thursday 31 May at 21:00

  This documentary series brings to life the amazing stories behind bizarre swarming phenomena in nature, and reveals the way that insects and animals organise themselves en masse.

  When they swarm, they create a super-organism of incredible power. They can attack our food supplies, immobilise our transport systems, undermine our cities and even attack our energy supplies. They can stop us in our tracks.

  From simple organisms such as swarming mayflies whose numbers can close entire roads, to the uncontrollable power of the locust swarm, this is a world of secret communication where the animal kingdom unite as one, often at human cost.

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  The power of more…