On Thin Ice (2 Disc)
Ben Fogle well known popular presenter of the BBC's Animal Park and Countryfile introduces this delightful and informative official DVD about the Brecon Beacons National Park. Covering 519 square miles and boasting some of Europe's finest landscapes the Brecon Beacons National Park is quite simply fantastic. Filmed throughout the seasons join Iolo Williams as he visits Llanngor Lake Pwll y Wrach Nature Reserve Big Pit Mine Museum walks in the Fforest Fawr Geopark and marvels at underground wonders in the National Show caves. See Pen Y Fan and Carreg Cennan Castle from the air; stunning close ups of the Park's wildlife plus pony trekking hang gliding abseiling and canoeing. The Programme also includes the Brecon Mountain Railway Waterfalls and The British Heart Foundation's Three Peak Challenge.
Two celebratory programmes '2005 Christmas Special' 'Best of 30 Years' are brought together on this fantastic double disc feature. One Man and His Dog first appeared on our television screens in 1976 and achieved audiences of over 2 and a half million viewers. It was so successful that it ran for a further 29 years. Capturing the skills of the sheep dog and the amazing levels of communication between the dog and handler One Man And His Dog illustrates beautifully the time honoured traditions of sheep dog trialling.
An engrossing documentary series that follows TV presenter Ben Fogle and Olympic gold medal winning rower James Cracknell as they struggle to race 3000 miles across the Atlantic in a 24ft rowing boat....
Ben Fogle – seafarer, TV celebrity and passionate supporter of the RNLI – looks at what it takes to be a lifeboat hero: one of the brave men and women volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.Founded in 1874, its mostly unpaid volunteers have saved nearly 140,000 lives, sometimes at devastating personal cost. Ben gets hands-on with the lifeboat crews, visiting the Poole Lifeboat College to experience sea-survival and capsize training, and testing the new Man Overboard Guardian system in the chilly January waters off Torbay. He goes aboard the ‘William Riley’, built in 1909, to find out what it was like to row the early lifeboats, then compares it with the speed and sophistication of new craft like the Atlantic 85 Inshore Lifeboat, and the groundbreaking Tamar Class all-weather lifeboat. Modern lifeboat heroes such as Mark Criddle, who won a Silver Medal for Gallantry in 2008, speak about what it means to be always waiting for the call. Ben also recounts the exploits of RNLI legends such as Henry Alexander Hamilton, Ireland’s most decorated lifesaver, and the incomparable Henry Blogg of Cromer, ‘the greatest lifeboatman of all time’. Then there’s the tragic tales of those who didn’t come back, including the ‘Mexico’ disaster of 1886, the worst night in RNLI history in which 27 lifeboatmen died, and the terrible loss of the Penlee lifeboat ‘Solomon Browne’ with all hands in 1981. What Ben discovers in the past and present of the RNLI is a long tradition of commitment, courage and sacrifice, which continues to define this unique British sea rescue service and charity.
Travel presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle gives four groups each consisting of five members of the public the chance to realise their dreams and conquer some of the world's most extreme environments. Embarking on a voyage of personal discovery each candidate will be tested mentally physically and emotionally on their journey of a lifetime. The challenges the would-be explorers have to face are a gruelling hike to the lost Inca city of Choquequirao in Peru; an exhausting trek through the thickest rainforest during rainy season to the Kaieteur Falls in Guyana; a punishing climb to the peak of the highest mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and an arduous voyage across the Arctic to Temple Mountain one of the highest peaks in the region. The groups have to rise above altitude sickness the risk of hypothermia heat stroke unusual cuisine deadly creatures and sheer exhaustion constantly being forced to work as a team to conquer the inhospitable environments. In these unrelenting circumstances will their extreme dreams turn into their worst nightmares?
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