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- Inspired by a childhood friendship Sue Perkins travels around Japan experiencing a nation caught between the demands of a high-tech future and the pull of a traditional past.
- Documentary series exploring life for the people of the fishing village of Mevagissey on Cornwall's south coast, which has bucked the trend that has seen the fishing industry die out in other parts of the county.
- Comedian Sue Perkins embarks upon a journey spanning 1,500 miles as she follows the course of the sacred river meeting the people who live, work and worship along its banks.
- Writer, adventurer and angler Will Millard follows the River Wye from its source in the mountains of mid-Wales to the Severn estuary exploring its importance to local communities along the way.
- Whilst other fishing communities are feeling the pinch, Mevagissey on Cornwall's south coast bucks the trend, with 74 working boats in the harbour. Can the next generation of young skippers make a go of it?
- It is summer, the sardine run is on and the ring-netters of Newlyn are on the hunt. Rebranded as Cornish Sardines, the pilchard has grown into a multi-million-pound industry for the Cornish fishermen.
- Jason is joined by his sister Nicky, but with two of them to support the income from oysters alone is not enough so they have bought a trawler. The Henry brothers fish for 20 different species.
- This edition looks at how the small fishing boats that make up 80% of the British fleet are coming under threat from industrialisation and a lack of new talent taking up the trade.
- As autumn arrives in Cornwall, the biggest boats in the fleet fish through turbulent times offshore. But with Brexit looming, what does the future hold for these boats and the men that crew them?
- Sue begins her journey at the source of the Ganges in the highest mountains on earth. It's been a tough year for the comedian following the death of her father and her journey has a profound effect.
- Halfway along her journey, Sue immerses herself in the complex life of the ancient city of Varanasi - a place seen as the spiritual centre of India by millions of Hindus that also contains some of the most polluted stretches of the river.
- Sue learns how Patna has become a centre of education, visits the "miracle village" of Daveshpura, catches up with some old friends in Kolkata and visits some of the islands at the mouth of the river and beyond.
- Will begins his journey down the River Wye in the mountains of Mid Wales. He goes in search of the river's source and as he follows its course learns about the history of the area and its future.
- Will enters the second leg of his journey, here the River Wye broadens and deepens becoming not only a river but a border between two countries. He takes in Glasbury, Hay-on-Wye and Hereford.
- The writer and angler is on the final leg of his journey down the river as it meanders towards the sea. He visits a rowing regatta, a cider farm, a coal mine and attempts to paint a masterpiece.