SONY BBC EARTH

The exploration of the glorious variety of life on earth and the breathtaking and phenomenal strategies animals and plants have developed to stay alive, is presented.

Gregg Wallace arrives a huge vacuum cleaner factory in the heart of Somerset and learns about their manufacturing processes.

Steve finds out which predators have the best weapons on earth, from squid with giant tentacles to free-diving crocodiles and a silent owl assassin.

Steve Backshall goes into the dark depths of seas in order to find seahorses and later, explores numerous species of tigers.

The spy creatures infiltrate a hippopotamus pod, a nursery of red flying foxes and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.

Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck drive the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of dangerous roads hacked through mountains and jungles of Laos and Vietnam.

Ben Fogle meets Justin, who has been living in his grandfather's cabin in the woods of the Appalachians for years and admires the courage it took him to gracefully bow out of the rat race.

The host explores how 27 tonnes of dried beans travel from North America through the largest baked bean factory in the world that produces more than three million cans of beans every 24 hours.

The inquisitive host explores the largest bicycle factory in Britain, which produces 150 folding vehicles every 24 hours.

Rick Stein reaches Istanbul, the last leg of his culinary adventure, just in time for the Bluefish season. After catching a few for himself, he cooks kofte kebabs with pistachios and Kapuska.

The spy creatures infiltrate a hippopotamus pod, a nursery of red flying foxes and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.

The exploration of the glorious variety of life on earth and the breathtaking and phenomenal strategies animals and plants have developed to stay alive, is presented.