TV Guide 5SELECT Wednesday

Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands head to the village of Poulton in Cheshire to see a location where archaeologists have dug up nearly 1,000 human skeletons. The remains have revealed secrets about life during the Black Death, including signs of backbreaking agricultural work, poor nutrition and battles

Documentary featuring previously unseen footage, now brought to life in colour. Fighting reaches unprecedented levels of violence across Europe in September 1915, and with new weapons and defences, warfare becomes increasingly industrial and chemical. There is also footage from the bloodiest battle of the war, The Battle of the Somme, where 30,000 men lost their lives in only a few hours

Ben heads to Slab City in California to meet an extraordinary homeless artist called DNA, who Ben had previously met whilst in the area making another documentary. Ben joins DNA in his 'Mad Max' camp on a desert hill, an extreme place to seek refuge, but like most residents in Slab City, he discovers DNA had few choices. Ben learns the harsh reality of what it's like to be homeless in the US, and the downward cycle that people can find themselves in

Naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall and wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan reveal the hidden secrets of the Ice Age, using state of the art technology to bring this frozen world to life. In the first episode, the duo witness the rise of giant beasts such as the woolly mammoth and sabre-toothed tiger, revealing how they were perfectly adapted for this extreme environment, and what factors let to their extinction. Later, Michaela travels deep into the Arctic Circle to try and solve the puzzle of how and why the Ice Age started in the first place

Naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall and wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan reveal the hidden secrets of the Ice Age, using state of the art technology to bring this frozen world to life. The second episode sees the pair travel the world to discover how Neanderthals and Homo sapiens survived at a time of brutal environmental change, and uncover why Homo sapiens lived on while the Neanderthals were wiped off the face of the Earth

Steve Backshall and Michaela Strachan reveal how the Great Thaw triggered the end of the Ice Age and changed the world as we know it