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Ch. Title Description # Day Date Time Length RPT CC DVS AD MD
10.1 Bangladesh Holly kicks off her trip in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and the seventh largest city in the world. She then travels to Sunderban National Park for an encounter with Bengal tigers and a trek deep into the forest to find honey. Along the way, Holly visits a "floating" school, charms snakes, harvests tea in the hills of Sylhet, visits the ship-breaking yards in Chittagong and relaxes in the seaside resort of Cox's Bazaar near the Myanmar border. (6 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1106 SU 05/13/12 05:00am 00:57:34 - (CC) × ST
10.1 Bangladesh Holly kicks off her trip in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and the seventh largest city in the world. She then travels to Sunderban National Park for an encounter with Bengal tigers and a trek deep into the forest to find honey. Along the way, Holly visits a "floating" school, charms snakes, harvests tea in the hills of Sylhet, visits the ship-breaking yards in Chittagong and relaxes in the seaside resort of Cox's Bazaar near the Myanmar border. (6 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1106 SU 05/13/12 11:00pm 00:57:34 - (CC) × ST
10.1 East Texas Zay takes roping lessons and experiences the famous Gun Show in Ft. Worth. He visits the Book Depository with an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, travels to the oil fields in Kilgore, stops at the Huntsville State Penitentiary, tours the Johnson Space Center with Alan Bean in Houston, and celebrates the 4th of July in Chappell Hill. (7 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1107 SU 05/20/12 05:00am 00:57:31 - (CC) × ST
10.1 East Texas Zay takes roping lessons and experiences the famous Gun Show in Ft. Worth. He visits the Book Depository with an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, travels to the oil fields in Kilgore, stops at the Huntsville State Penitentiary, tours the Johnson Space Center with Alan Bean in Houston, and celebrates the 4th of July in Chappell Hill. (7 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1107 SU 05/20/12 11:00pm 00:57:31 - (CC) × ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco Ben starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca, learns to cook "harira" (the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast) in the imperial city of Fes, lives with a nomadic family in the high dunes of the Western Sahara, scours the markets in Marrakesh for ingredients to make the classic "tagine," samples Berber delicacies in the High Atlas mountains, and fishes for his dinner in the port of Essaouira. (8 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1108 SU 05/27/12 05:00am 00:57:38 - (CC) × ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco Ben starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca, learns to cook "harira" (the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast) in the imperial city of Fes, lives with a nomadic family in the high dunes of the Western Sahara, scours the markets in Marrakesh for ingredients to make the classic "tagine," samples Berber delicacies in the High Atlas mountains, and fishes for his dinner in the port of Essaouira. (8 of 30)
WEB LINK		 1108 SU 05/27/12 11:00pm 00:57:38 - (CC) × ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Special: World War II in the Pacific The "Trekkers" explore the epic events of World War II by visiting key locations in the Pacific. The Trekkers begin at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu and move to Chuuk Lagoon in Micronesia, the base for Japanese operations against Allied forces in New Guinea. Other sites include the Solomon Islands, Bikini Island, the remote village of Kokoda in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Saipan and Tinian, a small island in the Northern Marianas archipelago and the take-off point for the Enola Gay's mission. The episode wraps up with a moving visit to Japan and the Nagasaki Peace Park.
WEB LINK		 1109 SU 06/03/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Special: World War II in the Pacific The "Trekkers" explore the epic events of World War II by visiting key locations in the Pacific. The Trekkers begin at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu and move to Chuuk Lagoon in Micronesia, the base for Japanese operations against Allied forces in New Guinea. Other sites include the Solomon Islands, Bikini Island, the remote village of Kokoda in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Saipan and Tinian, a small island in the Northern Marianas archipelago and the take-off point for the Enola Gay's mission. The episode wraps up with a moving visit to Japan and the Nagasaki Peace Park.
WEB LINK		 1109 SU 06/03/12 11:30pm 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
10.1 Amsterdam City Guide 2 Brianna and Jonathan travel to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands that was built around a network of beautiful canals overlooked by the gabled mansions of 17th century merchants. Jonathan visits the Rijksmuseum, which has a magnificent collection of paintings by the great Dutch Masters, while Brianna marvels at the artistic genius of Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum. She then visits a replica of an East India cargo, discovering how the great wealth of the city was extracted from the Dutch colonies in Asia. Briana later ventures to the Anne Frank House and hears about her family's last days in hiding from the Nazis. In stark contrast, Jonathan ends his trip partying at the Gay Parade, one of Amsterdam's biggest events of the year.
WEB LINK		 1110 SU 06/10/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
10.1 Spanish Islands Alex explores the glorious Spanish Islands. He begins on the millionaires' playground that is Mallorca and hops over to Ibiza, where he goes clubbing with the beautiful people and then winds down at a yoga resort. Alex travels to Formentera, a sparsely populated island famous for mud baths and massive boats. He then visits the Canary Islands, starting with Gran Canaria where he revels at the festival of the Virgen del Rosario and explores the island's ancient caves. On Tenerife, Alex hikes up the Tiede volcano, Spain's highest peak, and later swims alongside a mother whale and her calves.
WEB LINK		 1111 SU 06/17/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
10.1 Spanish Islands Alex explores the glorious Spanish Islands. He begins on the millionaires' playground that is Mallorca and hops over to Ibiza, where he goes clubbing with the beautiful people and then winds down at a yoga resort. Alex travels to Formentera, a sparsely populated island famous for mud baths and massive boats. He then visits the Canary Islands, starting with Gran Canaria where he revels at the festival of the Virgen del Rosario and explores the island's ancient caves. On Tenerife, Alex hikes up the Tiede volcano, Spain's highest peak, and later swims alongside a mother whale and her calves.
WEB LINK		 1111 SU 06/17/12 11:00pm 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia Merrilees Parker takes a culinary tour around Scandinavia, a region infused with Viking history and heritage. She begins her travels at a Viking festival, learns how to smoke herring in a Swedish village, assists with the smorgasbord at the Midsummer Festival, prepares moose with Lars Backman (the inspiration for the Swedish Chef on "The Muppet Show"), and cooks with the Sami people at the Arctic Circle.
WEB LINK		 1112 SU 06/24/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) × ST
10.1 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia Merrilees Parker takes a culinary tour around Scandinavia, a region infused with Viking history and heritage. She begins her travels at a Viking festival, learns how to smoke herring in a Swedish village, assists with the smorgasbord at the Midsummer Festival, prepares moose with Lars Backman (the inspiration for the Swedish Chef on "The Muppet Show"), and cooks with the Sami people at the Arctic Circle.
WEB LINK		 1112 SU 06/24/12 11:00pm 00:56:46 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Bangladesh 1106 SU 05/13/12 05:00am 00:57:34 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Bangladesh 1106 SU 05/13/12 11:00pm 00:57:34 - (CC) × ST
36.2 East Texas 1107 SU 05/20/12 05:00am 00:57:31 - (CC) × ST
36.2 East Texas 1107 SU 05/20/12 11:00pm 00:57:31 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco 1108 SU 05/27/12 05:00am 00:57:38 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco 1108 SU 05/27/12 11:00pm 00:57:38 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Special: World War II in the Pacific 1109 SU 06/03/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Special: World War II in the Pacific 1109 SU 06/03/12 11:30pm 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
36.2 Amsterdam City Guide 2 1110 SU 06/10/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
36.2 Spanish Islands 1111 SU 06/17/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
36.2 Spanish Islands 1111 SU 06/17/12 11:00pm 00:56:46 - (CC) (DVS) ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia 1112 SU 06/24/12 05:00am 00:56:46 - (CC) × ST
36.2 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia 1112 SU 06/24/12 11:00pm 00:56:46 - (CC) × ST