Mark Evans presents a science series uncovering the anatomical secrets of some of the animal kingdom's most extraordinary species.
Also features professor and author Richard Dawkins.

Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics and fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand up to the SIS, threatens to end Perry's brand of singlehanded "justice" on the Los Angeles streets. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down cold-blooded killers and face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue.

A cold blood creature needs solar power - soaking up the rays but hibernating in winter.We meet frogs that moisturise,jousting tortoises and frozen turtles that return to life. They can be sophisticated creatures like the bubble-massaging saltwater crocodile or the Balearic wall lizard that has a relationship with a flower, but there are the exceptions to the cold-blooded rules such as the teenage tyrannosaurus rex and the largest reptile on earth, the leatherback turtle.

In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions ?20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days???�???and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day.

Read by Joseph Samuel.