BBC Focus - 03.2020

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TIGERS:HUNTINGTHE TRAFFICKERS
AvailableonBBCiPlayer
Therearefewerthan4,000tigersleftinthewild,withnumbersstill
droppingaspoachershunt,killandconsume.Inthisdocumentary,
formerRoyalMarinesCommandoAldoKanetrainsanti-poaching
units,butbewarned,thisis notforthefaint-hearted.Tigercubsare
keptinfreezersata breedingfacilityinLaos,whileinVietnamthey
are fattened and kept in cages to be killed and cooked to order.

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GENDERS:SHAPING
ANDBREAKING THE
BINA RY
ScienceGalleryLondon
GENDERSbringstogetherartists
andbiologists,neuroscientists
andactivists,todemonstrate
thediversityofgender.Class,
culture,race,ageandsexuality
allplaya part,butsotoois
scienceandtechtransforming
futureideasofgender.
On until 28 June

RADIOACTIVE
RosamundPikeplaysNobelPrize-
winningscientistMarieCurieas
sheembarksonherground-
breakingjourney,discovering
radioactivityandchanging the
faceofscienceforever.
In cinemas from 20 March


13 MINUTESTOTHE
MOON– SEASON TWO
BBCWorldService
Thisseason,listenerswillhear
thestoryofApollo13,the
Moonlandingmission that
neverwas.
Episodeonebeginswiththe
‘sixminutesofsilence’,when
theworldhelditsbreathto
awaitradiocontactfromthe
Apollo 13 crew,whowere
re-enteringEarth’s
atmosphereafterspending
fourdaysona shipseverely
damagedbyexplosion.
Contributorstothisseason
includeApollo 13 astronauts
FredHaiseandJimLovell,with
musicbyHansZimmer.
From 9 March

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