No County For Old Men

History HD

Starts Tuesday 17 April, 22.00

From a Sussex Mod rally to sheep-dog trials in Carmarthenshire, comedians John Thompson and Simon Day embark on an entertaining road trip across Britain to explore the events and traditions that keep the unique histories of our counties alive.

Animal Underworld

Nat Geo Wild HD

Starts Thursday 12 April, 20.00

American punk rock icon Henry Rollins investigates the world's strange animal practices, discovering a barn of creatures awaiting ritual Santeria sacrifice, human crocodile wrestlers, cooks who make meals from salvaged road kill and toad worshippers who smoke the toxic venom of their sacred amphibians.

World’s Toughest Expeditions With James Cracknell

Discovery HD

Starts Thursday 19 April, 21.00

James Cracknell. Freddie Flintoff. Bear Grylls. These are just some of the great adventurers that will feature in a collection of brand new one-offs and series over the next few months that will take viewers on a nail biting journey to all corners of the Earth. Coming up this month James Cracknell embarks on some of the toughest expeditions ever made throughout history. Four-part series, World's Toughest Expeditions with James Cracknell is a unique insight in to some of the hardest moments of the toughest expeditions ever undertaken, and an investigation in to how those at the heart of the most remarkable real-life adventures in the world survived. James follows directly in these great adventurers' footsteps - Livingstone, Fawcett, the Gold Rush pioneers and the crew of the Dundonald - and lives as they did, to tackle head-on, the most brutal sections of four epic tales of courage and endurance, attempting to survive as his predecessors did using only the equipment that was available to them.

Hillbilly Handfishin'

Animal Planet HD

Starts Saturday 14 April, 21.00

Forget, white water rafting, bungee jumping or sky diving, ‘noodling, Oklahoma style' is the new way to get the adrenaline pumping - for those not in the know, ‘noodling' is fishing for giant catfish in the South of America but not using a rod and reel, using your bare hands and feet! Animal Planet's highly entertaining new six part series, Hillbilly Handfishin', sees Oklahoma hand-fishermen and larger than life characters, Skipper Bivins and Trent Jackson joined by thrill seeking (or tricked into it) city dwellers as they submerge themselves in murky waters to get a good ol' taste of country life.