Whisky

We travel south from Sapporo on the Hakodate Line, one of Japan's earliest rail lines, to visit a museum that preserves railroad history and a distillery known around the globe for its whisky. Rail fans will not want to miss a rare experience at one of its remote stations. At Oshamambe, customers enjoy crab bento while savoring the joy of travel, without boarding a train. Leisurely journey through an area where new winds will blow when the Shinkansen starts operations in the future.

One of the best-selling groups of all time, with a phenomenal 76 million record sales, The Black Eyed Peas have won the love of the UK and the world. This year will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo celebrate 20 years at the top, and viewers are being invited along to chart their incredible journey. Joanna Lumley presents this very special one-hour spectacular to feature exclusive performances of some of the global super group’s greatest hits with Nicole Scherzinger, Danny O’Donoghue and Sir Tom Jones all joining them on stage.

Gregg Wallace is in Ireland at an enormous liqueurs factory that produces 540,000 bottles a day. He follows the production of cream liqueur from the arrival of maize to make Irish whiskey right through to dispatch of the finished liqueur. It is the show's longest ever production timeline, taking more than three years. Along the way, Gregg learns that it is the barrels whiskey is matured in that create around half of its flavour and discovers that a milk protein is the secret to mixing cream and whiskey together.

Toujours aussi fan de whisky, Willie Soke et son petit sidekick Marcus sont de retour dans les rues de Chicago la veille de Noël pour faire la charité. Mais cette année Willie va voir sa mère débarquer…

Mosso dal whisky a buon mercato, dall'avidità e dall'odio, Willie Soke, antieroe per eccellenza, torna a fare nuovamente squadra con il suo piccolo aiutante arrabbiato Marcus e a rivestire i panni di Babbo Natale per un ente di beneficenza di Chicago, presieduto da Diane, una direttrice dal cuore d'oro e dalla libido d'acciaio. Lungo la strada, Willie avrà modo di relazionarsi con il paffuto e allegro Thurman Merman, un ragazzo con qualche chilo di troppo capace di tirare fuori il suo ultimo frammento di umanità.

Mosso dal whisky a buon mercato, dall'avidità e dall'odio, Willie Soke, antieroe per eccellenza, torna a fare nuovamente squadra con il suo piccolo aiutante arrabbiato Marcus e a rivestire i panni di Babbo Natale per un ente di beneficenza di Chicago, presieduto da Diane, una direttrice dal cuore d'oro e dalla libido d'acciaio. Lungo la strada, Willie avrà modo di relazionarsi con il paffuto e allegro Thurman Merman, un ragazzo con qualche chilo di troppo capace di tirare fuori il suo ultimo frammento di umanità.

The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth.

The Dramathon is one of the newest events in the racing calendar but is already hugely popular – attracting over 1,000 people. Competitors follow the iconic Speyside Way from Ballindalloch to Dufftown along forest tracks, riverside paths and through the hills. And it is called the Dramathon for a reason, because the route takes the competitors past nine of Scotland’s finest whisky distilleries. Also in this month’s Adventure Show we have two inspirational stories. We join former tattoo artist Steve Barnes, who has discovered that getting into our wild places helps him cope with a terminal illness.

This programme follows fisherman Donald, crofter Attar, postal worker Pamela, peat cutter Duncan and whisky distillery entrepreneurs Kate and Jonny, as they deal with their lottery windfall

The late autumn gingko trees are a brilliant yellow in Tokyo's neighboring prefecture of Saitama. Surprisingly unexplored, this is an area of great natural beauty with its own distinct traditions. We learn how a family of dollmakers breathes life into their creations, treasured for generations. In Kawagoe, a town with the atmosphere of centuries past, we marvel at the speed and skill of an old-style candy maker. And we discover how Saitama's special climate is the secret behind a world-class whisky.