BBC in Borneo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/125travel.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/61now.shtml

BBC tv BBC 1 New Year's Day began showing Borneo Expedition at 17:50 but for the rest of the week showtime is 19:00

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KG writes: "Expedition Borneo takes a trip into the unknown as a team of six intrepid explorers are dropped into one of the most remote places on earth to study and help protect its fragile eco-system.

"Borneo has been described as the "lungs of the planet" and is one of the last island wildernesses in the world.

"During their journey through this extraordinary landscape, the team members scale mountains, map rivers and abseil into caves the size of football stadia, as they meet the animals unique to this habitat, including gibbons, orang-utans, forest elephants, monitor lizards, hornbills and numerous snakes.

"The six presenters are:

Gordon Buchanan – an experienced BBC Natural History Unit cameraman;

Justine Evans – camerawoman and tree climber;

Steve Backshall – climber and biologist;

Tara Shine – an environmental and development consultant;

Dr George McGavin – Curator of Entomology at the University Museum in Oxford;

Professor Tyrone Hayes – a frog expert from the University of Berkeley, California.