The lowdown on affordable high-end home and garden makeovers for a fraction of the cost - from paint and tiles, to designer furniture, plants, and half-price electronics.
We’ve always been a nation of dog lovers, but this year our infatuation has moved up a gear. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a boom in dog ownership as people look for the comfort and company of a pet at home. But with many of these owners getting puppies for the first time, there's no end to the challenges that come with these sweet balls of fluff! 12 Puppies and Us charts the ups and downs of a dozen puppies and their families in those first crucial months together. The series explores how the new arrivals develop, learn and adapt to their new worlds, as well as the profound effects they can have on the lives of their human owners. From unexpected loo breaks to first walks and sleepless nights, we follow both the delight and the mayhem a new puppy can bring. And on hand to offer our families expert advice when doggy difficulties get too much is dog behaviourist Louise Glazebrook.
After a year and a half of closures, the family-run Hastings Hotels, one of Northern Ireland’s most luxurious hotel chains, have reopened their doors. Staff prepare to welcome back guests, but the group lost over £16 million in 2021 and, in this new world of hospitality, the challenges they face are massive.
Meanwhile, in Belfast, the iconic Europa Hotel is gearing up for a series of sold-out exclusive gigs by singer-songwriter Van Morrison. However, the event go ahead relies on Covid restrictions lifting in time.
Across town, the new Grand Central Hotel desperately needs to start generating income to help recoup its £50 million+ building costs. Pastry chef Caitlin has her work cut out as they have a full house of afternoon teas, while bar manager Caelan helps promote a new tour for fans of the series Line of Duty, which was shot in Belfast.
The 5-star Culloden Hotel & Spa in County Down is also trying out a new money-spinner, with a double-decker champagne bus.
A brand new quiz features sixteen brilliantly bright families taking part in a knock out tournament as they attempt to win the holiday of a lifetime and the title of Britain's Brightest Family.
Trevor McDonald embarks on an eye-opening journey inside the secretive world of the American Mafia, gaining unprecedented access to people who have experienced first-hand, the money, glamour and violence of the United States’ most famous organised crime network. In this two-part documentary series, Trevor delves into the lives of people with a fascinating story to tell, some of whom have never appeared on television before.
In the kitchen of Hell's Kitchen Bulgaria, it gets hot when the new teams will cross the threshold of the hot culinary reality show. The attractive participants enter Hell's Kitchen with the ambition of winning the grand prize of BGN 100,000, but which of them will succeed in impressing the culinary legend Chef Viktor Angelov? The red and blue teams will be joined for the second time by a special star team of celebrities in various professional spheres. In the kitchen of Hell's Kitchen Bulgaria, things are getting hot when the new teams will cross the threshold of the hot culinary reality show. The attractive participants enter Hell's Kitchen with the ambition of winning the grand prize of BGN 100,000, but which of them will succeed in impressing the culinary legend Chef Viktor Angelov? The red and blue team will be joined for the second time by a special star team of celebrities in various professional fields.
Outsmart Yourself: Brain-Based Strategies to a Better You gives you insights into how your mind works and the tools you need to make lasting change. Led by Professor Peter M. Vishton of William & Mary, you will learn from a wealth of scientific evidence that will take you inside your brain and show you why you behave the way you do - and what you can do to strengthen your creativity.
A blind, elderly Jewish woman recalls her ill-fated love affair with a Black civil rights activist during the civil rights upheaval of the Sixties. She is transported to her past, reliving the tyranny unleashed upon her and her young African American lover by a merciless white supremacist family.
Matt Baumgartner, owner of June Farms, wants to make it the premier event space in the Hudson Valley. He has his hands full every week delivering perfect bespoke weddings. With a staff of fun-loving twenty-somethings, at times more focused on their love lives than their jobs and inclement weather, this wedding season turned out to be the hardest one in June Farm’s history.
Regarding criminality, not many genres inspire as much horror and revulsion as that of a serial killer. A predator in the most savage form. A beastly figure usually preying on the weak, innocent and vulnerable. Deeply-embedded negative and sometimes horrific experiences are the usual catalysts for their reign of terror. Take a look inside these murderous minds.
For the Love of Ray J is a dating show on VH1 featuring hip hop singer Ray J. The program has a format similar to Flavor of Love, I Love New York, and Rock of Love. One source notes that it "will be produced by the same geniuses" as those shows, 51 Minds. In reference to the series, Ray J said:
The show, which premiered on February 2, 2009, follows Ray J and his entourage of female suitors to the hottest hangouts in Los Angeles, to Sin City where they’ll party with his famous friends, and to Ray’s childhood home where they’ll meet his family and older sister Brandy. Ray J will pour his heart out to these women in hopes that he can figure out who is really there for him. Each week the ladies will attempt to win over Ray J as he carries on with his life in the spotlight. In the end, the girls who can’t keep up with Ray J’s jet-setting ways will be sent packing. But the one who can impress his friends and family and make Ray J believe that love exists, will win the ultimate prize—t
Families everywhere are feeling weighed down by the chaos and clutter in their homes. What if you could make spaces… happier? Briana Bosh turned her life upside down in the pursuit of wellness. This ballet dancer turned farmer is on a mission to bring the outside in, applying the basics of nature to create major transformations that set the tone for happier, more holistic living.
Series Two of Shane Delia's Spice Journey, takes him toexotic Turkey. It's here he searches for the historical and cultural foundations of his contemporary take on Middle Eastern flavors and to experience the legacy of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.