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00:00Adopting A New Life Series
Moscow’s City Day festival gives an opportunity for the children to perform their dance routine in the park. Despite the rain, the show is a hit with the crowd. Afterwards, there’s time for all the family to investigate the Experimentanium Museum’s science showcase. The kids get to learn from the experiments being demonstrated at stalls set up along the street.
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00:30Human Rights
Kidnapping girls to marry them is common practice in Kyrgyzstan. Some of those couples live happily together for the rest of their lives, but a lot of the women can never put up with the shame of forced marriage and sometimes take their own lives.
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01:00Military and War
The bloodiest conflict in the post-Soviet history. The biggest challenge Dmitry Medvedev faced during his tenure as President of Russia. The wounds brought to the people by the five-day Georgia-Ossetia war are just as fresh now as they were five years ago.
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02:00Health
A skin-whitening trend is ravaging Senegalese women. Magazine and billboard ads display light-skinned models, insisting that this is what men want. Skin-lightening pills and creams can be easily bought everywhere, but pharmacists rarely warn the buyers of their possible catastrophic side effects. Though these products have long been banned in other countries, Senegalese women bent on flaunting a lighter skin shade don’t hesitate to use them.
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02:30Sport
The schoolgirls of Shaolin Epo Wushu College have little time to play with dolls. In their boarding school, they live by a tight schedule and strict discipline. Every day they train to fight with knives and swords. Living a Spartan lifestyle, they work hard to make their teachers and their country proud but only students who pass the exams are allowed to continue their education.
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03:00Military and War
Five years into the devastating Syrian war, the country’s capital, Damascus is a shelter for the civilians who refuse to flee their motherland. Yet, even here no one is really safe as shells hit the streets and buildings regularly. Sameer is a local cameraman who continues his work despite its dangers. Through his lens, he shows us the everyday life of ordinary Syrians.
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03:30Investigation
They call it Sleepy Hollow. A small village in Kazakhstan which has succumbed to a mysterious ailment – its dwellers keep falling asleep for no apparent reason. Anyone can be affected without warning. Some blame ghosts, others – closed uranium mines located nearby. RT Doc investigates.
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04:00Up From Downs Series
The Open Art Theatre is performing Romeo and Juliet to mark World Down Syndrome Day. Everyone is there except Nikita, who is late again. After the final run-through, Nikita turns up and is told he’s sitting it out. The show goes on, and the audience thinks it’s a great success, but Nikita has other thoughts. This leaves Nikita wondering if he has any part in the theatre.
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04:30Arts and Culture
Russia's ballroom boom: children, students, businessmen and even pensioners are doing it. The world's leading coaches and dancers are travelling to Russia to perform, teach and make money. In Russia dancing's a tradition: it has an air of culture and is extremely competitive sport making people sacrifice everything.
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05:00Adopting A New Life Series
Moscow’s City Day festival gives an opportunity for the children to perform their dance routine in the park. Despite the rain, the show is a hit with the crowd. Afterwards, there’s time for all the family to investigate the Experimentanium Museum’s science showcase. The kids get to learn from the experiments being demonstrated at stalls set up along the street.
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05:30Crime and Terrorism
When in August 2014, ISIS invaded regions near Mount Sinjar in Iraq, the terrorists killed and abducted thousands of local Yazidi people many of them women and children who they sold openly at slave markets. The captives have had no one they could count on for help until one man decided to take on ISIS.
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06:30Meeting with Nature
The appearance of giant craters in Siberia sparked dozens of wild theories about their origins, from meteorites to UFOs. An RT Doc crew travelled to the region to try to find explanations for the geological mystery.
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07:00Professions
This is not a battlefield and they are not at war. But these are boys that wish to become men. To achieve this, they have to go through difficult challenges that will put their abilities and determination to the test. Their goal is to earn the right to wear the symbol of the Russian Special Forces – the crimson beret.
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07:30This is China SeriesRhythm of chongqing
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08:00Health
A day in life of someone who lives with osteogenesis imperfecta – or brittle bone disease – is fraught with risk. Even the tiniest movement can lead to serious fractures.
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08:30Travel and Adventure
“Keldysh” is Russia’s famous research vessel. She’s heading towards the Arctic Circle on a mission to collect important underwater samples. One of the scientists aboard helped draft Russia’s Arctic shelf claim, submitted to the UN. He explains the science behind it.
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09:30Discovering Russia
On an island far from the mainland, the Valaam monastery is one of the Russian Orthodox Church's holiest and most isolated sites.
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10:00Investigation
Cyberbullying has caused teenage suicides all over the world. It knows no physical or moral boundaries and can even reach out to terrorise victims in the apparent safety of their own homes. No punch is too low for the anonymous trolls who use the internet to threaten, insult and intimidate.
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10:30Health
Over 20 million Americans are prescribed psychotropic drugs for a variety of mental disorders. Even young children are being given pills to treat ‘behavioural problems’. The drugs are intended to help, but many patients say they just don’t work, are dangerously habit forming and have debilitating side effects.
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11:30Human Rights
Kidnapping girls to marry them is common practice in Kyrgyzstan. Some of those couples live happily together for the rest of their lives, but a lot of the women can never put up with the shame of forced marriage and sometimes take their own lives.
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12:00Up From Downs Series
The Open Art Theatre is performing Romeo and Juliet to mark World Down Syndrome Day. Everyone is there except Nikita, who is late again. After the final run-through, Nikita turns up and is told he’s sitting it out. The show goes on, and the audience thinks it’s a great success, but Nikita has other thoughts. This leaves Nikita wondering if he has any part in the theatre.
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12:30Military and War
The bloodiest conflict in the post-Soviet history. The biggest challenge Dmitry Medvedev faced during his tenure as President of Russia. The wounds brought to the people by the five-day Georgia-Ossetia war are just as fresh now as they were five years ago.
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13:00Adopting A New Life Series
Moscow’s City Day festival gives an opportunity for the children to perform their dance routine in the park. Despite the rain, the show is a hit with the crowd. Afterwards, there’s time for all the family to investigate the Experimentanium Museum’s science showcase. The kids get to learn from the experiments being demonstrated at stalls set up along the street.
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13:30
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14:00Sport
The schoolgirls of Shaolin Epo Wushu College have little time to play with dolls. In their boarding school, they live by a tight schedule and strict discipline. Every day they train to fight with knives and swords. Living a Spartan lifestyle, they work hard to make their teachers and their country proud but only students who pass the exams are allowed to continue their education.
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14:30Investigation
They call it Sleepy Hollow. A small village in Kazakhstan which has succumbed to a mysterious ailment – its dwellers keep falling asleep for no apparent reason. Anyone can be affected without warning. Some blame ghosts, others – closed uranium mines located nearby. RT Doc investigates.
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15:00Crime and Terrorism
When in August 2014, ISIS invaded regions near Mount Sinjar in Iraq, the terrorists killed and abducted thousands of local Yazidi people many of them women and children who they sold openly at slave markets. The captives have had no one they could count on for help until one man decided to take on ISIS.
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16:00Meeting with Nature
The appearance of giant craters in Siberia sparked dozens of wild theories about their origins, from meteorites to UFOs. An RT Doc crew travelled to the region to try to find explanations for the geological mystery.
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16:30This is China SeriesRhythm of chongqing
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17:00Health
A day in life of someone who lives with osteogenesis imperfecta – or brittle bone disease – is fraught with risk. Even the tiniest movement can lead to serious fractures.
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17:30
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18:00Health
A skin-whitening trend is ravaging Senegalese women. Magazine and billboard ads display light-skinned models, insisting that this is what men want. Skin-lightening pills and creams can be easily bought everywhere, but pharmacists rarely warn the buyers of their possible catastrophic side effects. Though these products have long been banned in other countries, Senegalese women bent on flaunting a lighter skin shade don’t hesitate to use them.
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18:30Professions
This is not a battlefield and they are not at war. But these are boys that wish to become men. To achieve this, they have to go through difficult challenges that will put their abilities and determination to the test. Their goal is to earn the right to wear the symbol of the Russian Special Forces – the crimson beret.
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19:00Discovering Russia
On an island far from the mainland, the Valaam monastery is one of the Russian Orthodox Church's holiest and most isolated sites.
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19:30Arts and Culture
Russia's ballroom boom: children, students, businessmen and even pensioners are doing it. The world's leading coaches and dancers are travelling to Russia to perform, teach and make money. In Russia dancing's a tradition: it has an air of culture and is extremely competitive sport making people sacrifice everything.
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20:00Up From Downs Series
The Open Art Theatre is performing Romeo and Juliet to mark World Down Syndrome Day. Everyone is there except Nikita, who is late again. After the final run-through, Nikita turns up and is told he’s sitting it out. The show goes on, and the audience thinks it’s a great success, but Nikita has other thoughts. This leaves Nikita wondering if he has any part in the theatre.
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20:30Personalities
The distinguishing features of Russia's elite Spetsnaz soldiers include their maroon berets, unparalleled physical fitness and ability to make the right decisions at lightning speed. Evgeny Epov was one such soldier; he made the ultimate sacrifice and saved the lives of several of his comrades.
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21:00Adopting A New Life Series
Moscow’s City Day festival gives an opportunity for the children to perform their dance routine in the park. Despite the rain, the show is a hit with the crowd. Afterwards, there’s time for all the family to investigate the Experimentanium Museum’s science showcase. The kids get to learn from the experiments being demonstrated at stalls set up along the street.
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21:30Investigation
Cyberbullying has caused teenage suicides all over the world. It knows no physical or moral boundaries and can even reach out to terrorise victims in the apparent safety of their own homes. No punch is too low for the anonymous trolls who use the internet to threaten, insult and intimidate.
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22:00Health
Over 20 million Americans are prescribed psychotropic drugs for a variety of mental disorders. Even young children are being given pills to treat ‘behavioural problems’. The drugs are intended to help, but many patients say they just don’t work, are dangerously habit forming and have debilitating side effects.
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23:00Vets & Pets
In this episode, the dedicated professionals at the New Century veterinary clinic treat a horse that took a bad fall during training, help an abandoned dog with some serious health problems, and a take in a litter of puppies rescued from the side of the road. Even a beat-up racoon is given top-notch medical care. You’ll also learn a secret about horses that may shock you!
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23:30Health
Is there such a thing as immunity to cancer or diabetes? Dr Jaime Guevara of Ecuador believes so. He discovered that people suffering from Laron Syndrome, a form of dwarfism, never appear to develop these life-threatening diseases. But could his amazing findings benefit everyone else?
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