Amazing effects reveal the secrets of animal perception in this landmark series . Join a goose flying in formation through the air, see through the multi-aspected eye and eavesdrop on a mouse?s conversation ...

Vladimir Putin, after eight years as president of Russia and four more as prime minister, is stubbornly holding onto power. He has announced his intention to return as president and declared his party the winner in parliamentary elections that are widely seen as fraudulent. In Moscow 100,000 protesters have taken to the streets in the largest demonstrations since Putin took office. Putin began his career as a KGB spy but when he became president, he made himself a valued ally of the West. How did he do it? And what made Washington and London turn against him?

Easy Cook Magazine is the UK's most convenient and straight-talking food based magazine. Every issue is packed with easy and fun recipes that everyone can enjoy. There will be useful features on quick and easy everyday suppers, meals to enjoy at the weekend as well as speedy menus for stress free entertaining. There will also be interesting articles on the best snacks, baking recipes and taste tests.

The second episode includes an extraordinary interview with former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, who was widely thought to be responsible for murder, corruption and sanctions-busting. He tells how, in the 2004 election, he set about getting his chosen successor elected president - with the help of Putin and his Kremlin advisers...

The third episode tells how, in August 2008, Russia went to war with America's ally, Georgia. Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev and Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili reveal why each decided it was necessary to make war on the other. Former American secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and former secretary of defense Robert Gates describe what happened inside the National Security Council as President Bush considered whether to send in ground troops to save Georgia's capital. They reveal just how near to war the conflict brought the two nuclear super-powers.

Modern humans have been around for some 200,000 years, which is peanuts compared to some of the species alive today: there are creatures that have been with us since the Cambrian age and trees that have barely changed in the last 300,000 years. Natural history palaeontologist Richard Fortey investigates why certain life forms endure..

Easy Cook Magazine is the UK's most convenient and straight-talking food based magazine. Every issue is packed with easy and fun recipes that everyone can enjoy. There will be useful features on quick and easy everyday suppers, meals to enjoy at the weekend as well as speedy menus for stress free entertaining. There will also be interesting articles on the best snacks, baking recipes and taste tests.