Superhumans - Bedouin: Living in The Desert

Raúl continues his journey through the fascinating world of human adaptation. In this episode, he will travel to one of the most hostile places on earth: the desert. Raúl will live among the Bedouins of the Arabic peninsula, desert dwellers for over fifteen centuries. Changes in temperature, the lack of resources and the loneliness in the desert will be some of the difficulties that he will face. The authentic task of standing alone is the challenge against nature.

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 23rd December, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Superhumans - Sabiny: Born to Run

Human beings developed abilities to run after a prey and exhaust it. Long-distance running begins. Raúl will travel to Mount Elgon in Uganda, where he will meet the Sabiny, who are living a historic moment: for the first time, Ugandans are standing out among other Rift Valley athletes. At higher than 2,000 meters, running to school over the steep hills is one of the stereotypical factors which makes for an explosive cocktail: they are human beings who were born to run. Trying to follow their lead is something only a ‘’superhuman’’ could do.

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 16th December, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Superhumans - Sami: Living in Extreme Cold

Raúl will travel to the Arctic Circle to meet the Samis, a community that has survived in extremely cold temperature for centuries. He will join three generations of reindeer herders. It is a very hard challenge for Raúl, who has never hidden his aversion to cold temperatures. He will be headed to a region where temperatures can drop to -50 degrees Celsius. Nils Peder’s family will share with Raúl all their secrets to survive in the Arctic tundra, where herders spend days watching over their herds, no matter how hard the conditions may become. Samis are the only indigenous people left in the European continent. They maintain a singular relationship with nature and a strong connection to their animals for their entire lives.

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 2nd December, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Superhumans - Dassanech: Living Under Extreme Heat

Raúl continues his adventure through the fascinating world of human evolution. He will travel to the heart of the Great Rift Valley, in southern Ethiopia. The Dassanech are a community that lives in one of the hottest regions on Earth, easily reaching 50 degrees Celsius under the morning sun. His challenge will be to work, plough and walk under extreme heat. But life is constantly rewriting itself, and today, a new factor comes into consideration: climate change.
 

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 25th November, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Superhumans - Bajau: Living Under Water

Raúl travels to South East Asia in order to meet the Bajau people, an extraordinary community of sea farers. He will live with a family of traditional sea hunter-gatherers, who will demonstrate their abilities as free divers, and will share their profound respect and love of the sea. The Bajau can spend up to six hours a day in and out of water, without any external equipment. As a consequence, some genetic adaptations have taken place that give them a tremendous advantage as free divers. Raúl will try his best to become one of them, incorporating their routines as his own, and immersing himself in their traditions: He will stay with Tadi’s family, one of the region’s most famous fishermen, known for his abilities as a free diver and his unmatched skills with a harpoon. This lifestyle is, nonetheless, threatened by pollution of the seas, climate change and overfishing.
 

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 18th November, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Superhumans - Aymara: Living in Heights

Raúl travels the world in the search of "superhumans". His first destination: the Bolivian plateau. He will meet the Aymara, a pre-Columbian community that has adapted their lifestyle and DNA to be able to survive at 4,000 meters above sea level. Raúl’s challenge: to breathe at the skirts of the Huayna Potosí, the Aymara’s sacred mountain.
 

Bilingual options : Spanish / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 11th November, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 2 - Living with Down’s Syndrome

Stacey learns about a different sort of parenting when she stays with Dom and Kellie Evans in Wales. Dom and Kellie’s lives were upended when their two sons, Lucus and Alexander, were diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy respectively. She sees first-hand the joys and frustrations of raising children with disabilities; and learns how their eldest daughter Isabella’s sign-language communication with Lucus has turned the pair into an unlikely YouTube sensation.  
 

Bilingual options : English / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 4th November, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)
Host : Jacqueline Pang

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 2 - Strictly Orthodox Jewish Family

Stacey spends the weekend staying in the home of Rabbi Wollenberg, his wife Blima and their nine children. In an ever more secular age, ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jews swim against the tide. Stacey talks to the Wollenbergs about what it’s like living under so strictly regimented religious code, what their faith gives to their family – and being so visibly Jewish as antisemitism dominates the headlines. 
 

Bilingual options : English / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 21st October, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)
Host : Jacqueline Pang

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 2 - The British Lion King

Stacey heads to Nottingham to spend the weekend with Reece Oliver and his family. Reece brought a taste of the African savannah to Nottinghamshire when he moved two lions and a puma into his back garden near the picture-postcard village of Strelley. Stacey talks to Reece about the controversy surrounding keeping wild animals in cages, asks what drives him to keep wild animals as pets -- and looks at the effect his lifestyle has had on those around him.
 

Bilingual options : English / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 14th October, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)
Host : Jacqueline Pang

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over 2 - Eco Warriors

Stacey travels to the remote Hebridean island of Gometra to spend an off-grid weekend with aristocrat Roc Sandford and his two daughters Blue and Savannah. She learns how Roc raised a brood of eco-warriors; and how deeply he and his children are involved in the controversial Extinction Rebellion and HS2 campaigns.

Bilingual options : English / Cantonese (TV)

Broadcast channel : RTHK TV 31

Broadcast date & time : 7th October, Thursday 10:00 p.m. (First Run)
Host : Jacqueline Pang