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Television
IT is the week of the big cats at the National Geographic channel. Two programmes showcase how the tigers live contrasting lives, as the hunted and the hunters. In Tiger Skin Trade on Sunday at 10 p.m., the channel follows undercover agents from the EIA (environmental investigation agency), as they dive into the murky world of illegal tiger trading. They are armed only with undercover cameras and a resilient dedication to protect the tiger from cold-blooded hunters. On Wednesday at 10 p.m., the channel travels to India to see another face of the tiger — as the last of the man-eaters. Killer Tigers of India takes viewers to the Sunderbans, which are one of the last enclaves where tigers hunt, kill and eat humans. Fishing or gathering firewood in the gnarled mangroves can prove fatal. Up to 80 persons every year are killed here and eaten by tigers. This stunning documentary showcases the Sunderbans, where people understand that humans are not the most dominant animals. Death from the skies It is the day the
western world had its closest brush with terrorism. The Twin Towers
on Saturday at 10 p.m. on the History Channel relives the
horror of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Combining
sensitive dramatic reconstruction formulated from the 9/11 commission
report with eyewitness accounts, this major television film captures
the unfolding events through the eyes of the emergency services, the
federal aviation authority, the US government and the survivors, and
using the testimony of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Osama Bin Laden’s
mastermind behind the attacks, who was captured in 2003 — each story
conveys the significance of events from all sides. The individual
agony and anguish of those involved is has been brought to life
through this immersive drama-documentary. — NF
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