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PREVIEW: CNN International Programme Information Weeks 36 & 37

World’s Untold Stories: Super Volcano

Friday 31 August at 1630 BST / 1730 CET
Saturday 01 September at 1400 BST / 1500 CET and 2130 BST / 2230 CET
Sunday 02 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET
Monday 03 September at 0430 BST / 0530 CET and 0830 BST / 0930 CET
Tuesday 04 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Wednesday 05 September at 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Duration: 30 minutes

It can’t be seen, but it lies just eight kilometers beneath the Earth’s surface and could wipe out the United States. It’s a sleeping giant that’s been at rest for more than 600 thousand years, but it’s eruption is a potential catastrophic event that could kill millions. It’s a supervolcano.

‘World’s Untold Stories’ explores one of the world’s largest supervolcanoes, the crosshairs of which sit squarely in the United States’ Yellowstone Park. Though its last eruption was millenniums ago, in 2004, scientists noticed the ground starting to ‘heave’, rising upward as high as 2.8 inches a year. This activity has caused geologist Bob Smith and colleagues at the U.S. Geological Survey to keep an eye out for further clues that may allude to an upcoming eruption. While there’s no way of knowing exactly when the next eruption could occur, experts know for certain it would be devastating.

Rather than taking the shape of a single mountain, supervolcanoes have a crater-shaped depression called a caldera. The caldera of the Yellowstone supervolcano is 1,500 square miles. In 1980, the United States experienced a considerable eruption from Mount St. Helens. However, Mount. St. Helens’ crater is only two square miles, making the opening of the supervolcano more than 700 times larger. This means it could spew 8,000 times more ash and lava, which physicist Michio Kaku says would “wipe out the United States as we know it”.

In this documentary, ‘World’s Untold Stories’ addresses the key questions: How do these supervolcanoes form? When will the next Earth-shattering eruption come? And, is there any way to control one of the largest volcanoes on Earth?

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Living Golf

Thursday 06 September at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Saturday 08 September at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2200 BST / 2300 CET
Sunday 09 September at 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Saturday 15 September at 1730 BST / 1830 CET
Sunday 16 September at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2200 BST / 2300 CET
Duration: 30 minutes

In September, ‘Living Golf’ previews the Ryder Cup, including the teams’ announcements, a look at the course (the Medinah Country Club), and an exclusive profile of the European Captain, Jose Maria Olazabal. Host Shane O’Donoghue interviews Olazabal at the Real Golf Club of San Sebastian (outside the farm house in which he grew up), and at his favourite tapas bar.

Although the London Olympics have now drawn to a close, there’s no time for a break for some athletes. ‘Living Golf’ takes to the road with some of the Chinese squad, who are already in training for Rio 2016 as they prepare for golf’s return to the Games after a break of 112 years.

Also, in this month’s ‘Hotshots’ segment, Luke Donald, one of the stars of the European Team, teaches O’Donoghue how to chip close time after time.

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CNN Business Traveller

Thursday 13 September at 0830 BST / 0930 CET
Friday 14 September at 0530 BST / 0630 CET
Saturday 15 September at 0730 BST / 0830 CET
Sunday 16 September at 0400 BST / 0500 CET
Duration: 30 minutes

A key ingredient to a successful business trip, or indeed any trip, is good food – this month ‘CNN Business Traveller’ asks how business travellers can eat well on the road, with a study of changes in the catering department which are driving the evolution of the travel industry.

Host Richard Quest begins with a look at his pet hate – the hotel breakfast buffet. On a global scale, the hotel giants Hilton, Hyatt and Choice Hotels are re-inventing this tired institution, in the belief that the quality of their breakfast is a huge driver of guest loyalty. Richard speaks with the head of Food and Beverage from each chain, asking how they’re putting things right.

The programme also investigates whether, in tough economic times, the business lunch is still the best way to woo a client? Also on the menu…’CNN Business Traveller’ hears from celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey on how to make a hotel restaurant a ‘place to be seen’, CNN correspondent Ayesha Durgahee samples the ‘chef on call’ service at Malaysian Airlines and takes a peak at the vast wine cellars owned by the aviation industry. That’s breakfast, lunch and dinner served, on this month’s ‘CNN Business Traveller’.

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