Inside the Middle East
Wednesday 05 June at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET Saturday 08 June at 0530 BST / 0630 CET and 1930 BST / 2030 CET Sunday 09 June at 1330 BST / 1430 CET Saturday 15 June at 1330 BST / 1430 CET Sunday 16 June at 0530 BST / 0630 CET and 1930 BST / 2030 CET Duration: 30 minutesThis month, ‘Inside the Middle East’ travels to Istanbul, Turkey for a unique culinary journey through the city’s narrow bazaars and winding backstreets. In Istanbul, food is more than just fuel for the body – it is the medium through which people connect and the best way to experience the rich cultural history of the city where east meets west.
Hosting the programme is Turkish chef Arda Turkmen, who guides viewers around the food stalls of Istanbul’s crowded markets – sampling everything from kababs to pickle juice and barbecued sheep’s head.
Istanbul has more to offer than simple street food though; the city is home to a thriving fine dining scene. Inside the Middle East meets Hande Bozdogan, a prominent Turkish chef who, six years ago, launched the Istanbul Culinary Institute, the city’s first professional cookery school.
Istanbul is home to some of the best preserved Ottoman architecture in the world but it’s the cooking of the era that has been getting the city’s foodies excited lately. Chef Batur Durmay is leading the revival of Turkish Ottoman cuisine with some of the recipes on the menu at his restaurant dating back to the 1500’s.
Inside the Middle East also stops for dessert at Gulluoglu, one of the oldest baklava bakeries in the world, and meets a sixth-generation baker who believes that making baklava is an art.
edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/middle.east facebook.com/CNNIMEThe Art of Movement *NEW*
Thursday 06 June at 0845 BST / 0945 CET Friday 07 June at 0545 BST / 0645 CET Saturday 8 June at 0630 BST / 0830 CET and 1630 BST / 1730 CET Saturday 15 June 1230 BST / 1330 CET Sunday 16 June at 0730 BST / 0830 CET Monday 17 June at 0400 BST / 0500 CET Duration: 15 minutes
From the visually beautiful to the technically awe-inspiring – The Art of Movement is a new monthly programme which highlights the innovations in art, culture, science and technology which are helping to shape the modern world.
In June, the show focuses on the art and science behind catching the perfect wave.
Waves are curves of energy, stirred up by winds in the deep oceans. Knowing how to predict, capture and harness the power of these natural phenomena means studying the motion of water.
While a gifted surfer might make the action of balancing and riding on waves look effortless and elegant, it is a technically difficult sport which demands skill, foresight and the highest level of physical fitness. The Art of Movement meets a surfer who possesses all of these attributes, Kelly Slater. Now 41, the 11 times world champion regularly outperforms contenders near half his age.
The programme also speaks to a man who understands the search for the perfect wave better than most; oceanographer and former European surf champion Professor Paul Russell.
Beyond the professional circuit, surfing is more extreme still. Form some the perfect wave means the biggest wave possible, and the hunt for larger and larger waves can become an obsession. Surfers monitor global weather charts to determine where the next big wave will occur, travelling enormous distances ride these giants. The programme meets Brazilian Maya Gabriela who rode a 45ft wave at Dungeons in South Africa – the largest ever surfed by a woman.
cnn.com/artofmovementLiving Golf
Thursday 06 June at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1730 BST / 1830 CET Saturday 08 June at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2200 BST / 2300 CET Sunday 09 June at 1730 BST / 1830 CET Saturday 15 June at 1730 BST / 1830 CET Sunday 16 June at 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 2230 BST / 2330 CET Duration: 30 minutesThis month’s Living Golf is a US Open preview special. As the competition returns to Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania for the first time in over thirty years, Living Golf host Shane O’Donoghue goes behind the scenes of the historic club.
The programme is given rare access to film a Bible study group on the PGA Tour. There is a significant presence of Christians on the PGA Tour, including Major winners Bubba Watson, Keegan Bradley and Stewart Cink. Living Golf speaks top players and a leading psychologist to explore the role that Faith plays on the Tour.
The show also takes an inside look at an elite family of American coaches, the Harmons. Eugene Claude Harmon was the last-ever club professional to win a major tournament in 1948 and O’Donoghue sits down with the late champion’s son, and former coach to Tiger Woods, Butch Harmon who talks engagingly of his experience coaching the sport’s best and brightest over the past 50 years.
cnn.com/livinggolf @CNNlivinggolf @shaneodonoghueAnthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Peru
Saturday 08 June 2000 BST / 2100 CET Duration: 1 hour
‘Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown’, which launched in April on CNN International, is a new one-hour lifestyle programme which follows world-renowned chef, bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Anthony Bourdain as he visits little-known areas of the globe, celebrating their rich cultural diversity by exploring food and dining rituals.
Known for his curiosity, candour and acerbic wit, Bourdain ignores the well-trod tourist trails and takes viewers to destinations well off the beaten path.
This episode sees Bourdain and his friend, chef and author Eric Ripert, visit the South American state of Peru. Travelling from the hip, modern city of Lima they take a journey through culinary and cultural history exploring the far reaches of the indigenous Andes. Here they search for a rare variety of wild cocoa which is said to be the finest in the world.
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