The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelation airs this Sunday

The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelation sees Professor Alice Roberts uncover the ground-breaking science being used by computer scientist Brent Seales as he tries to decipher ancient scrolls found at the site of Herculaneum in Italy. Attempts to physically open them have reduced almost all of them to dust, but Brent is combining cutting-edge scanning techniques with his own artificial intelligence software to attempt to teach a computer to read inside the scrolls without ever having to open them.

The programme airs this Sunday (12 May) on Channel 5 at 9pm.

 
 

Rabbit roundabout

A roundabout in Aberdeen could go viral after Libby Penman gave them a starring role in BBC Scotland nature show Landward.

The roundabout, one of Aberdeen’s busiest, has been completely taken over by the colony of rabbits, with one local resident telling Libby they have been there “as long as I can remember.”

“It’s not the most scenic location I’ve been to to film wildlife,’ commented Libby.

Landward (2024, E5) is available to stream across the UK on BBC iPlayer now.

 
 

New commissions from Love Nature

Love Nature has unveiled a slate of new commissions. Deep Dive North America, sees Lizzie Daly team up with US-based experts and marine research institutions to examine the marine life of North America. The project is a spin-off from Love Nature’s Deep Dive Australia.

Snow Leopards with Dan O’Neill follows the wildlife filmmaker as he goes on an extreme conservation mission to the mountains of Kyrgzstan and Mongolia to reveal the hunting behaviour, social dynamics and territorial range of these elusive animals.