MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel TLC has announced that this month, Nigella is back in her kitchen at a time when most people are gearing up for a bit of extended kitchen work to cope with the flurry of gatherings, the Christmas season brings.

Christmas is, after all, the last bastion of traditional cooking; it is a time when people are more than prepared to spend whole days stirring, stuffing and marinating. In her new series Nigella Christmas Kitchen, the show?s host lays out her philosophy for not only coping with, but actively enjoying the festive season. The show will air from 12 December 2011 everyday at 7.30 pm.

She goes back to her kitchen to produce a myriad of dishes which relish tradition, and yet play around it too, to celebrate Christmas. Nigella shows viewers new recipes to match the season, which often ends up being more stressful than joyous to many people.

Discovery Networks South Asia senior VP, GM Rahul Johri said, "TLC offers programming that celebrates the best the world has to offer. We are delighted to present Nigella?s Christmas Kitchen that packs in delectable and inspiring recipes befitted for the warmth and festive spirit of Christmas."

Lawson believes that Christmas is both a season to be treasured and a state of mind that has to be achieved by relishing long established routines and welcoming new ones too. Christmas is also the opportunity of re-discovering slow cooking, preserving and the unhurried joy that the season can be. Nigella shares her Christmas culinary short cuts and tips, plus recipes that can be prepared in advance, frozen and revived at Christmas time for stress-free suppers, topped off with the Domestic Goddess? tips for throwing the best Christmas party!

NEW DELHI: Discovery will air Curiosity from 17 October every Monday at 8 pm.

Produced with a budget of $1 million per episode, Curiosity looks to leave no stone unturned in the quest for answers.

Curiosity will look to uncover the truths behind life?s most challenging questions. Questions like why sex is so enjoyable, if one could live forever, what would happen if aliens attacked, whether there is a parallel universe, or how the world will end have perplexed mankind always.

This series has been conceived by Discovery?s founder John Hendricks and aims to capture the fundamental sense of wonder and presents an engaging visualisation of the human mind?s search for answers.

The series is designed to tackle the fundamental questions and underlying mysteries of time in fields such as space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history and the human mind.

Discovery India senior VP, GM Rahul Johri said, "Discovery Channel through its programmes empowers viewers to explore their world. Embarking on a fascinating voyage of discovery, the channel brings a new landmark series ?Curiosity? that goes to extreme lengths to seek surprising answers to underlying mysteries of our lives. From the micro to the macro, ?Curiosity? delves into most enduring and insightful subjects."

?Curiosity? dives into a world of questions posed by well-known personalities including physicist Stephen Hawking tackling the mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe, Oscar winner Morgan Freeman investigating the possibility of a parallel universe, MythBusters? Adam Savage testing if we can really live forever, award-winning filmmaker Morgan Spurlock seeing if living as a primitive caveman would actually improve our health and ?Dirty Jobs?? Mike Rowe revealing the hidden live organisms that call our bodies home.

Intel, the sponsor of the series, will use it as a global marketing platform in more than 40 countries, with key partnership elements including four ?Curiosity? premiere episodes and broad exposure in all episodes of the first season.

MUMBAI: From executive producer Steven Spielberg and Discovery Channel comes the story of hope from darkness, life from ashes, a dream born from a nightmare.

The non fiction broadcaster will air ?Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero? from 12- 17 September at 9 pm. This will showcase the men and women determined to rebuild and restore a sacred site, constructing the new, 104-story One World Trade Center.

Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the show celebrates the grit, the drive and the audacious imagination of a wide array of builder, planner and dreamers bonded in grief but united in purpose. From the iron workers who lost brothers and friends to the architect envisions a new dawn for New York City to the family members who seek closure and solace, the show assembles a cast of real people facing the highest stakes in their professional lives - to meet their construction deadline.

Discovery senior VP, GM South-Asia Rahul Johri said, "Rising:
Rebuilding Ground Zero salutes the spirit of endeavour and brings emotional stories of people?s professional involvement in this mega-construction project. It is a tribute to the brave souls that lost their lives on 9/11 as well as the people who made the memorial a reality."

The show will take a look at one of the most daunting construction jobs America has ever undertaken. Building four skyscrapers, a transportation hub, a museum and a memorial featuring the largest man-made waterfall in history - at the same time on the same site - presents an unprecedented set of engineering challenges. From the design to the materials to the raw emotions and heavy hearts, the show chronicles the teamwork and innovation involved in reining in a beast of planning, timing and coordination. The special event series also looks at the rebirth of Lower Manhattan through the eyes of the residents who survived the horrors of 9/11 to reclaim and rebuild their neighborhood.