9: Water Hydrology | Geography in Animation

1: Rivers | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational waterways, from white-water rafters taking on undefeated rapids on the Congo River, t...

1: Scotland | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones travels the wild rivers of Scotland. He heads east, upstream from Kinlochleven, then follows the course of the wa...

1: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Adventurer Simon Reeve travels from source to sea along the world's longest river, the Nile. His journey will take him from the ...

10: Flood | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

2: North | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones's exploration of Britain's rivers continues as he travels from Liverpool to the Humber and attempts to swim the almo...

3: River Hydrology | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

3: The Yangtze | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend in...

3: West | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones follows the mighty Severn and its neighbour, the Wye. He also attempts to bog snorkel, meets druids for a ritual wate...

4: Scotland's Water | Making Scotland's Landscape

Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, the story of how Scotland's waters became ...

4: The Lea | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones meets the Sicilian cucumber-growing community of Essex, sails a gunpowder boat and trains with a team of veteran r...

5: East | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

The last leg of his journey takes Griff to East Anglia, the part of the country he knows best, as he revisits the romantic sailing boa...

7: Rivers - Friend and Foe | Human Planet

Rivers provide food and water, but they can also flood or freeze. Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to l...

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers

Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the USA. Bu...

Bostcastle floods | Spotlight

BBC Spotlight visits Boscastle ten years on from the infamous flood.

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers

The city of New Orleans was built on the Mississippi floodplain and is constantly fighting to hold the river back.

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers

A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards try t...

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth's Great Rivers

The Mississippi wetlands are disappearing due to human interventions in the landscape.

Episode 1 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul Whitehouse travels through the north of England, looking at the impact water companies have on its rivers.

Episode 1 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins embarks on a 3,000-mile journey up the Mekong, Southeast Asia's greatest river. She begins in Vietnam and continues...

Episode 1 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Writer and angler Will Millard travels along the River Wye. He begins his journey in the mountains of Mid Wales, going in search ...