Synopsis
The deepest hole humankind ever dug only got one thousandth of the way through the earth. But what would happen if you kept digging?
- Programme: Hey You, What If?
- Series: 1
- Episode: 2: You Could Dig Through the Earth?
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Human and physical geography
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