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5: Deserts | Planet Earth
David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their ephe...
Flash flood | Planet Earth
A flash flood is a rare chance for wildlife to build up food and water reserves.
Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth
Life exists in a strip of the Atacama Desert due to fog that blows in from the sea.
River dolphin senses | Planet Earth
Botos echolocate through dense Amazon vegetation.
Sandstorm | Planet Earth
How the desert is shaped by sandstorms.
Swarming locusts | Planet Earth
At 65km wide and 160km long, this is one of the greatest of all desert spectacles and is rarely seen on this scale.
12: Australia's Red Centre | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall reveals huge kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of ani...
2: Deserts - Life in the Furnace | Human Planet
A look at how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges - and ingenious solutions - for millions of people in the dr...
2: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry visits the Mucubal, a community surviving in Angola's harsh Namib Desert, and experiences an extraordinary way of life pr...
3D model of Erte Ale | Hottest Place on Earth
The team manage to make a 3D model of Erte Ale, from scans taken inside the volcano's crater.
4: Beyond the Great Wall | Wild China
From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on ...
4: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet
Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage an...
4: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari, be...
9: Namib Desert | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret that all...
Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth
The team climb up and into the crater of Erta Ale volcano.
Dabbahu earthquake fissure | Hottest Place on Earth
The team attempt to digitally map a fissure created by an earthquake.
Dallol volcano | Hottest Place on Earth
The team explore the volcano system in Dallol, in the Danakil Depression.
Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred ...
Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
James Cracknell and Ben Fogle travel across the world's largest sand desert. As they try to pick up the pace disaster str...
Episode 2 | Hottest Place on Earth
An insight into the geology and people of the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble investigates how tough life is for an Afar woman. Dr...
Erta Ale from the Sky | Hottest Place on Earth
The team fly over Erte Ale and the land around the lava lake in a helicopter.
Hottest Place on Earth
A team of experts venture into the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble looks at how tough life is for an Afar woman, and Steve Leonard learns abou...
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan takes an epic camel ride across the Gobi Desert to discover how these most iconic, yet least understood, animals...
S1E2: Lion People of the Kalahari | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana's Kalahari Desert to learn how to survive on foot among wild ...
3: Deserts and Grasslands | Planet Earth III
David Attenborough explores earth's greatest wildernesses, where extraordinary life survives in unexpected ways, and nature puts...
The mystery of the whale shark nursery | Blue Planet II
Nutrients from the deep provide sustenance for a large gathering of sea life.
Ants vs Cows | Natural World
The super colony unites in a spectacular attack to defend their nest from curious cows.
Young spider monkey needs dad's help | Planet Earth II
In the forests of Guatemala a young spider monkey is going exploring. But she gets stuck and needs dad's help to get d...
Lizard Heaters | Life in Cold Blood
Wall lizards take advantage of foul-smelling dead-horse arums.
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? | Horizon
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world faces a population crisis and if it is the duty of indiv...
Cross-dresser | Life
Some male cuttlefish are too small to fight for a mate, so have to come up with a sneaky plan if they are to get their way with the girls. Approaching a...
Whale shark feeding | Planet Earth
The crew seized an unexpected opportunity, when a perfect set of technical and animal circumstances converged, to film this behaviour for ...
Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles
David Attenborough celebrates the rich variety of habitats in our wild isles, the existence of which is critical for the survival of species ...
2: Water Worlds | The Green Planet
A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles ...
David Attenborough | The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
David Attenborough speaks about the environment. Also, includes footage of the drones that turn into animals.
COP26 delegates and climate scientists | Climate Change: The Facts
COP26 delegates and climate scientist Hannah Cloke discuss their hopes for the COP26 conference.
Poison dart frogs battle it out | Attenborough's Life in Colour
A poison dart frog fights off a contender until he's sufficiently warned off.
Greta meets David Attenborough | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough discuss their hopes for the future of the planet.
Leopard seal vs penguin | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Glaciers crumbling more quickly, due to climate change, give the advantage to leopard seals hunting penguins.
The People v Climate Change
Meet the 108 ordinary Brits who Sir David Attenborough says we should listen to. This warm and honest documentary reveals how everyday people fee...
Consumption and waste | Extinction: The Facts
The impact of consumption and waste on biodiversity.
Tait's pups meet the pack… and honey badgers | Dynasties
Tait introduces her tiny pups to the rest of the pack as they emerge for the very first time. But the pack is visi...
Marine predators team up | The Blue Planet
A variety of marine predators team up to capitalise on a large group of migrating sardines.
Compilation | Attenborough at 90
A short montage of the fun and amazing moments David Attenborough has shared in his documentaries over a 70-year career.
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