Pompeii: The Last Day

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...

4: Volcanoes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart takes a grand tour of the world's most extraordinary volcanoes, rightly considered among the most destructive ...

Part 1 | Supervolcano: The Truth about Yellowstone

Documentary exploring some of the issues raised in the accompanying 'Supervolcano' drama. Yellowstone National Park contai...

Volcanic Eruptions | From Above

Iceland has seen six months of dramatic volcanic eruptions. Watch them, from above.

Anak Krakatoa | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates Indonesia's largest volcano Krakatoa and it's devastating eruption in 1883.

Boxing Day Tsunami | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart explains what caused the Boxing Day Tsunami and discusses its devastating impact.

Effects of Volcanoes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history and its effect on global weather.

Iceland Erupts: A Volcano Live Special | Volcano Live

Kate Humble heads to Iceland and meets the scientists monitoring the country's most dangerous volcanoes. She also inves...

Mount St Helens | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

In 1980, after 100 years of stillness, Mount St Helen's erupted sideways and produced devastating pyroclastic flows.

Supervolcano

Drama-documentary charting the possible consequences of one of nature's most cataclysmic events, a supervolcanic eruption under Yellowstone Park.

The Cause: Plate Tectonics | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart explains how the earth is divided into plates and how movement between these plates produces ear...

Part 2 | Supervolcano: The Truth about Yellowstone

Documentary exploring some of the issues raised in the accompanying 'Supervolcano' drama. What could bring about a superer...

Earthquake Engineering | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and how buildings are now being engineered in Mexico to...

The effects of eruptions from Mount Sakurajima and the management strategies in place | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart investigates how people living in the sha...

Predicting earthquakes in Turkey | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Scientists have developed a method of predicting earthquakes on the North Anatolian Fault.

Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson explains the important role that volcanoes play in the carbon cycle.

What historians now believe happened at Pompeii | Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time

What historians now believe happened at Pompeii

2: Volcano | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. With shocking eyewitness footage of eruptions, and new thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography, we...

Episode 2 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson and his fellow geologists head for the volcano Nyamulagira - one of the most active yet least explored volcanoes on the planet.

Eyjafjallajökull ash | Dangerous Earth