S1E4: Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Earth Story

1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...

1: Indonesia | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the Pacific rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped human history. He visits the world's ...

1: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...

Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locatio...

1: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the devel...

A Day in the Life of Earth

Presenter Hannah Fry reveals how much our planet can change in just a single day and how these daily changes are essential to our existence.

Africa | Rise of the Continents

Geologist Prof Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long lost supercontinent.

Australia | Rise of the Continents

Iain Stewart explores how the Earth's continents have transformed evolution. He shows how Australia's journey has affected everything from...

Eurasia | Rise of the Continents

Professor Iain Stewart shows that where the south of Eurasia is today there was once an ocean and how, in 250 million years, all of the cont...

Great Glen Fault | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury explain the movement of the Great Glen Fault in the Scottish Highlands.

Highland Boundary Fault Line | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explains the continental collision that produced the Scottish Highlands.

How Britain became an island | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis explains how Britain came to be separated from Europe.

Plates | World Physical

Vivid examples of how our land and atmosphere behave, with a look at earthquakes, glaciation, rivers, coasts and deserts.

S1E2: The Deep | Earth Story

Aubrey Manning follows a submarine dive to the world's longest mountain range, a mile underwater, to see how volcanoes shape the continents.

S1E3: Ring of Fire | Earth Story

Billions of years ago Earth was covered by a single ocean. Today nearly a third of the land is dry. Aubrey Manning follows a trail of clues ...

S1E5: The Roof of the World | Earth Story

Mountains are among the most spectacular features of our planet. Aubrey Manning looks at an extraordinary theory about how they ris...

The Americas | Rise of the Continents

Series in which geologist Iain Stewart explores how the Earth's continents have transformed evolution. In this edition, he reconstructs...

S1E2: You Could Dig Through the Earth? | Hey You, What If?

The deepest hole humankind ever dug only got one thousandth of the way through the earth. But what would happen if...