Geography

4: Oceans | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Iain travels to surfers' paradise Hawaii to learn more about oceans, explaining the difference between waves, tides and currents.

S1E24: You Took All the Water Out of the Sea? | Hey You, What If?

Empty the oceans and you’d see hidden wonders, but you'd also cause the end of the world.

The largest waterfall in the world | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Helen Czerski explains how a waterfall under the ocean produces a warmer water on top and colder...

How caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline | Primary Geography

A detailed look at how caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline. Within a cliff face...

Coastal Landscapes | Primary Geography

A programme exploring the landscape of the Pembrokeshire coast, looking at how coastal caves and arches are formed.

S2E9: Waves & Tides | Fierce Earth

It's a very wet Fierce Earth team this episode, as they unlock the power and secrets behind king-sized waves and fast-rising tides. Leo an...

Hawaii: Message in the Waves | Natural World

Nature documentary featuring the wildlife of Hawaii's famous surf zone and the surfers and scientists who are fighting to protec...

Portland Bill | Coast

Nicholas Crane ventures out in a boat on the rough seas of the Portland Bill.

Geology of the Isle of Wight | Coast

Nicholas Crane explores the geology of the Isle of Wight.

Climbing the Isle of Wight Needles | Coast

Andy Torbet climbs the Isle of Wight Needles to take a sample of the chalk from the top.

Wind power vs nuclear power | Coast

A discussion of the pros and cons of wind power and nuclear power.

Episode 4 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

The people of Fishguard gather to cover the town in knitted 'granny graffiti' and the big day finally arrives for Nat James as she m...

Episode 3 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

It's a testing time for blind walker Jack Lloyd as he tackles the Pembrokeshire Coast Path for the first time with his new guide dog...

Episode 2 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

Pembrokeshire legend Auntie Vi Weston celebrates her 92nd birthday at her cafe in Bosherston, whilst Buzz Knapp-Fisher makes his eco...

Episode 1 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

The James family from St Davids start preparations for their daughter's wedding on the farm, and recycling guru Buzz Knapp-Fisher ge...

3: County Down, Northern Ireland | Our Coast

This episode explores the County Down coastline between Belfast and Strangford Lough, all the way along the Ards Peninsula.

4: Dumfries and Galloway/South Ayrshire | Our Coast

Mehreen takes to the skies with a former RAF fighter pilot who is now using his flying skills to document the large-scale...

2: Anglesey | Our Coast

Adrian and Mehreen arrive on Anglesey - the largest island in the Irish Sea - via the Menai Strait.

1: Liverpool | Our Coast

Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts explore four spectacular coastlines linked by the Irish Sea and meet the people who call them home...

4: Oceans | A Perfect Planet

How Earth's five oceans connect to form the largest ecosystem on the planet, and how its network of currents supports the health of the seas and...

Informal settlements | Welcome to Lagos

The mass migration to Lagos, Nigeria, is causing ever expanding informal settlements.

Industrial Work | Welcome to Lagos

Industrial work in the Ebute Metta neighbourhood of Lagos.

Challenges and opportunities | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the...

Climate change and the coffee industry | Natural World

Climate change is threatening the future of the coffee industry in Vietnam.

The Kids from Kibera | My Life

Kibera in Kenya is one of the largest slums in Africa and it is home to thousands of children, living and playing on the streets. It can be a ...

Silk | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids spend their last few days roughing it as farm hands on a remote island.

Fish | Show Me What You're Made Of

The teens make their way to a fish-canning plant on the Taiwanese coast.

Tea | Show Me What You're Made Of

The teens fly to the island of Taiwan to work on an enormous tea plantation.

Onesies | Show Me What You're Made Of

The teens get the chance to make onesies in Cambodia.

Coffee | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids head off to a remote Cambodian coffee plantation.

Bags | Show Me What You're Made Of

Ellie, Alice, Faith, Joe and Sam begin their working journey in Cambodia.

Clothes Recycling | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids make their way south west, to a clothes-recycling centre in Bristol.

Fish Factory | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids head to a fish-processing factory in the north eastern port of Grimsby.

Buses | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids move to London to join the cleaning team at a bus garage.

Textiles | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids head to a textiles factory in Leicester.

Strawberries | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids head to an enormous strawberry farm on the south coast.

Diamonds | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids head to the diamond-mining capital of Africa.

Clothing and Skateboard Factory | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids fly to South Africa to build skateboards.

Pineapple Farm | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids travel to Nsawam to work on a pineapple farm.

E-Waste | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids work on a toxic e-waste site where old technology can end up.

Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how glaciers grinds down rock.

Glacier colour | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains the different colours of glacier ice.

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains how glaciers move.

Ice and climate change | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates the ability of ice to preserve carbon dioxide and thus demonstrate how our climate has chang...

Ice and radar | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates the ground-breaking discovery that ice is transparent to radar, which has allowed us to reveal how de...

Ice storms | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how extreme cold weather can cause ice storms

S2E6 | The Mountain

As the summer comes to a close with a big splash, the mountain gets its new ski tow installed in the nick of time, and Polly and Ross count the cost of a...

S2E5 | The Mountain

Perhaps the UK's weirdest music festival gets under way, the sailing school calls up new management to survive, and the ski patrol team takes on the adve...

S2E4 | The Mountain

The mountain team has to call in the helicopter to reach their remotest ski tow. Ruari gets married.

S2E3 | The Mountain

The summer months bring new opportunities for the hardy folk who live in the shadow of Cairngorm. This time, the steam railway gets a little overheated, ...

S2E2 | The Mountain

Spud the piper returns and gets a riding lesson, and Ruari goes diving for his wedding menu.

Series 2 | The Mountain

The summer months bring no rest for the mountain team. The funicular train comes off its tracks. Ruari the ski patroller turns gamekeeper.

S1E6 | The Mountain

A tough winter season comes to a close for both the ski resort and Aviemore. Brian and Carol make a decision about the future of their ski hire business,...

S1E5 | The Mountain

A hard season is starting to take its toll on the ski lifts and P-man struggles to keep it all working. Spud the piper decides to learn to ski and, at th...

S1E4 | The Mountain

The villagers have to lend a hand to dig the mountain out of trouble, Simon decides that what Aviemore really needs in the depths of winter is a beach pa...

S1E3 | The Mountain

The new year starts with some of the biggest snowstorms for years and the team on the mountain face a major struggle to keep it open.

S1E2 | The Mountain

As Christmas approaches, the reindeer are made ready for the busiest day of the year. The RAF assist the ski patrol with avalanche training.

3: Avalanches | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart reveals ten remarkable stories about avalanches, including how the deadliest one killed 18,000 people in thre...

S1E6: The Big Freeze | Earth Story

Aubrey Manning traces the history of the Ice Age. The tranquillity of Switzerland conceals a violent past - 12,000 years ago the Alps were...

S3E5: Layap | Tribe

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolat...

China and Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates Hong Kong's precarious relationship with China.

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

Presenter and engineer Dick Strawbridge returns to Belfast to tell the story of one of the world's most important seaports. Using stat...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Episode 1 | My Year with the Tribe

Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they...

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

S03E05: America Was Here: Honduras and Panama | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Chemical weapons await reporter Ben Anderson when he visits the resort island Panama. Whose are t...

S03E04: America Was Here: El Salvador | Holidays in the Danger Zone

A gun-carrying ex-gang leader from Los Angeles is reporter Ben Anderson 's guide through the Central Amer...

S03E03: America Was Here: Nicaragua | Holidays in the Danger Zone

The successful left-wing coup in Nicaragua that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power led to t...

S03E02: America Was Here: Cambodia | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Cambodia is still recovering from the genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime, yet, 30 years on, no one has been ...

S02E04: Violent Coast: Nigeria | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Ben Anderson 's journey along the troubled West African coast ends in the continent's most populous country, Nig...

S03E01: America Was Here: Vietnam | Holidays in the Danger Zone

The Americans may no longer be fighting the communists in South East Asia but the mark they left there is ind...

S02E03: Violent Coast: Ivory Coast and Benin | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Ben Anderson continues his journey along the hazard-strewn West African coast, an area synonymous ...

S02E02: Violent Coast: Sierra Leone | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Ben Anderson's journey along the traumatised coast of West Africa reaches Sierra Leone, where the grim lega...

S02E01: Violent Coast: Liberia | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Ben Anderson packs his passport to begin a perilous journey along the West African coast, a region marred by the...

S01E04: Meet the Stans: Tajikistan | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Sharing an 800-mile border with Afghanistan, which provides 90% of Europe's heroin, Tajikistan is one of the...

S01E03: Meet the Stans: Uzbekistan | Holidays in the Danger Zone

In Uzbekistan, the most repressive of the "Stans", Reeve finds himself followed by the secret police as he t...

S01E02: Meet the Stans: Kyrgyzstan | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Kyrgyzstan is the only country in the world with both an American and a Russian military base. While there, ...

S01E01: Meet the Stans: Kazakhstan | Holidays in the Danger Zone

In Kazakhstan, Reeve discovers a poorly secured former biological weapons factories with a hundred types of ...

4: Freedom and Justice | China

Democracy is stirring in China closely monitored by the Beijing government. Religious freedom is limited in an atheist state, and some groups ...

Episode 4 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels through Texas and Mexico. In Texas, Simon joins the US Border Patrol, who pick up migrants who have illegally c...

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere ...

02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

Kate Humble continues her travels with the Nenets reindeer herders deep in the Siberian tundra, but plummeting temperatures jeo...

01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In a demanding and emotional journey, Kate Humble travels with the Raute, Nepal's very last nomadic community of just 140 hunter-...

Migration | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We investigate the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Episode 3 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

On the last leg of his Scandinavian journey, Simon uncovers the surprising and sometimes shocking side of Sweden and Denmark, two of...

Episode 1 | Burma with Simon Reeve

Simon travels to Burma and Bangladesh to learn about the roots and consequences of the Rohingya refugee crisis.

Episode 2 | Life in the Shadow of the Wall

One of President Trump's campaign pledges was the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border. But how would a wall stop dru...

Episode 1 | Life in the Shadow of the Wall

President Trump's administration has promised that prototypes for a wall to be built all along the US-Mexico border will be delive...

1: Population | World 2000

Examines tensions between population & resources. Are there too many people on the planet?

S2E2: In a Refugee Camp | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Reggie Yates visits the Middle East to spend a week living and sleeping in the largest refugee camp in Iraq alongside 30,...

Episode 2 | Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Setting off from a snowy mountain ski resort in Cyprus, Simon Reeve finds an island and a capital city still deeply divided betwee...

S3E3: Anuta | Tribe

He sails to the island of Anuta, a tiny tropical outpost in the South Pacific, one of the most isolated communities on Earth.

A School Divided | Living With The Wall

Newsround meets the kids who live in Mexico but cross the US border every day for school.

Natalias's Story | Living With The Wall

Seven-year-old Natalia tells Newsround how she walked to the US from Guatemala.

Dangerous Journeys | Living With The Wall

Newsround meets US ''illegal immigrants'' and the people who help them.

Defending The Wall | Living With The Wall

Border Patrol Officer David tells Newsround why he thinks Trump's wall works.

Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth | Dispatches

Rageh Omaar investigates how immigration has affected Britain. Using Enoch Powell's explosive 'Rivers of Blood' speech as a ...

Immigration Undercover | Dispatches

Immigration remains at the top of the political agenda, with reports that tens of thousands of files sit uncleared in the system and ther...

S2E2 | Exodus: Our Journey

Following migrants searching for a better life. Nazifa and Latif are trying to to pay a smuggler to take their family to Germany, but they can onl...

Early stages of toilet roll production | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits a sustainable forest in Sweden and then a pulp mill where the offcuts from the trees are tur...

Carbon dioxide levels | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart outlines the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Fracking | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart explains the process of fracking.

Extracting oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the new technologies with which oil is being discovered and extracted.

Caspian oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the impact of the Caspian oil.

North Sea oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the discovery of North Sea oil.

How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart explains the natural process in which over millions of years oil is formed.

Seafood | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey look at seafood. Surprisingly, the fish caught off British shores are largely dispatc...

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

Presenter and engineer Dick Strawbridge returns to Belfast to tell the story of one of the world's most important seaports. Using stat...

03: Laying the Foundations | Building the Olympic Dream

With nine billion pounds to spend on creating an Olympic Park, London 2012's bosses face some big challenges.

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere ...

02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

Kate Humble continues her travels with the Nenets reindeer herders deep in the Siberian tundra, but plummeting temperatures jeo...

Episode 6 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

Since moving to the farm, the Fletchers' social life has suffered. To get to know the neighbours better, Kelvin and Liz decide to ...

Episode 4 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

The Fletchers enter three sheep into the Ashbourne Show. Training is a disaster, with Daniel the ram lamb preferring to play dead,...

Episode 5 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

The Fletchers face the realities of farming as Kelvin takes one of his lambs to the slaughter. An eye-opening visit to a local alp...

Episode 3 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

Pigs are next on the shopping list for Kelvin's growing farm, but while he's away pursuing his other passion of motor racing, it's...

Episode 1 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

Strictly star Kelvin Fletcher has bought a 120-acre farm in the Peaks. With no experience, he sees his stress levels quickly rise ...

Episode 2 | Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

Rookie farmers Kelvin Fletcher and his wife Liz buy their first livestock - a flock of rare breed sheep. They set out to shear the...

Episode 2 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

The second leg of Simon's journey takes him from the stunning fjords of Norway to Iceland - the original land of fire and ice.

Ravines | Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

Taking the scenic route and Matheson’s four border collies for company, the adventure begins in the gullies and ravines near Honiste...

Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Writer and angler Will Millard embarks on the final leg of his journey down the River Wye, from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow, where th...

Episode 2 | The River Wye with Will Millard

Writer and angler Will Millard is on the second leg of his journey down the River Wye, taking in Glasbury, Hay-on-Wye and Hereford.

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Episode 2 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul continues his journey, travelling to Wales and the south of England. Visiting the River Wye, he sees how explosions of ...

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.

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 ...

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...

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.

9: Water Hydrology | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

3: River Hydrology | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Troubled Waters | Countryfile

Like so many of our waterways, the River Wye is being suffocated by pollution. Matt Baker and Anita Rani meet the volunteers trying to save thi...

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...

S2E3: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II

The Yukon is a river of wild extremes. Home to bears, moose and huge salmon, the riches of North America's frozen river have sustained ...

Simon Reeve's Return to Cornwall

Simon Reeve is back to visit one of Britain’s favourite counties to discover what life is really like for the locals after the summer crowds...

Mapping Crime

An insight into the geography of crime, investigating the patterns, architecture, detection and prevention of criminal behaviour.

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere ...

02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

Kate Humble continues her travels with the Nenets reindeer herders deep in the Siberian tundra, but plummeting temperatures jeo...

01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

In a demanding and emotional journey, Kate Humble travels with the Raute, Nepal's very last nomadic community of just 140 hunter-...

Secrets | Wales: Land of the Wild

An epic journey following Wales's rivers from their birth in the mountains to the sea, discovering the hidden secrets of wildlife along the...

After Dark | Wales: Land of the Wild

For the first time, cutting-edge camera technology reveals the secrets of Wales's nocturnal wildlife, from swimming hedgehogs to fishing...

Episode 4 | Wales: Land of the Wild

It is autumn, the season of change. Wildlife is on the move, and there are battles to be fought to win mates and secure the right to bree...

Episode 3 | Wales: Land of the Wild

It is summer and the country is basking in a heatwave. In this season of extremes, it is time for some of Wales's smaller - and more exot...

Episode 2 | Wales: Land of the Wild

It is the middle of spring and the brightest time of year in Wales. The race is on to breed, but predators are on the hunt.

Episode 1 | Wales: Land of the Wild

It is the first day of spring but winter has a sting in its tail as the country is blanketed with snow. As the sun returns, the breeding ...

Episode 4 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

The people of Fishguard gather to cover the town in knitted 'granny graffiti' and the big day finally arrives for Nat James as she m...

Episode 3 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

It's a testing time for blind walker Jack Lloyd as he tackles the Pembrokeshire Coast Path for the first time with his new guide dog...

Episode 2 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

Pembrokeshire legend Auntie Vi Weston celebrates her 92nd birthday at her cafe in Bosherston, whilst Buzz Knapp-Fisher makes his eco...

Episode 1 | Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives

The James family from St Davids start preparations for their daughter's wedding on the farm, and recycling guru Buzz Knapp-Fisher ge...

Sustainable farm policies | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We discuss the Welsh Government's proposed sustainable policies for Welsh farmers.

Episode 3 | All Roads Lead Home

Stephen Mangan, Sue Perkins and Alison Steadman travel the UK and Ireland. Alison Steadman takes Stephen Mangan and Sue Perkins across North ...

Episode 2 | All Roads Lead Home

Stephen Mangan leads Sue Perkins and Alison Steadman on a journey of discovery across Ireland, back to where his parents lived. The trio can ...

Episode 1 | All Roads Lead Home

Stephen Mangan, Sue Perkins and Alison Steadman travel the UK and Ireland. Sue Perkins takes charge in Cornwall and leads Stephen Mangan and ...

3: South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the South Downs, where they discover that this gentle, rolling landscape of southern Eng...

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Earthquake protection | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...

Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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

01: Inferno | Earth

3: The Big Freeze | Men of Rock

In the final episode of the series, Iain Stewart finds out about daredevil scientist Louis Agassiz, who first imagined the world had been gri...

2: Moving Mountains | Men of Rock

Iain Stewart finds out how gung-ho geologist Edward Bailey discovered that Scotland was once home to super volcanoes. Plus the story of uns...

1: Deep Time | Men of Rock

Iain Stewart tells the story of James Hutton, the founding father of geology. This Scottish thinker overturned ancient beliefs about how and when ...

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 ...

4: Highlands | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscap...

3: Peru | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the perilous and spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim. In Peru, he reveals how the Incas were able to build a...

4: Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the perilous and spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim, visiting Japan to see how the huge population live on...

2: California | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim and questions why Californians are prepared to live with poten...

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: Avalanche | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche. From shocking eyewitness footage from within an avalanche to detailed CT scans showing ...

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...

1: Volcano | A Perfect Planet

A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth. Although destructive, magma from the planet's molten core builds land, and mi...

Volcanic Eruptions | From Above

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

Coastal Erosion | From Above

Crumbling into the sea - the Isle of Wight, from above.

Giant Ravines | From Above

Giant ravines are swallowing whole neighbourhoods. Watch the dramatic impact from above.

Simon Reeve's Return to Cornwall

Simon Reeve is back to visit one of Britain’s favourite counties to discover what life is really like for the locals after the summer crowds...

3: County Down, Northern Ireland | Our Coast

This episode explores the County Down coastline between Belfast and Strangford Lough, all the way along the Ards Peninsula.

4: Dumfries and Galloway/South Ayrshire | Our Coast

Mehreen takes to the skies with a former RAF fighter pilot who is now using his flying skills to document the large-scale...

2: Anglesey | Our Coast

Adrian and Mehreen arrive on Anglesey - the largest island in the Irish Sea - via the Menai Strait.

1: Liverpool | Our Coast

Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts explore four spectacular coastlines linked by the Irish Sea and meet the people who call them home...

S3E3 | Scotland from the Sky

Presenter James Crawford travels back in time, using the view from above and clues on the ground, to uncover six remarkable forgotten histories.

S3E2 | Scotland from the Sky

Presenter James Crawford takes to the air to discover how our landscape has influenced our sporting lives from climbing to golf, and football to...

S2E3: Our Working Lives | Scotland from the Sky

In this programme, Jamie Crawford uses remarkable aerial images to find out how the Scots have harnessed precious natural res...

S3E1 | Scotland from the Sky

Presenter James Crawford explores how we have managed to surmount the challenges of our tough terrain to connect communities and industries acro...

S2E2: Living off the Land | Scotland from the Sky

In this edition, Jamie Crawford uses aerial images to discover how the Scots have lived off the land over the centuries.

S1E3 | Scotland from the Sky

This episode explores how aerial photography has revealed Scotland's hidden ancient past.

S2E1: Coast | Scotland from the Sky

Jamie Crawford combines old aerial photographs with present-day drone and helicopter footage to uncover an amazing array of tales, from S...

S1E2 | Scotland from the Sky

This episode reveals how planners and architects took to the skies to redesign Scottish towns and cities.

S1E1 | Scotland from the Sky

How powered flight and photography changed how the world is understood. This episode begins with the story of aerial photography itself.

Episode 2 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul continues his journey, travelling to Wales and the south of England. Visiting the River Wye, he sees how explosions of ...

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.

4: Highlands | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscap...

2: Yorkshire | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury visit Britain's biggest county. Hugh takes the controls of a glider and Julia finds out how Yorks...

3: South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the South Downs, where they discover that this gentle, rolling landscape of southern Eng...

1: Cornwall and Devon | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury explore the most stunning parts of Cornwall and Devon to learn how Britain's past lives ...

Informal settlements | Welcome to Lagos

The mass migration to Lagos, Nigeria, is causing ever expanding informal settlements.

Industrial Work | Welcome to Lagos

Industrial work in the Ebute Metta neighbourhood of Lagos.

Challenges and opportunities | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the...

The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.

Hong Kong's growth | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow views Hong Kong from the sky and witnesses how the city's growth is slowly connecting it to mainland China.

Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities

How Mexico City is tackling pollution.

Crime | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.

Waste Management | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates Mexico City's sewage systems.

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

Agriculture in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.

Transport in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.

Urban sprawl | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.

Housing in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates post-war communal living during the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow visits the heart of Russia politics, the Kremlin.

Traffic Solution | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates a system that is attempting to find solutions to Moscow's traffic problem.

Traffic Problem | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani experiences the worst rush hour traffic in Europe.

Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities

The social and political history of Moscow.

The Metro | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow and Anita Rani visit the Moscow Metro and discuss its history.

Migrant Workers | World's Busiest Cities

The experience of live-in domestic workers in Hong Kong.

Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...

The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.

Hong Kong's growth | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow views Hong Kong from the sky and witnesses how the city's growth is slowly connecting it to mainland China.

Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities

How Mexico City is tackling pollution.

Crime | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.

Waste Management | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates Mexico City's sewage systems.

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

Agriculture in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.

Transport in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.

Urban sprawl | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.

Housing in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates post-war communal living during the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow visits the heart of Russia politics, the Kremlin.

Traffic Solution | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates a system that is attempting to find solutions to Moscow's traffic problem.

Traffic Problem | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani experiences the worst rush hour traffic in Europe.

Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities

The social and political history of Moscow.

The Metro | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow and Anita Rani visit the Moscow Metro and discuss its history.

Migrant Workers | World's Busiest Cities

The experience of live-in domestic workers in Hong Kong.

Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...

Accommodation in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits a type of shared accommodation in Hong Kong that many are forced to live in due to extortionate housin...

Overcrowding | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates the extortionate real estate prices of central Hong Kong.

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

Earth Warp: 1: It Came From Outer Space | Look and Read

Nobody believes David when he claims to have seen a spaceship land in the sea at Southbeach, especially his friends A...

3: Clean Our Air | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

This episode explores the global issue of air pollution and the toll it is taking on our health.

4: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

This episode explores how we might stop damaging the oceans and begin to enable their revival.

S2E4: Driest | Fierce Earth

In this episode the team travel 6000 miles to the country of Chile and the Atacama Desert - officially the driest place in the world. Leo sky-div...

S2E1: Deserts | Fierce Earth

In the first of a new series, the Fierce Earth team travel to Morocco, North Africa and to the Sahara Desert - the biggest hot desert in the wor...

Excerising in the heat | Fierce Earth

Leo attempts to run in the extreme heat with a doctor on standby to monitor his levels of dehydration.

Cooking in the sun | Fierce Earth

Leo and Clare use the power of the Sun's heat in Death Valley to cook different foods using different techniques.

Hot rocks | Fierce Earth

The hot rocks of the mountains trap the heat in the valley and crumble as a result, making it treacherous for climbing.

School in the heat | Fierce Earth

There is a tiny school of 6 students who live in Death Valley who have to get up at 5.30am to avoid the main heat.

Heat and colour | Fierce Earth

Leo and Clare test wearing different colours in the heat to see how they affect their temperatures.

Death Valley | Fierce Earth

Leo and Clare head to Death Valley in California which is 80 metres below sea level and the hottest place on earth.

Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth

A single shower can transform Death Valley.

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.

Sandstorm | Planet Earth

How the desert is shaped by sandstorms.

Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

The team climb up and into the crater of Erta Ale volcano.

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.

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.

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.

S03E04: Jade Mountain, St Lucia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

In this episode, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Jade Mountain, an entirely handbuilt hotel in S...

3: Cheap Flights | What They Really Mean for You

Exploring controversial plans to change how we fly. Cheap flights have transformed our holidays, but can new technology redu...

S2E3 | Sea City

Following new recruits at the Academy, where P&O cruise ship performers perfect their shows over a gruelling eight weeks.

S2E1 | Sea City

Red Funnel ferries staff try to stick to their schedules as thousands of people head to a festival on the Isle of Wight.

S1E1 | Sea City

Documentary series going behind the scenes at the Port of Southampton. Cruise company P&O gathers its entire fleet of seven ships for a review by the Princes...

S6E7: Stanglwirt Hotel, Austria | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at Stanglwirt Hotel in the Austrian Alps, owned by one family for ...

S6E6: Gangtey Lodge, Bhutan | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at high altitude, 3,000m above sea level, at a hidden gem of a hotel w...

S6E5: Datai Langkawi, Malaysia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob and Monica travel to the Malaysian rainforest to work at the Datai Langkawi hotel, where monkeys r...

S6E4: The Hassler, Rome | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob and Monica work in one of Europe's last remaining family-owned 'grande dame' hotels – boasting a deep his...

S6E3: Six Senses Ibiza | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at a luxury hotel in Ibiza where cutting edge biohacking therapies are offe...

S6E2: Argos in Cappadocia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob and Monica make the journey to Turkey to work at a hotel built into a network of caves, where modern lu...

S6E1: Shanghai Wonderland | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work behind the scenes of a hotel that is built downwards into a quarry, with...

6: Runways | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational runways.

2: The Peak District | Tales from the National Parks

In the Peak District, film-maker Richard Macer follows the story of a campaign to stop 4x4 drivers and trailbikers motor...

1: The Lake District | Tales from the National Parks

In the Lake District, filmmaker Richard Macer follows the story of entrepreneur Mark Weir's attempts to build a giant zi...

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Simon looks at the impact of humans on England's biggest and most popular national park.

Tourism impact | Countryfile

Datshiane Navanayagam delves into one of the countryside's most divisive real-life storylines - the tensions over second homes.

Living with Big Game Hunters | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley moves into an African big-game hunting lodge to train for two weeks with die-hard trophy hunters.

Tourism and the Truth: Kenya | Stacey Dooley

In Kenya, Stacey Dooley investigates the side of tourism the average holidaymaker doesn't see, from hotels exploiting workers to...

Theme Park | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

Stacey Dooley takes five kids on a whistle-stop working tour of some of this country's key industries. Today they join the workf...

Introduction to the UK | Zig Zag

Series introducing National Curriculum themes of rivers, weather, settlements and environmental change by looking at the varied geography of...

Geography: 3 | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Revision programme to help provide students with the information & skills needed in order to answer questions in their Geography GCSE e...

Geography - Physical | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: landforms, tectonics and coasts, ecosystems, environmental issues and management.

Geography - Human | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: cities, economic and industrial change, weather and climate.

Geography - Global Issues | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: development issues, world trade, aid, population, world tourism and energy.

Geography - Part 2 | Bitesize Secondary

The programme introduces and illustrates Key Stage 3 topics and ideas with dramatic archive footage, eye-witness accounts and expert ...

GPS tracker | Get Lost

How to locate GPS coordinates on a map.

Linking Ordnance survey maps | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to link two Ordnance survey maps.

Using a map and a compass | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to find your location using a map and a compass.

Symbols on a map | Get Lost

An explanation of what the different symbols on a map mean.

Map reading skills | Get Lost

Three sixteen year olds navigate a route in West Yorkshire.

Using an Ordnance Survey map | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to use an Ordnance Survey map.

The Red Nose African Convoy | Comic Relief

Michaela Coel, David Baddiel, Russell Kane, Hugh Dennis, Katy Brand and Reggie Yates lead a Comic Relief convoy through east Afric...

3: Brave New World | Pandemic 2020

From the Amazon to churches in the US and the slums of Delhi, reason and science battle conspiracy and denial.

1: The Shock of the New | Pandemic 2020

Living through the first year of the pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests, a look at how people responded to the virus ac...

2: The Great Divide | Pandemic 2020

As the epic story of people around the world living through the first year of the pandemic continues, the hollowness of 'we are all in th...

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Cov...

Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola | This World

The inside story of how and why the worst Ebola outbreak in history wasn't stopped before it was too late. This film exposes tra...

The Mystery of Anthrax Island

How shadowy Scots activists used deadly anthrax to get a Scottish island cleaned up.

02: Snowball | Earth

Hurricane Melissa: The Storm That Hit Jamaica | BBC News

One of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record made landfall in Jamaica with 185mph winds. Category 5 Hurrica...

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

A journey through the world’s coldest realms with the most-loved animals from the series, including emperor penguins and one of the l...

05: People of the Monsoon | Wonders of the Monsoon

This episode examines the relationship between nature and the people of the monsoon.

04: Strange Castaways | Wonders of the Monsoon

On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the combination of monsoon and volcanoes has created a paradise.

03: The Drought | Wonders of the Monsoon

During the part of the year that the monsoon does not bring rain, the winds reverse, bringing dry air instead.

02: Deluge | Wonders of the Monsoon

From India to Thailand and Cambodia, the Asian monsoon makes its grand entrance, the bringer of life and the destroyer.

01: Waiting for the Rains | Wonders of the Monsoon

From India to Australia, all life awaits the transforming power of the monsoon rains.

2: Can We Save Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores how much climate change is altering our planet, looking at ...

1: Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

David Attenborough explores just how far climate change is altering our planet, and suggests that our daily activities may b...

7: I Make All Things New | Families Like Ours

Laura spends Christmas Eve alone, while her mother settles in to their new life in Bucharest. She misses her father, who now li...

5: Beyond All Boundaries | Families Like Ours

Most people have left Denmark. Jacob risks his entire family’s welfare in order to find Laura, who makes long-awaited contact w...

6: A Time to Get and a Time to Lose | Families Like Ours

The situation is bleak for Elias as he tries to travel through Poland. Laura is reunited with Fanny but fears she wi...

4: Farewell, Denmark | Families Like Ours

It is the day of Fanny’s departure for Romania, and both Fanny and Laura do their best to put on a brave face. Nikolaj and Henrik a...

3: The Angel's Watch | Families Like Ours

The nation gathers for a church service to mark the official dismantling of the state of Denmark. Peter takes a group of angry work...

2: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff | Families Like Ours

Everything is in chaos. Everyone is relying on Jacob to find the money needed to relocate his extended family to ...

1: The Hour Draws Near | Families Like Ours

Rapidly rising water levels mean Denmark needs to be evacuated soon. For 19-year-old student Laura and her family, the news will ...

Episode 1 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores the specific challenges cities and urbanised areas face as temperatures rise.

Episode 2 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores how climate change education is becoming a more prominent part of some schools' curriculums and looks at how young people are a...

Episode 4 | The Great British Weather

From Stirling Castle in the Scottish countryside, the team looks at some of the most dramatic storms ever seen in the UK and investigat...