Geography

Kenya - An Introduction to Kenya | Primary Geography

Educational programme for 9-11 year olds looking at where Kenya is in relation to the rest of the world. It goes on to l...

Bangladesh: Life in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

Educational programme for 7- to 11-year-olds, providing an introduction to life in Bangladesh. Presenter Eils Hewitt takes...

Helping and Playing | Little Human Planet

The team travel around the world to see how children help and play in different places.

Homes Around the World | Little Human Planet

The team travel around the world to see all kinds of different homes where children live.

Animals Around the World | Little Human Planet

The team travel around the world to see all kinds of animals and creatures that live on our Little Human Planet.

In the Jungle of Brazil | Little Human Planet

In a village that lies deep in the Amazon jungle, the Matis children like to help and play.

Collecting Water in Mali | Little Human Planet

In Mali, Africa, three-year-old Edjongon helps her mother collect water from a well.

My Life in Greenland and the Rio Negro | Little Human Planet

Featuring Hanna from Greenland, and Carlos Eduardo who lives on the flooded banks of the Rio Negro, Brazil.

Living in the Jungle Papua | Little Human Planet

Six-year-old Dua lives in tree house high above the ground in the jungle in Papua, Indonesia.

My Life in Mongolia | Little Human Planet

In Mongolia, four-year-old Shoree is a very busy girl, helping her family build a brand new home, called a ger.

Living on the Ocean Malaysia | Little Human Planet

On the Pacific Ocean, the Bajau Laut families live on their boats.

The Sing Sing Festival Papua New Guinea | Little Human Planet

In Papua New Guinea, five-year-old Evelyn is busy getting ready for the colourful Sing Sing Festival.

Preparing for the Eagle Festival | Little Human Planet

In Mongolia, six-year-old Aisana is looking forward to dressing up in a beautiful outfit for a very special occasion i...

Collecting Water in Samburu Land | Little Human Planet

We meet five-year-old Nintujigwa, who lives in Samburu Land in Kenya, Africa.

Living in Ethiopia and North Canada | Little Human Planet

We meet two six-year-old girls living in Ethiopia and North Canada.

Collecting Yams in Yap | Little Human Planet

On an island in the Pacific Ocean, Putin helps her big sister and aunt collect yams.

My Life by the Rio Negro River | Little Human Planet

Carlos Eduardo lives on a tiny island in Brazil.

Helping in Mali | Little Human Planet

In Mali, Africa, four-year-old Mama Kayentan and his dad mend their home using mud.

Misconceptions of today's Ethiopia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan discusses with Mike, his guide and an anthropologist, the misconceptions peop...

Salt-Mining in Danakil | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan visits Danakil, the hottest place in the world, and joins a local salt-mining trek.

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...

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...

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...

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

How the erosion and deposition of the North Sea is impacting the Yorkshire coast.

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...

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...

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.

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...

4: Coastal Management | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

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 ...

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.

Diamonds | Show Me What You're Made Of

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

Strawberries | Show Me What You're Made Of

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

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.

Cocoa | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids have to prove themselves to a village full of cocoa farmers.

Hats | Show Me What You're Made Of

It's the last leg of the kid's incredible adventure around Brazil and they head to a Brazilian town that is the world's capital of basebal...

Technology | Show Me What You're Made Of

It's halfway through the kids epic trip around Brazil and they are in the Amazon rainforest. They attempt to cope living in a floati...

Bikes | Show Me What You're Made Of

Oliver, Rhianna, Michael, Kassia and Mali are set to work in an enormous bike factory.

Jeans | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids have a go at making jeans in a Bangkok factory.

Camargue | The Geography Programme

This programme looks at the conflict between those people who want to make a living out of the unique wetlands environment and those who w...

S2E4: The Poles | Spy in the Wild

The Spy Creatures travel to the lands of ice and snow beyond the Arctic and Antarctic circles, observing the hardiest and most charismatic ...

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

The spy creatures explore the islands of the southern seas. Some of the most unique animals on earth have evolved in these isolated place...

S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild

The Spy Creatures travel to the temperate lands north of the tropics, where life is governed by the rhythm of the seasons. Their destinatio...

S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild

The spy creatures infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.

S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild

Animatronic spy creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but there are still rules that govern the animals' lives.

S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild

A behind-the-scenes view of the story behind deploying the Spy Creatures, showing how the concept evolved and became the inspiration f...

S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild

Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies, helping them survive in a danger...

S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild

Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to explore the world of animal intelligence and reveal their use of tools, self-medication, cult...

S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild

Documentary in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.

Life In The Snow

Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands, from the polar bear mother helping her cubs to the owl searching for food.

Emperor Penguin - Caring | Wonders of Nature

An emperor penguin watches as her baby is born. It shows the harsh habitat and the climate they live in, the cold Antarctica and...

Elephant - Importance of Water | Wonders of Nature

A herd of elephants moves across the land in search of water.

Polar Bear - Mother and Baby | Wonders of Nature

A mother and her baby polar bears explore their habitat.

Mandarin Duck - First Flight | Wonders of Nature

A mother mandarin duck shows her babies how to take their first flight out of the safety of the nest.

The Snow Wolf: A Winter's Tale

A she-wolf must flee her pack and embark on a dramatised perilous journey through the Alps in search of a new territory and a new life.

25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole

Steve's journey finally comes to an end at the land of extremes - the least inhabited, remotest, highest, driest, coldest and windiest c...

Indonesian sulphur miners | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Linked to the KS2 geography curriculum, this programme looks at how humans have learnt to live with extre...

S1E5: The Trees | Maddie, the Plants and You

Join Maddie on an adventure around the world of trees to see how we can help look after them and our planet. Discover how trees ...

S1E2: The Plants Around the World | Maddie, the Plants and You

Join Maddie on a journey of discovery to find out about plants around the world. Find out how we can help to l...

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.

Using a map and a compass | Get Lost

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

Linking Ordnance survey maps | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to link two Ordnance survey maps.

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.

S2E3: Ice | Fierce Earth

Clare, Dougal, Leo and Mike discover the secrets of ice. On a bobsleigh track in the Swiss Alps, Leo learns about the slippery properties of this fr...

4: Islands Apart | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. When the Ice Age ended and the se...

3: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last Ic...

3: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and ...

Aluminium and hydroelectric power | The Great British Countryside

The valleys of the Scottish Highlands, created by an ice age 2.5 million years ago, are crucial in the prod...

Gorge created by glacial erosion | The Great British Countryside

A Yorkshire railway runs through a gorge that was created by glacial erosion.

Glacier submarine melting | Dangerous Earth

How glacier submarine melting is causing more icebergs to separate.

Iceberg colour and shape | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains why icebergs are white.

Iceberg sediment | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski discusses the important properties of the sediment contained in icebergs.

The threat of icebergs | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains how icebergs float and what makes them so dangerous.

Iceberg B-31 | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explores how Iceberg B-31 separated from the Pine Island Glacier.

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

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 | How Earth Made Us

12,000 years ago, much of the northern hemisphere was covered in ice.

Winter in Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet

During the winter, Antarctica doubles in size; however, the frozen surface hides a great secret.

How glaciers move | Europe: A Natural History

An exploration of how glaciers move, erode landscapes and move debris.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Cigarettes | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

Make Up | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

Phone | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

Cash | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

Jeans | The World, My Stuff and Me

Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

The World, My Stuff and Me

Five short films explore the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.

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 ...

China and Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities

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

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 ...

2: Women of the Country | China

One woman in China kills herself every four minutes. With the highest female suicide rate in the world, China's women talk candidly about the...

S1E3 | Sea City

The C team try and move a record number of containers in a 12-hour shift. Thieves smuggling stolen cars get more than they bargained for.

S1E2 | Sea City

This edition focuses on the pilots, marine staff on patrol and those in the control tower who guide large ships into Southampton.

Episode 1 | China on Four Wheels

Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt embark on two car journeys across China. Anita takes the high road through the rich cities of the east, while ...

Episode 3 | Flatpack Empire

In episode three, we follow the company's biggest challenge in a generation - pushing into India with an aggressive expansion plan.

Episode 2 | Flatpack Empire

What does it take to get new products from initial design to stores around the world?

Episode 1 | Flatpack Empire

IKEA is one of the world's most successful and recognisable brands. In a major new 3-part series our cameras travel the world to discover the sec...

3: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

S1E2: In the Mexican Drug War | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Documentary in which Reggie Yates visits Acapulco, Mexico, to live the life of a soldier fighting on the front line...

Episode 2 | Syria: The World's War

This second film in the series begins as Raqqa falls to a mixture of Islamist and moderate forces.

Syria: The World's War

The story of the Syrian civil war. In this episode, Lyse Doucet tracks the first months of the uprising through to the chemical attack in Ghouta.

S3E2: Nenets | Tribe

Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the frozen tundra of Northern Siberia, spending a month with a brigade of Nenet reindeer herders during their winter mig...

Kutupalong: The Biggest Refugee Camp in the World | Burma with Simon Reeve

Travelling around Burma in 2018, Simon Reeve heads to neighbouring Bangladesh, to visit Kutupalong...

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 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...

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.

Natalias's Story | Living With The Wall

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

A School Divided | Living With The Wall

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

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...

S2E3 | Exodus: Our Journey

Following migrants searching for a better life. This last episode revisits Sadiq, 11 months after he arrived in Finland.

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...

S1E4: The Plants We Eat | Maddie, the Plants and You

Join Maddie as she finds out how many plants give us food we can eat and how we can help to look after them and our planet.

S1E3: The Plants We Use | Maddie, the Plants and You

Join Maddie to discover the plants that we use in our everyday lives and how we can help to look after them and our planet.

Episode 3: The Batttle Continues | Hugh's War on Waste

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tries to change Britain's wasteful ways. He takes on Amazon, for all their packaging, and ...

Episode 2 | Hugh's War on Waste

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall continues his mission to find out why the UK wastes so much food. He joins an illicit midnight raid to see what h...

Hugh's War on Waste

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall wants to find out why the UK wastes so much food. He challenges supermarkets to drastically reduce the amount of food they th...

Cattle | Show Me What You're Made Of

Stacey Dooley takes the kids to the heart of the Brazilian beef industry, where they see for themselves how meat gets to our plates.

Prawns | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids move to the north east coast of Brazil to work in a prawn farm and processing factory.

Tuna | Show Me What You're Made Of

The kids move to Indonesia to a factory processing tinned tuna for the international market.

Chocolate | Show Me What You're Made Of

It's on to the final workplace and every kid's dream come true - a chocolate factory.

Sausage Factory | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

The five kids continue their working tour of the UK travelling to Hull, to an enormous gourmet sausage factory where millio...

Bee and Honey Farm | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

In part three of their Britain trip, our five kids head with Stacey Dooley to Aberystwyth in Wales to one of the UK's mo...

Eggs | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on. They are on their final stop, at one of the big...

Sandwiches | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on. The kids travel to a massive sandwich fac...

4: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to the...

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...

Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...

Animal feed production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin explores the impact that animal feed production is having on insect biodiversity.

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

Pig farming and water pollution | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin investigates the polluting impact of pig manure from factory farms.

S1E10: Flooding | Fierce Earth

The team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue ...

S8E6: Flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the th...

Flooding in the Netherlands | Fierce Earth

Mike learns how the Netherlands deals with the constant threat of flooding due to most of the country being below sea level.

Hovercraft | Fierce Earth

Mike learns how hovercraft are the ideal vehicle to save people trapped in a flood.

Car rescue | Fierce Earth

Zoe gets saved from a flooded car and finds out what it takes from a rescue team to do so safely.

Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth

Zoe meets a woman who survived a flash flood in Boscastle, Cornwall.

Flashflood simulation | Fierce Earth

Leo experiences a flash flood first-hand at a flood safety training centre.

What is flooding? | Fierce Earth

Zoe explains how too much rainfall can lead to flooding.

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers

A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards try t...

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers

Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the USA. Bu...

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers

In the central stretch of the Mississippi, barges transport millions of tonnes of the nation's produce up and down th...

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth's Great Rivers

The Mississippi wetlands are disappearing due to human interventions in the landscape.

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers

The city of New Orleans was built on the Mississippi floodplain and is constantly fighting to hold the river back.

Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers

In the last 1,000 miles of its journey, the Mississippi flows out into a vast natural floodplain.

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers

An introduction to the Mississippi river, including it's source in the Rockies.

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth's Great Rivers

The meeting of the Amazon and the Atlantic ocean produces an extraordinary ecosystem.

Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers

Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.

Tropical wet season | Earth's Great Rivers

How the Amazon changes during the tropical wet season.

The Amazon Basin | Earth's Great Rivers

In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sediments a...

Underwater spring | Earth's Great Rivers

An underwater spring introduces crystal clear water into the Amazon.

7: Modern Times | British Isles: A Natural History

Close encounters with rare red squirrels and bats hiding in the silos at Greenham Common - Alan Titchmarsh reveals a hundr...

5: Taming the Wild | British Isles: A Natural History

Armed with stone axes and grim determination, a few thousand people turned our islands from forest to farm. Alan Titchm...

5: Untamed Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides to get a bird's eye view of our untamed landscape.

4: The Land | Britain from Above

Comparing exhaustive footage of East Anglia in the 1940s with the countryside of today.

3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr discovers how some of Britain's greenest landscapes were shaped by humans.

Shan Balloon Festival | Burma with Simon Reeve

Travelling through Burma, Simon Reeve visits Shan state, home to the Shan ethnic minority, and attends a spectacular Shan Ball...

The Irrawaddy River | Burma with Simon Reeve

Travelling through Burma in 2018, Simon Reeve journeys by boat on the Irrawaddy River, the lifeline to many of the country's rur...

Adapting to solar farming | Weather World

Sarah Keith-Lucas visits a farm in Kent that has adapted its activities in response to the challenges of climate change.

Climate change and arable farming | Weather World

Sarah Keith-Lucas visits a farm in Kent and finds out how arable farming is affected by climate change.

Gardening vs Farming | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking explores the benefits of gardening as opposed to farming.

Hedges and woodland | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking explores the potential of hedges as a form of permaculture.

Permaculture | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking investigates permaculture in a small farm in the mountains of Snowdonia.

Synthetic fertilizer | Natural World

Many farms depend on synthetic fertilisers to continue growing plants on soil that has been overworked.

Livestock farming | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking explains why livestock farming is fuel intensive and visits a farm that is trying to combat this.

Fossil fuels behind every day food | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking goes through the fossil fuels involved in creating a shop bought sandwich.

Farming and fuel shortages | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking discusses how fuel shortages will impact farming.

The River Nile and early agriculture | How Earth Made Us

Iain Stewart explains the important role that the Nile played in early Egyptian agriculture.

Slum Clearance | Welcome to Lagos

How the Lagos Megacities Project is impacting people living in the slums.

The Megacity Project | Welcome to Lagos

Rural to urban migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

S2E8: Boiling Earth | Fierce Earth

The team travel to Iceland to explore a country created by volcanoes. Dougal dives into the sea and touches the two tectonic plates of Eur...

S2E7: Landslides | Fierce Earth

The team explore the threat of landslides in the UK. Leah travels to the Isle of Wight to discover why it's under the constant threat of erod...

S1E7: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth

The team take on one of the most feared forces on the planet - the volcano. Dougal explores the secret lava tubes of Etna and climbs Stromboli...

S1E5: Earthquakes | Fierce Earth

The team explores the phenomenon of the earthquake. Clare and Mike train with one of the top international rescue teams. Leo takes on a dang...

S1E4: Tsunami | Fierce Earth

The team investigate the terrifying giant waves of the tsunami. Zoe and Dougal travel to Japan to meet child survivors of the 2011 disaster and ...

Geography: Mountains and Volcanoes | Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Year Olds

Learn about volcanoes, mountains, and living near an active volcano.

S4E1 | Bang Goes the Theory

The team looks at the science behind the recent Japanese earthquake and the tsunami it triggered. Plus the technology that attempts to protect us...

2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs roa...

1: Three Billion Years in the Making | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers o...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Stromboli volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal gets up to the top of the live volcano Stromboli in Sicily and sees it erupt.

Edinburgh's secret volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Edinburgh castle and the neighbouring hill, "Arthur's Seat" sit in fact on long dormant volcanoes.

Living near a volcano | Fierce Earth

A volcano's lava is full of minerals that make the ground perfectly fertile for growing food. Dougal visits the Italian island of Stromb...

Famous volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Around three-quarters of the worlds volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean and as such is known as the "ring of fire".

Mount Etna | Fierce Earth

Dougal explores the hidden tunnels created by the volcano under the surface of Mount Etna.

Types of volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal demonstrates different types of lava flow, particularly if the volcano is covered in rock and can add pressure and erupt.

What is a volcano? | Fierce Earth

Dougal explains how a volcano erupts.

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

S5E5: Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Monica and Rob discover what it takes to work at a wildlife reserve hotel in South Africa, wh...

S5E2: Joali, Maldives | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Monica and Rob visit a paradise island in the Maldives. Working behind the scenes, they discover the intricate ...

8: Our Future | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He concludes his journey and asks wh...

7: Modern Times | British Isles: A Natural History

Close encounters with rare red squirrels and bats hiding in the silos at Greenham Common - Alan Titchmarsh reveals a hundr...

6: Revolution | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He explores a time when industry cha...

4: Islands Apart | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. When the Ice Age ended and the se...

5: Taming the Wild | British Isles: A Natural History

Armed with stone axes and grim determination, a few thousand people turned our islands from forest to farm. Alan Titchm...

3: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last Ic...

2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs roa...

1: Three Billion Years in the Making | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers o...

6: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.

An Earl's garden | Scotland from the Sky

The remanence of a vast ornamental garden was visible from the sky next to Castle Kennedy which revealed an interesting insight to i...

Viking dockyard | Scotland from the Sky

Through using drones, maritime archaeologists were able to discover a completely obliterated yet advanced Viking dockyard.

Iron age fort | Scotland from the Sky

An insight into how an iron age fort discovered in the 1950's was investigated and the simple technology used to do so.

Roman military camps | Scotland from the Sky

Kenneth St-Joseph found geometric shapes across fields in Scotland that, after archaeological digs, were discovered to be Roman ...

Scottish Roman history | Scotland from the Sky

O.G.S. Crawford was the first Scottish aerial surveyor and discovered many sites of Roman history from the sky just before WWII.

Ancient pot-holes | Scotland from the Sky

A group of holes in a line were spotted from aerial photography. After an archaeological dig, the pits revealed a 1500-year-old cer...

History from the sky | Scotland from the Sky

Aerial photography can reveal history by highlighting outlines of old settlements and other infrastructure.

Dundee: old and new | Scotland from the Sky

Dundee is one of the Scottish cities going through the most change. A historical producer of jute, the city has now turned its ey...

History of Glenrothes | Scotland from the Sky

Glenrothes was one Glasgow's post-war new towns and had greenery, transport and jobs at the centre of its planning.

Glasgow town planning | Scotland from the Sky

After WWII Glasgow had many visionary plans for its future and not many came to fruition, all except the demolition of the tene...

History of Glasgow | Scotland from the Sky

As industry and the port dried up over time, Glasgow still had a hallowed area in the form of the football stadium, Hampden Park b...

Train Depot | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

On the last leg of their tour around Britain's workplaces Stacey Dooley gives our five kids a last chance to prove they're on t...

3: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities

Andrew Marr looks at transport routes and finds out how the world's megacities stay fed, and he joins Mexico City's traffic...

1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities

Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo, M...

2: Cities on the Edge | Andrew Marr's Megacities

Andrew Marr takes a look at safety and security, two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis, visiting ...

6: Revolution | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He explores a time when industry cha...

2: The City | Britain from Above

Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today.

1: 24 Hour Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr goes on a journey through a day in the life of Britain as seen from the skies.

Can the movement of sea water affect climate? | Curriculum Bites

A demonstration of how the movement of sea water can affect climate.

Can volcanoes impact the Earth's climate? | Curriculum Bites

A demonstration of how volcanoes can impact the earth's climate.

Drought in the Sahel | Curriculum Bites

Drought in the Sahel and the expansion of the Sahara desert.

Rising sea levels | Curriculum Bites

A demonstration of rising sea levels.

Glaciers and climate change | Curriculum Bites

A demonstration of how climate change is impacting glaciers.

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.

The Metro | World's Busiest Cities

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

Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities

The social and political history of Moscow.

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.

S2E10: Leo's Fiercest Moments | Fierce Earth

A very special edition of Fierce Earth, where team adventurer Leo Houlding looks back over his top ten fiercest moments ever. It...

S2E5: World's Wettest Place | Fierce Earth

Mike, Dougal and Leah are on an epic, rain-soaked, monsoon journey. The team travel the length of India tracking the monsoon - the...

S2E6: Avalanches | Fierce Earth

The team travel to avalanche country and the French ski town of Tignes, in the Alps. Clare and Dougal go skiing in the shadow of the biggest ...

S2E2: Blizzards | Fierce Earth

In this Fierce Earth special, US storm-chaser Mike Theiss travels into the heart of the Boston Blizzard of February 2013. He witnesses first-h...

S1E9: World's Coldest | Fierce Earth

This Fierce Earth special takes viewers on a journey to one of the world's coldest and most hostile places on the planet - the Yukon Ter...

S1E8: Tornadoes | Fierce Earth

Tornadoes are rare, but there's nothing more frantic or explosive in nature. The team investigates where that awesome power comes from and wha...

S1E6: Thunderstorms | Fierce Earth

At any one time it is estimated that 2000 thunderstorms are happening across the world. The team investigate what makes the thundercloud s...

S1E3: World's Hottest | Fierce Earth

In this Fierce Earth special, Clare and Leo head to Death Valley in California which is officially the hottest place in the entire world...

S1E2: Wildfires | Fierce Earth

The team investigates wildfires and discovers how they rage all over the world leaving a trail of devastation and destruction. We travel to Co...

S1E1: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth

The team encounters the most feared event in weather - the hurricane. Florida-based stormchaser Mike takes us on a wild ride into the eye of ...

S8E6: Flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the th...

2: Atmosphere | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart reveals the natural forces that shaped the earth. He traces the history of the atmosphere, from the ozone laye...

Episode 2 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. Simon and Kate explore why wind is such...

Episode 1 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. They explore why wildfires in Australia...

S1E11: We Could Actually Stop Climate Change? | Hey You, What If?

The planet is being destroyed - but this episode demonstrates the things you can do to help save it.

Tornado shelters | Fierce Earth

Leo is in Texas meeting the scientists who build and test out tornado shelters.

Birmingham tornado | Fierce Earth

In 2005 a tornado in Birmingham struck a neighbourhood and left it in ruins. Clare meets Nazir who experienced it first hand.

Tornado experience | Fierce Earth

A nine-year-old boy describes his incredible escape from a tornado.

Tornado Alley | Fierce Earth

Mike describes his experiences in Tornado Alley in middle America where up to 300 tornados can occur every year.

Tornado's wind speed | Fierce Earth

Clare explains why the tornados tunnel shape is the key to such incredible wind speed.