Geography

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.

2: Coastal Deposition | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

1: Coastal Erosion | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Hengistbury Head coastline | Countryfile

Charlotte Smith and Sean Fletcher are on Hengistbury Head in Dorset, where a large-scale engineering project is set to save huge swa...

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...

S2E1: Shark People of the Pacific | Tribes, Predators & Me

Gordon Buchanan joins a family in a tropical paradise to learn how to swim with sharks. Freedivers teach Gordon ab...

Vanishing Villages | Countryfile

John Craven and Matt Baker are on the east coast of England to find out how storms are devouring the coastline, and Adrian Chiles rolls up h...

2: The Bottom of the Ocean | Richard Hammond's Journey To...

What lies at the bottom of the oceans? What would happen if the planet lost its oceans? Richard Hammond is going...

Episode 1 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

Every minute, the equivalent of a truck full of plastic is emptied into the world's oceans. In this episode Hugh and Anita loo...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Part 2 | Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa

Alastair Leithead takes the first part of an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river. He ...

Part 1 | Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa

Alastair Leithead takes the first part of an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river. He ...

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-...

03: South Africa | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch discovers new art, music and theatre in South Africa's townships as she explores creativity emerging in amapian...

01: Morocco | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccan creatives are transforming old traditions into thrilling new music, art, weav...

1: Power and the People | China

How do the values of the ruling Chinese Communist Party translate into daily life? The Party bases its legitimacy on delivering both stabilit...

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...

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.

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...

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...

S1E1: Adi | Tribe

Fly-on-the-wall documentary following Bruce Parry experience life among the world's disappearing tribes. Bruce joins the Adi people of Arunchal Pradesh in ...

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...

S2E2: Eagle People of Mongolia | Tribes, Predators & Me

A family of nomads teaches Gordon Buchanan how they hunt with golden eagles in a spectacular mountain wilderness. Can...

Series 1 | The Mountain

Cairngorm is at the heart of Scotland's greatest winter wilderness. As the first storms of the winter blow in, the ski patrol is working hard to get ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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.

3: Shifting Nature | China

China is trying to feed 20% of the world's population on 7% of the world's arable land. And a third of the world uses water from China's rivers. R...

4: Ready Meals | What They Really Mean for You

A look behind the scenes of the food industry to discover how ready meals are produced, what new technology could mean for wha...

2: Heat Pumps | What They Really Mean for You

Investigating the controversial plans to change how we heat our homes and produce electricity. Is it possible and what will it ...

1: Electric Cars | What They Really Mean for You

Investigating the controversial plans to change the cars we drive. Is it possible and what will it take?

Episode 4 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman finds out how the food and drinks we consume and produce impact the planet. He explores some of the solutions on hand to look after the ...

Episode 3 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores the challenges we face in the transition to renewable energies and explores some of the solutions. He finds out how the United ...

3: USA | Jimmy's Global Harvest

In the USA, farmers have put their faith in new technology to increase food output.

4: Kenya | Jimmy's Global Harvest

Jimmy visits Kenya and meets farmers who use ingenious new ways to combat pests.

2: Australia | Jimmy's Global Harvest

In Australia, Jimmy finds out whether farmers can overcome the global problem of soil salinity.

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...

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.

Episode 2 | Kate Humble: Into the Volcano

Kate Humble goes on an awe-inspiring adventure to Ambrym in Vanuatu, where she abseils into a volcano containing one of only five l...

Episode 1 | Kate Humble: Into the Volcano

Kate Humble joins a team of geologists at Tanna in the Vanuatu archipelago, where they travel right to the heart of one of the worl...

Iceland Erupts: A Volcano Live Special | Volcano Live

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

Episode 3 | Volcano Live

Kate Humble and Professor Iain Stewart present live from Kilauea on Hawaii. They explore how our active planet triggers eruptions, earthquakes and t...

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 ...

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.

02: The Last Stand at Stratford | Building the Olympic Dream

The ambition and scale of the project is huge. Resistance to the plans comes from unexpected quarters.

Episode 3 | Commonwealth City

The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. After securing funds for a new community centre, councillor Yvonne must find available land for it...

Episode 2 | Commonwealth City

The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. Steven's future looks uncertain when his job comes to an end. And Darren receives some devastating...

Episode 1 | Commonwealth City

It's 2010 - four years to go to the Commonwealth Games, much of which will take place in Dalmarnock in the East End of Glasgow.

Episode 8 | The Tower

With the Tower now fully occupied, it's a time of new beginnings for the new residents but the end of an era for the Deptford locals.

Episode 6 | The Tower

Nessar's wealthy family have bought several new properties in the Tower, but before she can move in she must pass her law exams.

Episode 7 | The Tower

The Tower is complete and the first of the new tenants move in. Retired gangster Harry Hayward feels overwhelmed by the changes.

Episode 5 | The Tower

Love is in the air in the Tower. Kelley Garcia finally says 'I do' to Wayne Tapper, with half of the estate in tow.

Episode 4 | The Tower

With the show flats in the Tower selling fast, two prospective purchasers are excited by the dream of modern living.

Episode 3 | The Tower

Inside the Tower, the interior designers are hard at work creating the dream of sky-high modern urban living.

Episode 1 | The Tower

Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due ...

Episode 2 | The Tower

The last tenant has been removed from the ex-council tower block and the developers can now start the renovation.

Episode 3 | The Mighty Redcar

As Jess's apprenticeship draws to a close, she needs to find a new job or risk not being able to do what she loves.

Episode 4 | The Mighty Redcar

Billy is about to make a tough decision - does he start a career at 16 or go to college?

Episode 2 | The Mighty Redcar

Kaitlyn is about to get her GCSE results whilst also facing the prospect of her and her mum having to move house again.

Episode 1 | The Mighty Redcar

Real-life soap opera, filmed over a year in North Yorkshire. Mum and daughter Kat and Kaitlyn have had a tough time over the last few years but...

Episode 2 | China on Four Wheels

Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt continue their epic car journeys across China, heading for their final destination, the financial mega-city of...

3: Mumbai | Slum Survivors

Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three plumbers learn to plumb the local way in the open sewer...

2: Jakarta | Slum Survivors

Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three trainee chefs swap their clean UK kitchens for street ...

Episode 5 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. In this fifth leg, Simon travels across Central America from the Caribbean ...

Episode 3 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

In the third leg of his journey, Simon Reeve is in the United States, travelling down the length of California.

Episode 2 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

In the second leg of his journey, Simon Reeve travels down the Rocky Mountains. In Montana, Simon meets a former Silicon Valley exe...

Episode 1 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve begins his most ambitious journey yet - travelling the entire length of the Americas. In this first leg, Simon travels ...

Huguenots and silk | The Great British Sewing Bee

Claudia Winkleman explains the history of the Huguenots, their fleeing to Britain and how they affected the silk trade.

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...

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...

02: Nigeria | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch explores the energy and ambition of Nigerian fashion, film and music, asking what drives young Nigerians to succeed ...

03: South Africa | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch discovers new art, music and theatre in South Africa's townships as she explores creativity emerging in amapian...

01: Morocco | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccan creatives are transforming old traditions into thrilling new music, art, weav...

5: Bangladesh to Burma | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In Bangladesh, he sails down the Padma River and visits fishermen who use trained otters to drive fish into their ...

6: Laos to Hawaii | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In the last episode of the series, he samples local delicacies in Laos and meets high achieving children in Taiwan.

4: India | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In India, Simon travels from the coast of Gujarat in the west to Kolkata in the east, via Bhopal and Gandhi's home town of Ahmed...

2: Western Sahara to Libya | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

The second leg of Simon Reeve's journey sees him dodge the Moroccan secret police in Western Sahara and travel...

3: Egypt to Oman | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

The third leg of Simon Reeve's journey sees him rejoin the Tropic of Cancer in Egypt and follow it through Saudi Arabia,...

1: Mexico to the Bahamas | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve starts his epic journey around the world following the Tropic of Cancer, the northern border of the ...

3: Mystic River | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar finds out how India's ancient traditions shape life today. Starting in Calcutta during the Hindu New Year celebr...

4: A Camel Called Sanjeev | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

On the final leg of his journey, Sanjeev Bhaskar goes to the magical state of Rajasthan, where he samples the princely...

2: The Longest Road | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar takes a trip along the incredible Grand Trunk Road in a quest to find his ancestral home.

1: Bombay Dreams | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across India, using his trademark humour and insight to get under the skin of an endlessly fascinating ...

03: Green | Earth

Chris Packham tells the miraculous story of how plant life turned the Earth from a barren rock into a vibrant green world.

Earth Warp: 10: The Final Countdown | Look and Read

Ollie recovers just in time to defuse the probe and save Southbeach.

Earth Warp: 9: Hunt the Alien | Look and Read

Ollie disappears to escape the press, but his search for the missing space probe makes him weaker and weaker. Meanwhile, time i...

Earth Warp: 8: Betrayed | Look and Read

A newspaper discovers Ollie the Alien and scents a scoop. Amina and Jenny blame Martin.

Earth Warp: 7: Doctor Miracle | Look and Read

Amina and Mr Belcher's daughter are in hospital with a mystery illness. Ollie the Alien can cure them.

Earth Warp: 6: Monster Mayhem | Look and Read

Mr Belcher's factory continues to pollute the water at Southbeach, and his daughter is taken ill. Is it because of the pollution?

Earth Warp: 5: Mystifying Magic | Look and Read

The children have to cover up for Ollie the Alien, who causes problems with his special powers.

Earth Warp: 4: Codename Charley | Look and Read

The search for Ollie the Alien's malfunctioning space probe 'Charley' continues. Is Mr Belcher's chemical factory causing pol...

Earth Warp: 3: Whoops! | Look and Read

David, Amina and Jenny must help Ollie the Alien to find a malfunctioning space probe, or Southbeach could blow up.

Earth Warp: 2: An Univited Guest | Look and Read

David, Amina and Jenny explore the beach and discover Ollie the Alien, who has come from the planet Gia to rescue Southbeach...

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...

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 ...

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-...

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...

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

People of the Forest looks at the Baka of the Cameroon & the Kayapo of South America & how their lives work in balance with the rainforest.

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...

06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II

Our frozen planet is changing. We meet the scientists dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean for animals, p...

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...