Coasts and Oceans

4: Coastal Management | 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...

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...

Sea defence in East Anglia | Coast

East Anglia - a stretch of coast fighting a constant battle to survive the pounding seas. But it wasn't always like that; in our distant p...

Harlech dunes | Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Beginning on the shifting sands of Morfa Harlech, in one of the most important dune systems in Wales, Michael is surprised to ...

Life on the Edge

The residents of Hemsby don't want to leave, but their houses are on the edge of a cliff. This is their story of surviving one of the most dramatic cases of...

Physical Features: Coastal Landscapes | Intermediate/Higher Geography

Two documentaries focusing on the North East Coast of Scotland. A look at its physical features, resour...

Britain: The Changing Coastline | Geography Casebook

Bernard Clark investigates man's efforts to defend the coastline of Dorset and Hampshire.

Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary

Yvonne and Shawn Mars discuss the perils of owning a farm that is falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.

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...

The Village That's Falling into the Sea

David Whiteley joins the villagers of Hemsby in Norfolk in their latest campaign to stop their homes falling into the sea.

S1E5: Liverpool to Carlisle | Coast

Nicholas Crane presents a journey around the coast of the UK. At Lytham St Anne's, he explores the events of the UK's worst lifeboat disa...

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.

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

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

Coastal Landscapes | Primary Geography

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

Cliffhanger | Men of Rock

Dr Iain Stewart climbs a coastal sea stack and explains its geology.

The Great Guide: 4: East Anglia | Coast

Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop present the ultimate guide to East Anglia - from The Wash to Canvey Island. Neil takes to the sea on a v...

Harlech dunes | Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Beginning on the shifting sands of Morfa Harlech, in one of the most important dune systems in Wales, Michael is surprised to ...

S10E6: Caves and Coves | Coast

Coast embarks on a quest to explore the endless nooks and crannies of our curving and twisted coastline and asks: why are our caves and coves ...

S8E5: The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs | Coast

Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular sea cliffs in Britain. He goes on a journey to take in the high spots of the Yor...

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

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

Coastal Erosion | The Geography Programme

Schools prog investigating coastal erosion over time. Shows capacity for change due to the power of the sea. Specifically "Old Harr...

A Changing Geography | Coast

A one-hour highlights episode of the series Coast, featuring topics that have relevance to the Geography curriculum.

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...

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...

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...

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...