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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Geography

Ecosystems and Biomes

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Cold environments

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02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'09''

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

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2023 | 58'06''

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

06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'19''

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

04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II

04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'02''

Antarctica is the most hostile of earth’s frozen worlds. Yet even here, life finds a way not just to survive, but thrive.

05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II

05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'00''

In the far north of our planet lie vast frozen lands of snow-covered forest and open tundra. These are lands of extremes that push animal...

03: Frozen Peaks | Frozen Planet II

03: Frozen Peaks | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'12''

A look at how mountains create unique frozen worlds, home to extraordinary animals that must overcome the crushing conditions of the cold.

01: Frozen Worlds | Frozen Planet II

01: Frozen Worlds | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 57'53''

From the poles to the highest mountain peaks, there are surprising frozen worlds found on every continent, and each is home to unique an...

02: Frozen Ocean | Frozen Planet II

02: Frozen Ocean | Frozen Planet II

BBC One | 2022 | 58'05''

At the top of our planet lies the Arctic Ocean - a shape-shifting world of ice and water, home to unique animals like polar bears, harp s...

S2E4: The Poles | Spy in the Wild

S2E4: The Poles | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2020 | 58'04''

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

6: Bhutan to Bay of Bengal | Himalaya with Michael Palin

6: Bhutan to Bay of Bengal | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'00''

Michael Palin concludes his Himalayan trek by travelling from Bhutan through Bangladesh before finishing on a fishin...

4: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin

4: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'02''

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan Trek, leaving Everest base camp on the high road to Lhasa as he takes a look at ...

5: Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas | Himalaya with Michael Palin

5: Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'00''

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek. Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas, exploring mediev...

3: Annapurna to Everest | Himalaya with Michael Palin

3: Annapurna to Everest | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'01''

Michael Palin continues his trek. On his way to Everest base camp, he meets the King of Nepal, visits Annapurna Sanctua...

2: A Passage to India | Himalaya with Michael Palin

2: A Passage to India | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'01''

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek by going from K2 in Pakistan to Ladakh in India - a short distance as the crow...

1: North by Northwest | Himalaya with Michael Palin

1: North by Northwest | Himalaya with Michael Palin

BBC One | 2004 | 59'05''

Michael Palin sets off on an epic journey through the rugged terrain of the Himalayas. First, he follows the Khyber Pass ...

Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'48''

The first leg of Simon's Scandinavian journey takes him from the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to the frozen wilderness of Lapland ...

Emperor Penguin - Caring | Wonders of Nature

Emperor Penguin - Caring | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'50''

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

Polar Bear - Mother and Baby | Wonders of Nature

Polar Bear - Mother and Baby | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2015 | 1'50''

A mother and her baby polar bears explore their habitat.

4: Highlanders | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

4: Highlanders | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

BBC One | 2016 | 58'29''

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. A look at how humans are now endeavouring to...

3: Autumn and Winter - Against All Odds | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

3: Autumn and Winter - Against All Odds | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

BBC One | 2016 | 59'03''

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. How animals must eq...

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Ecosystems

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S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild

S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2020 | 58'05''

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

S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild

S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2017 | 57'59''

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

S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild

S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2017 | 58'01''

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

S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild

S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2017 | 58'01''

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

S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2017 | 58'08''

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

S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2017 | 57'59''

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

Mandarin Duck - First Flight | Wonders of Nature

Mandarin Duck - First Flight | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2014 | 55''

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

2: The Jewel of Arabia | Wild Arabia

2: The Jewel of Arabia | Wild Arabia

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'42''

Wildlife documentary series. Swept by the annual Indian Ocean monsoon, the Dhofar mountains become a magical lost world of waterfalls an...

1: Sand, Wind and Stars | Wild Arabia

1: Sand, Wind and Stars | Wild Arabia

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'11''

Wildlife documentary series which enters the wilderness of Arabia and reveals a magical cast of characters, from the snow-white oryx to...

2: Water Worlds | The Green Planet

2: Water Worlds | The Green Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 58'13''

A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles ...

1: Galapagos | Nature's Microworlds

1: Galapagos | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'02''

The Galapagos is home to a myriad of bizarre and unique creatures endemic to these islands, but how did they get here and what is the key...

4: Mexico Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

4: Mexico Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'25''

Steve Backshall is in Yucatan, Mexico, on the trail of the ancient Maya. His team of explorers uncover macabre an...

3: Mexico Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

3: Mexico Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'49''

Steve Backshall leads an elite cave diving team into the largest unexplored cave network on earth. Below a Mexica...

S1E5: The Trees | Maddie, the Plants and You

S1E5: The Trees | Maddie, the Plants and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'16''

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

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

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'12''

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

S1E1: The Flowers | Maddie, the Plants and You

S1E1: The Flowers | Maddie, the Plants and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'08''

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

5: Strange Islands | South Pacific

5: Strange Islands | South Pacific

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'12''

Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life often give up the ghost when new species arrive?

Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles

Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles

BBC One | 2023 | 57'14''

David Attenborough celebrates the rich variety of habitats in our wild isles, the existence of which is critical for the survival of species ...

Travelling inside an Icelandic volcano | Volcano Live

Travelling inside an Icelandic volcano | Volcano Live

BBC Two | 2012 | 5'24''

An exploration inside one of extinct Icelandic volcano.

Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet

Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet

BBC One | 2019 | 58'02''

Africa - home to the greatest wildlife gatherings on earth. But even in this land of plenty, wildlife faces huge challenges.

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Grasslands

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Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'50''

The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...

Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'01''

It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...

Episode 1 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

Episode 1 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'31''

In a groundbreaking natural history event, remote cameras capture life at a specially built African waterhole. Which animals fin...

Elephant - Importance of Water | Wonders of Nature

Elephant - Importance of Water | Wonders of Nature

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'54''

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

10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds

10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'02''

In Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, bears, coyotes, bison and elk roam vast grasslands, wetlands and forests, Steve Backshall ...

5: Okavango | Nature's Microworlds

5: Okavango | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 28'59''

Steve Backshall reveals the secret to the existence of the Okavango, the world's largest inland delta and home to one of Africa's greatest...

2: Serengeti | Nature's Microworlds

2: Serengeti | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'01''

A look at one of the most famous habitats on the planet, the Serengeti in east Africa, a vast grassland that is home to some of the great...

S2E3: Hyena People of Ethiopia | Tribes, Predators & Me

S2E3: Hyena People of Ethiopia | Tribes, Predators & Me

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'58''

Gordon Buchanan journeys across Ethiopia to find out how the tribes here can live so close to hyenas, a fierce predat...

6: Grasslands - Roots of Power | Human Planet

6: Grasslands - Roots of Power | Human Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 58'37''

Documentary featuring the remarkable people who live in the world's grasslands, exploring their relationship with the natural w...

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Hot deserts

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03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'10''

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

Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'00''

James Cracknell and Ben Fogle travel across the world's largest sand desert. As they try to pick up the pace disaster str...

Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred ...

2: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry

2: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'55''

Bruce Parry visits the Mucubal, a community surviving in Angola's harsh Namib Desert, and experiences an extraordinary way of life pr...

4: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

4: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 58'33''

Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage an...

12: Australia's Red Centre | Nature's Microworlds

12: Australia's Red Centre | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'07''

Steve Backshall reveals huge kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of ani...

9: Namib Desert | Nature's Microworlds

9: Namib Desert | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'03''

Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret that all...

Episode 2 | Hottest Place on Earth

Episode 2 | Hottest Place on Earth

BBC HD | 2009 | 59'26''

An insight into the geology and people of the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble investigates how tough life is for an Afar woman. Dr...

Hottest Place on Earth

Hottest Place on Earth

BBC HD | 2009 | 59'21''

A team of experts venture into the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble looks at how tough life is for an Afar woman, and Steve Leonard learns abou...

4: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

4: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2024 | 59'09''

Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari, be...

S2E4: Driest | Fierce Earth

S2E4: Driest | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2014 | 28'17''

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

S2E1: Deserts | Fierce Earth

S2E1: Deserts | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2014 | 28'17''

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

S1E2: Lion People of the Kalahari | Tribes, Predators & Me

S1E2: Lion People of the Kalahari | Tribes, Predators & Me

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'35''

Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana's Kalahari Desert to learn how to survive on foot among wild ...

2: Deserts - Life in the Furnace | Human Planet

2: Deserts - Life in the Furnace | Human Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 59'01''

A look at how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges - and ingenious solutions - for millions of people in the dr...

Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth

Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 1'09''

A single shower can transform Death Valley.

Flash flood | Planet Earth

Flash flood | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 2'37''

A flash flood is a rare chance for wildlife to build up food and water reserves.

Sandstorm | Planet Earth

Sandstorm | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 4'47''

How the desert is shaped by sandstorms.

Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth

Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 3'56''

Life exists in a strip of the Atacama Desert due to fog that blows in from the sea.

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

BBC Scotland | 2024 | 59'00''

Gordon Buchanan takes an epic camel ride across the Gobi Desert to discover how these most iconic, yet least understood, animals...

Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

BBC One | 2009 | 4'49''

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

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Mountains

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01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'01''

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

3: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

3: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'02''

The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and home to astonishing hidden worlds, extraordinary animals and remarkable peo...

2: Himalaya | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

2: Himalaya | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'03''

A look at the highest mountain range on earth, the Himalayas, including resident snow leopards and bizarre-looking monkeys, and t...

1: Rockies | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

1: Rockies | Mountain: Life at the Extreme

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'04''

This episode looks at the Rockies in North America, home to cougars, wolves and grizzly bears.

Episode 1 | Walking the Himalayas

Episode 1 | Walking the Himalayas

Channel 4 | 2015 | 46'56''

Explorer Levison Wood takes on a new challenge: to walk the length of the world's highest mountain range, from Afghanistan to Bhutan.

Britain's Busiest Mountain | Our Lives

Britain's Busiest Mountain | Our Lives

BBC One | 2023 | 29'05''

Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.

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Ocean biomes

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Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'01''

Presented by Dame Sian Phillips, this episode looks at some of the biggest challenges and issues facing the marine environment in Wale...

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

BBC One Wales | 2021 | 57'33''

As the water starts to warm in the summer, marine giants arrive at the Celtic deep. Some have travelled for thousands of miles to feas...

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'14''

The strange environment of the shallow seas is one that sits remarkably close to shore. In the giant kelp forest, we join a female cat...

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

BBC One Wales | 2021 | 59'01''

We follow Atlantic grey seals through the year, from courtship to pregnancy and birth. Will a curious snowy-white seal pup make it saf...

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2024 | 58'01''

As part of a seven-year series on the planet's most threatened ecosystems, this third episode takes an in-depth look at efforts to ...

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

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

3: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

3: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

BBC HD | 2012 | 59'00''

Monty Halls explores Australia's natural wonder. The Great Barrier Reef is vitally linked to the rest of the planet and creatures tra...

2: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

2: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

BBC HD | 2012 | 58'57''

As well as coral, the reef is made up of jungle, hundreds of islands, mangrove swamps, mysterious deep-water gardens, vast sand fl...

1: Nature's Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

1: Nature's Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

BBC HD | 2012 | 59'05''

Monty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, examining the vast, complex structure of the coral reef itself and the wildlife...

2: Ocean | Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom

2: Ocean | Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom

BBC Two | 2019 | 57'07''

A natural history exploration of Australia's magical coasts and islands, where three oceans create the perfect environment for ...

11: The Deep Sea | Nature's Microworlds

11: The Deep Sea | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'06''

Steve Backshall plumbs the ocean depths to find an array of beautiful and bizarre creatures, from 40m-long jellyfish to grotesque ang...

8: Great Barrier Reef | Nature's Microworlds

8: Great Barrier Reef | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 28'59''

Steve Backshall visits Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover the conditions that let a tiny coral building block create Ear...

4: Monterey Bay | Nature's Microworlds

4: Monterey Bay | Nature's Microworlds

BBC Four | 2012 | 29'05''

Steve Backshall looks at the unique geography of California's Monterey Bay, its kelp forest bursting with life from microscopic plankt...

3: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

3: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2024 | 58'01''

Simon Reeve voyages across the Coral Triangle, a remote wilderness of tropical reefs and jungle-clad islands described as the...

3: Endless Blue | South Pacific

3: Endless Blue | South Pacific

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'52''

Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.

2: Castaways | South Pacific

2: Castaways | South Pacific

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians, and at the varied local fauna.

1: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

1: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'54''

Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life ...

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

BBC One | 2016 | 57'40''

David Attenborough uncovers the ways in which scientists are trying to preserve the Great Barrier Reef and embarks on ...

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

BBC One | 2016 | 58'04''

David Attenborough examines the journeys made by the birds and whales that visit the reef every year.

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

BBC One | 2015 | 58'06''

David Attenborough descends beneath the waves at night to meet some of the tiny coral animals that built the reef.

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Pollution problems

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

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

BBC Two | 1994 | 18'46''

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

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

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

BBC Two | 1994 | 19'00''

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

Earth Warp: 8: Betrayed | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 18'51''

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

Earth Warp: 7: Doctor Miracle | Look and Read

Earth Warp: 7: Doctor Miracle | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 18'56''

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

Earth Warp: 6: Monster Mayhem | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 18'58''

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

Earth Warp: 5: Mystifying Magic | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 19'01''

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

Earth Warp: 4: Codename Charley | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 19'02''

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

Earth Warp: 3: Whoops! | Look and Read

BBC Two | 1994 | 19'00''

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

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

BBC Two | 1994 | 19'01''

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

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

BBC Two | 1994 | 18'55''

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

Farming in the UK | Countryfile

Farming in the UK | Countryfile

BBC One | 2024 | 12'22''

Adam Henson is on his farm in the Cotswolds, looking at how his practice of being more nature-friendly, by limiting the chemicals he uses on ...

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

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

BBC One | 2021 | 57'56''

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

Track My Trash | Panorama

Track My Trash | Panorama

BBC One | 2011 | 29'18''

Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and recycling companies whose creden...

Coca-Cola's 100 Billion Bottle Problem | Panorama

Coca-Cola's 100 Billion Bottle Problem | Panorama

BBC One | 2021 | 28'37''

Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion throwaway plastic bottles each year. Panorama investigates Coca-Cola's promises to cr...

Eutrophication | Countryfile

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BBC One | 2025 | 4'12''

An explanation of eutrophication and the use of carbon pellets as a solution.

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BBC One Wales | 2018 | 29'00''

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

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BBC One Wales | 2018 | 29'07''

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

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BBC One Wales | 2018 | 28'58''

Writer and angler Will Millard travels along the River Wye. He begins his journey in the mountains of Mid Wales, going in search ...

S2E3: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II

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BBC Two | 2022 | 58'58''

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 ...

S2E2: Danube | Earth's Great Rivers II

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BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

The extraordinary story of the Danube, the world's most international river. It reveals magical wonders, from crystal-clear waterfalls...

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II

BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Africa's wi...

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth's Great Rivers

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'07''

The surprising story of the Mississippi, a river that unites the USA. From frozen waterfalls to time-travelling barges, the Mississi...

S1E2: Nile | Earth's Great Rivers

S1E2: Nile | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

A look at the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the Nile. From elephants and leopards to ancient wonders, its great length is ...

S1E1: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers

S1E1: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins, the A...

Freshwater | Wild Isles

Freshwater | Wild Isles

BBC One | 2023 | 57'56''

David Attenborough takes us on a journey from source to sea, following the course of our fresh water to reveal a host of astonishing wildlife.

The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth

The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 1'42''

For five million years, the Colorado River has carved its way through the landscape, creating the Grand Canyon.

Mountain streams | Planet Earth

Mountain streams | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 1'49''

The early stages of a mountain stream and the wildlife that lives there.

Tepuis of Venezuela | Planet Earth

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BBC One | 2006 | 1'53''

How rain has shaped the Tepuis of Venezuela.

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2021 | 2'07''

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 in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 1'47''

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

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 4'44''

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

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 4'38''

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

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 2'25''

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

Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 2'46''

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

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 2'21''

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

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Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet

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BBC One | 2025 | 58'20''

Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world,...

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2024 | 58'01''

As part of a seven-year series on the planet's most threatened ecosystems, this third episode takes an in-depth look at efforts to ...

S2E2 | Our Changing Planet

S2E2 | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2023 | 58'05''

In the second year of a seven-year project, six presenters chart the fight to save the planet’s endangered ecosystems. In this episode, we visit B...

S2E1 | Our Changing Planet

S2E1 | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2023 | 58'05''

In the second year of a seven-year project, six presenters chart the fight to save the planet’s endangered ecosystems. In this episode, we visit t...

S1E2 | Our Changing Planet

S1E2 | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 58'08''

Liz Bonnin, Gordon Buchanan and Ade Adepitan visit endangered ecosystems in California, Brazil and Kenya to see how people are attempting to rebal...

S1E1 | Our Changing Planet

S1E1 | Our Changing Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 58'05''

Steve Backshall, Chris Packham and Ella Al-Shamahi visit the Maldives, Iceland and Cambodia, charting the fight to save the planet’s most endanger...

5: Human Worlds | The Green Planet

5: Human Worlds | The Green Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 57'30''

Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world a...

1: Scotland's Trees | Making Scotland's Landscape

1: Scotland's Trees | Making Scotland's Landscape

BBC One | 2010 | 59'30''

Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, he uncovers the devastating impact of mank...

3: Human | Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom

3: Human | Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'57''

An exploration of Australia's mesmerising wildlife and how they have adapted to survive in the human environment, including a d...

6: The Last Frontier | Frozen Planet

6: The Last Frontier | Frozen Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 57'49''

Documentary series revealing the riches and wonders of polar regions. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom an...

4: Changing Planet | Earth From Space

4: Changing Planet | Earth From Space

BBC One | 2019 | 58'13''

Cameras in space show that Earth is changing rapidly. Cities sprawl while forests and glaciers shrink. But in Tanzania locals have rege...

3: Shifting Sands | Wild Arabia

3: Shifting Sands | Wild Arabia

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'23''

The discovery of oil has led to huge changes across Arabia and in the Arab relationship with nature. This episode reveals how technology and ...

4: SE Asia | Equator from the Air

4: SE Asia | Equator from the Air

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'42''

Gordon Buchanan discovers how eyes in the sky are helping protect endangered orangutans, elephants and people in south east Asia, where boo...

3: Pacific | Equator from the Air

3: Pacific | Equator from the Air

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'12''

Crossing the Pacific, Gordon discovers how a view from above is helping protect hammerhead sharks and giant tortoises, and what it could re...

1: Africa | Equator from the Air

1: Africa | Equator from the Air

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'05''

In Africa, Gordon takes to the skies to see how a growing human population is affecting wildlife, from flamingos and elephants in Kenya to h...

5: Build a Waste-Free World | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

5: Build a Waste-Free World | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

BBC One | 2021 | 58'03''

Exploring the extent of our careless approach to producing waste, both non-biodegradable and biodegra...

2: Fix Our Climate | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

2: Fix Our Climate | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

BBC One | 2021 | 58'26''

Looking at ideas like creating diamonds from the air and protecting the great whales, the programme examines t...

1: Protect & Restore Nature | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

1: Protect & Restore Nature | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

BBC One | 2021 | 58'02''

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25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole

25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole

CBBC | 2014 | 28'28''

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

Inle Lake: Unique, Endangered Ecosystem | Burma with Simon Reeve

Inle Lake: Unique, Endangered Ecosystem | Burma with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2018 | 6'10''

Simon Reeve visits one of the wonders of Burma, Inle Lake, an ecosystem supporting many unique species, and ...

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04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks

BBC Two | 1990 | 19'16''

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

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks

BBC Two | 1990 | 19'12''

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

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

02: People of the Forest | Landmarks

BBC Two | 1990 | 18'54''

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.

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

01: The Living Forest | Landmarks

BBC Two | 1990 | 19'14''

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...

S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild

S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild

BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

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

1: The Waimaha | Tribe with Bruce Parry

1: The Waimaha | Tribe with Bruce Parry

BBC Two | 2025 | 59'05''

Deep in the Amazon, Bruce Parry undergoes a brutal training regime to prepare his mind and body to take ayahuasca and understand how ...

1: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet

1: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet

BBC One | 2022 | 58'43''

Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspec...

Saving the Rainforest | From Above

Saving the Rainforest | From Above

BBC News | 2024 | 9'13''

See the incredible journey a group of scientists make to explore a once hidden forest in Mozambique. The team discovered new species that ...

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

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

BBC Two | 2024 | 58'59''

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

Episode 4 | Expedition Borneo

Episode 4 | Expedition Borneo

BBC One | 2007 | 29'08''

Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo. They find extraordinary cave paintings m...

Episode 5 | Expedition Borneo

Episode 5 | Expedition Borneo

BBC One | 2007 | 29'08''

Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo. A network of caverns never explored by h...

Episode 3 | Expedition Borneo

Episode 3 | Expedition Borneo

BBC One | 2007 | 29'04''

Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo. One of the team is bitten by a deadly co...

Episode 2 | Expedition Borneo

Episode 2 | Expedition Borneo

BBC One | 2007 | 28'59''

Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo. The team begins searching for jungle ele...

Episode 1 | Expedition Borneo

Episode 1 | Expedition Borneo

BBC One | 2007 | 29'10''

Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo. The team search for the elusive clouded ...

1: Congo | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

1: Congo | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2024 | 58'42''

Simon Reeve battles his way across the Congo, braving thick jungle and tropical swamps in search of the people and the wildlife who ma...

Waterworld | Jungle

Waterworld | Jungle

BBC One | 2003 | 58'20''

Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels along the Amazon river, from its headwaters in the high Andes to enormous forested floodplains.

Underworld | Jungle

Underworld | Jungle

BBC One | 2003 | 59'25''

Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels to the Congo rainforest to investigate the wildlife of the forest floor.

Canopyworld | Jungle

Canopyworld | Jungle

BBC One | 2003 | 58'36''

Charlotte climbs high among the Borneo treetops in an attempt to reach the notoriously inaccessible rainforest canopy. Teeming with life at 200 feet up,...

S3E6: Penan | Tribe

S3E6: Penan | Tribe

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'16''

Explorer Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak, Borneo, in search of the last nomadic Penan. The Penan are hunter-gatherers whose forest home is ...

S3E1: Matis | Tribe

S3E1: Matis | Tribe

BBC Two | 2007 | 58'47''

Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease who are determined to preserve t...

03: Green | Earth

03: Green | Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2023 | 58'12''

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

Brazil 2000: 4: Resources: Carajas | The Geography Programme

Brazil 2000: 4: Resources: Carajas | The Geography Programme

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1996 | 20'11''

Programme looking at Carajas in the Amazon forest featuring an iron ore mine. The mine is tapping Brazil's natur...

Life In The Snow

Life In The Snow

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2016 | 57'46''

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.

One World: The Years that Rocked the Planet

One World: The Years that Rocked the Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1992 | 40'31''

What do the Beatles, Chernobyl and the Wombles have in common? Rock nostalgia, news footage and comedy archive have been rolled i...

S1E1: Arctic | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

S1E1: Arctic | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Cold environments | BBC Two | 1997 | 29'00''

Survival expert Ray Mears travels to the most inhospitable places on earth and discovers how indigenous people have survive...

Pangolins – The World’s Most Wanted Animal | Natural World

Pangolins – The World’s Most Wanted Animal | Natural World

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'35''

Nature documentary following the efforts to save the pangolin, a little-known scaly mammal with an unf...

Wildfires | Countryfile

Wildfires | Countryfile

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2025 | 15'31''

After the driest spring in half a century, Charlotte Smith investigates the impact of wildfires on our countryside and asks how well prepared we are ...

Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2025 | 6'52''

Simon investigates sustainable fishing practices.

6: Rainforests | Deep into the Wild

6: Rainforests | Deep into the Wild

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2002 | 29'12''

With deadly snakes, billions of bugs, flamboyant birdlife and tree topping monkeys, Nick gets to grips with the explosion of wildlife in ...

The Snow Wolf: A Winter’s Tale

The Snow Wolf: A Winter’s Tale

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2018 | 57'28''

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.

S2E6: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

S2E6: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1998 | 29'04''

Ray Mears visits the Aboriginal people of the central Australian desert. He goes to Amata, where 500 Ana...

Flood management in Shropshire | Countryfile

Flood management in Shropshire | Countryfile

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2025 | 5'50''

Sammi and Matt meet the people of Shropshire, from ecologists reshaping rivers to farmers maintaining clean waterways, all in an...

Atlantic salmon in Shropshire | Countryfile

Atlantic salmon in Shropshire | Countryfile

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2025 | 10'24''

Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker are exploring the waterways of the Shropshire Hills, where the critically endangered Atlantic salmo...

3: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet

3: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet

Biology | BBC One | 2022 | 58'22''

Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. Most important...

Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan

Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'58''

Gordon Buchanan heads to Canada at the peak of bear season to discover what life is really like in the tiny town that's become k...

S2E1 | Orangutan Diary

S2E1 | Orangutan Diary

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 28'30''

Steve Leonard and Michaela Strachan with stories from the world's biggest ape rescue centre. Mama Abut and her baby, found starving, get another chanc...

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC News | 2024 | 26'14''

Humpback whales travel thousands of miles to feed in rich, icy Antarctic waters. Scientists who are following the whales reveal how that...

2: Summer – The Greatest Race | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

2: Summer – The Greatest Race | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Cold environments | BBC One | 2016 | 58'59''

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. In summer, ...

1: Spring – Season of Extremes | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

1: Spring – Season of Extremes | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Cold environments | BBC One | 2016 | 59'00''

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. It is spri...

6: Iceberg | Dangerous Earth

6: Iceberg | Dangerous Earth

Cold environments | BBC Four | 2016 | 29'12''

The latest scientific insights into icebergs, from side-scanning sonar scrutinising the edge of glaciers to pictures that give us a unique glimp...

1: Land | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

1: Land | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'55''

A look at one of the most magical lands on the planet. Its unique wildlife includes tree-dwelling kangaroos, spiders that ...

S6E8: Wilderness Hotel Inari | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

S6E8: Wilderness Hotel Inari | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2024 | 59'00''

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work in sub-zero conditions in Lapland as they collect firewood, cook rein...

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

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

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2024 | 59'05''

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

Chris Packham: In Search of the Lost Girl

Chris Packham: In Search of the Lost Girl

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'58''

Chris Packham returns to Sumatra to search for a girl from a nomadic tribe he photographed 20 years ago to discover what has happen...

6: Footsteps in the Snow | Life in the Freezer

6: Footsteps in the Snow | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 29'15''

David Attenborough's series on Antarctica focuses on the race for the South Pole and reveals how today's scientists live in th...

5: The Big Freeze | Life in the Freezer

5: The Big Freeze | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 29'13''

A portrait of the wildlife which remains in Antarctica during the punishing winter, presented by Sir David Attenborough.

4: The Door Closes | Life in the Freezer

4: The Door Closes | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 29'01''

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. As autumn stirs up harsh seas, penguins struggle to get ashore ...

3: The Race to Breed | Life in the Freezer

3: The Race to Breed | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 28'58''

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. It's summer, and with 24-hour daylight two million fur seals ...

2: The Ice Rertreats | Life in the Freezer

2: The Ice Rertreats | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 29'15''

In the spring, the thaw begins and animals like the humpback whale and the crabeater seal follow the retreating ice.

1: The Bountiful Sea | Life in the Freezer

1: The Bountiful Sea | Life in the Freezer

Cold environments | BBC One | 1993 | 28'56''

A natural history of Antarctica presented by David Attenborough. Looks at how the abundant wildlife survives some of the hardest c...

5: Winter | Frozen Planet

5: Winter | Frozen Planet

Cold environments | BBC One | 2011 | 57'51''

During winter, most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet'...

4: Autumn | Frozen Planet

4: Autumn | Frozen Planet

Cold environments | BBC One | 2011 | 58'19''

As the big freeze returns, polar landscapes are transformed. Wildlife leaves, but the giant emperor penguin arrives.

3: Summer | Frozen Planet

3: Summer | Frozen Planet

Cold environments | BBC One | 2011 | 58'36''

The impact of summer on polar bears, musk oxen and penguins, who struggle to cope with an unlikely problem - heat.

2: Spring | Frozen Planet

2: Spring | Frozen Planet

Cold environments | BBC One | 2011 | 58'22''

It's spring in the polar regions and, after a five-month absence, the sun reappears. The greatest seasonal transformation on our planet is under way.

1: To the Ends of the Earth | Frozen Planet

1: To the Ends of the Earth | Frozen Planet

Cold environments | BBC One | 2011 | 58'36''

David Attenborough sets out on an extraordinary journey across the earth's polar regions, exploring the Arctic and Antarctic.

13: Scottish Highlands | Nature’s Microworlds

13: Scottish Highlands | Nature’s Microworlds

Cold environments | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'03''

Steve Backshall shows how the two contrasting landscapes of open moor and Caledonian forest are both crucially important ...

7: Canada’s Coastal Forests | Nature’s Microworlds

7: Canada’s Coastal Forests | Nature’s Microworlds

Cold environments | BBC Four | 2012 | 28'59''

Steve Backshall reveals why Canada's coastal forest is home to huge trees and some of the greatest aggregation...

6: Svalbard | Nature’s Microworlds

6: Svalbard | Nature’s Microworlds

Cold environments | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'00''

In the northerly region of Svalbard, Steve Backshall unravels the secrets that lie covered in ice for most of each year in the home ...

3: The Challenger | How To Grow A Planet

3: The Challenger | How To Grow A Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2012 | 58'16''

Professor Iain Stewart explains how grass fought its enemy, the forests, how it transformed ocean life and how it triggered human ci...

6: Woodland Ecosystem | Geography in Animation

6: Woodland Ecosystem | Geography in Animation

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2008 | 9'51''

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

2: Patterned Planet | Earth From Space

2: Patterned Planet | Earth From Space

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2019 | 58'10''

From space, Earth's surface is covered in wonderful shapes. Wombats dig burrows across the Australian outback, and elephants in the Co...

3: Colourful Planet | Earth From Space

3: Colourful Planet | Earth From Space

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2019 | 57'51''

From space, Earth is a kaleidoscope. Turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and...

S3E2: Alaska | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S3E2: Alaska | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

Cold environments | Channel 5 | 2014 | 44'52''

In Alaska, Ben meets Mike and Fran, who live in a self-built log cabin in a remote spot ten days' walk from civilisation.

S3E3: Utah | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S3E3: Utah | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

Ecosystems and Biomes | Channel 5 | 2014 | 44'59''

In this episode, Ben meets two septuagenarian brothers who live out in a remote isolated home, deep inside some of the world's ...

S3E4: Swedish Arctic Circle | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

S3E4: Swedish Arctic Circle | Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

Cold environments | Channel 5 | 2014 | 44'29''

Ben meets a 40-year-old former communications manager who gave up her old life to train huskies in the Swedish...

2: Patagonia | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

2: Patagonia | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'30''

Simon Reeve treks across the high mountains and treacherous ice fields of Patagonia, coming face to face with pumas and riding wit...

1: Arctic Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

1: Arctic Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'45''

Steve Backshall visits unexplored parts of the world. This time his team is kayaking in the Arctic - they face pe...

2: Arctic Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

2: Arctic Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'07''

Naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall leads a team on a mission to summit a remote and unclimbed mountain deep ...

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