Cold environments
02: Siberia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
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...
07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II
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
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...
04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II
04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A mother and her baby polar bears explore their habitat.
4: Highlanders | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
4: Highlanders | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
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
Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. How animals must eq...
Ecosystems
S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild
S2E2: The North | Spy in the Wild
The Spy Creatures travel to the temperate lands north of the tropics, where life is governed by the rhythm of the seasons. Their destinatio...
S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild
S1E5: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild
A behind-the-scenes view of the story behind deploying the Spy Creatures, showing how the concept evolved and became the inspiration f...
S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild
S1E4: Mischief | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but there are still rules that govern the animals' lives.
S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild
S1E3: Friendship | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies, helping them survive in a danger...
S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild
S1E2: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to explore the world of animal intelligence and reveal their use of tools, self-medication, cult...
S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild
S1E1: Love | Spy in the Wild
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An exploration inside one of extinct Icelandic volcano.
Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Africa - home to the greatest wildlife gatherings on earth. But even in this land of plenty, wildlife faces huge challenges.
Grasslands
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
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
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
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
A herd of elephants moves across the land in search of water.
10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds
10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds
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
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
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
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
Documentary featuring the remarkable people who live in the world's grasslands, exploring their relationship with the natural w...
Hot deserts
03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
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 ...
Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A single shower can transform Death Valley.
Flash flood | Planet Earth
Flash flood | Planet Earth
A flash flood is a rare chance for wildlife to build up food and water reserves.
Sandstorm | Planet Earth
Sandstorm | Planet Earth
How the desert is shaped by sandstorms.
Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth
Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth
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
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
The team climb up and into the crater of Erta Ale volcano.
Mountains
01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
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-...
3: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
3: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
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
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
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
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
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.
Ocean biomes
Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
David Attenborough descends beneath the waves at night to meet some of the tiny coral animals that built the reef.
Pollution problems
Earth Warp: 10: The Final Countdown | Look and Read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Farming in the UK | Countryfile
Farming in the UK | Countryfile
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
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
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
Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion throwaway plastic bottles each year. Panorama investigates Coca-Cola's promises to cr...
Eutrophication | Countryfile
Eutrophication | Countryfile
An explanation of eutrophication and the use of carbon pellets as a solution.
River ecosystems
Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard
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
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
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 ...
S2E3: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II
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 ...
S2E2: Danube | Earth's Great Rivers II
S2E2: Danube | Earth's Great Rivers II
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The early stages of a mountain stream and the wildlife that lives there.
Tepuis of Venezuela | Planet Earth
Tepuis of Venezuela | Planet Earth
How rain has shaped the Tepuis of Venezuela.
Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers
Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers
A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards try t...
Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers
Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers
Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the USA. Bu...
Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers
Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers
In the central stretch of the Mississippi, barges transport millions of tonnes of the nation's produce up and down th...
Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth's Great Rivers
Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth's Great Rivers
The Mississippi wetlands are disappearing due to human interventions in the landscape.
Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers
Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth's Great Rivers
The city of New Orleans was built on the Mississippi floodplain and is constantly fighting to hold the river back.
Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers
Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers
In the last 1,000 miles of its journey, the Mississippi flows out into a vast natural floodplain.
Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers
Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth's Great Rivers
An introduction to the Mississippi river, including it's source in the Rockies.
Threats and sustainable management biomes
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sir David explains exactly what aspect of our approach to modern life is causing a global decline in ...
25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole
25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole
Steve's journey finally comes to an end at the land of extremes - the least inhabited, remotest, highest, driest, coldest and windiest c...
Inle Lake: Unique, Endangered Ecosystem | Burma with Simon Reeve
Inle Lake: Unique, Endangered Ecosystem | Burma with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve visits one of the wonders of Burma, Inle Lake, an ecosystem supporting many unique species, and ...
Tropical rainforests
04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks
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
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...
02: People of the Forest | Landmarks
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.
01: The Living Forest | Landmarks
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...
S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild
S2E1: The Tropics | Spy in the Wild
The spy creatures infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.
1: The Waimaha | Tribe with Bruce Parry
1: The Waimaha | Tribe with Bruce Parry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels along the Amazon river, from its headwaters in the high Andes to enormous forested floodplains.
Underworld | Jungle
Underworld | Jungle
Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels to the Congo rainforest to investigate the wildlife of the forest floor.
Canopyworld | Jungle
Canopyworld | Jungle
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
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
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...