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Home | Geography | Resources and Energy

Energy supply and demand

1: Biomass | Powering Britain

1: Biomass | Powering Britain

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2020 | 28'55''

Keeley Donovan takes a behind-the-scenes look at Drax near Selby, which is Britain's biggest power station.

1: Electric Cars | What They Really Mean for You

1: Electric Cars | What They Really Mean for You

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2023 | 58'57''

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

1. The Great White Hope | The Compass

1. The Great White Hope | The Compass

Energy supply and demand | BBC World Service | 2022 | 26'27''

When Shell D'Arcy strikes black gold, there are celebrations on the Niger Delta creeks.

2: Gas | Powering Britain

2: Gas | Powering Britain

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2020 | 28'46''

Keeley Donovan meets the people working in the gas industry in and around the Cumbrian Coast.

2: Heat Pumps | What They Really Mean for You

2: Heat Pumps | What They Really Mean for You

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2023 | 59'15''

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

2. On trial | The Compass

2. On trial | The Compass

Empire, Slavery and Race | BBC World Service | 2022 | 26'26''

Ken Saro Wiwa and Ledum Mittee come face to face with the power of the Nigerian state.

3: Nuclear | Powering Britain

3: Nuclear | Powering Britain

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2020 | 28'59''

Keeley Donovan meets the people working at Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 power stations in Lancashire, Britain's biggest operational nuclear site.

3. Black creeks | The Compass

3. Black creeks | The Compass

Energy supply and demand | BBC World Service | 2022 | 26'29''

How does oil pollution affect Ogoniland today?

4: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

4: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

Cold environments | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'39''

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

4: Wind | Powering Britain

4: Wind | Powering Britain

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2020 | 28'55''

Keeley Donovan heads 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast to see the building of Hornsea One, which is currently the world's biggest offshore windfarm.

4. The oil thieves | The Compass

4. The oil thieves | The Compass

Energy supply and demand | BBC World Service | 2022 | 26'37''

We meet the people involved in Nigeria's vast illegal oil business.

8: Energy | World 2000

8: Energy | World 2000

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2000 | 28'59''

Are we running out of energy resources?

Arguments against wind turbines | Power to the People

Arguments against wind turbines | Power to the People

Energy supply and demand | BBC Four | 2015 | 3'01''

Arguments for and against building more wind turbines in Scotland.

Black Black Oil

Black Black Oil

Energy supply and demand | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 58'56''

Documentary exploring our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with North Sea oil, which is getting evermore complex as we hurtle towards climate ...

Carbon dioxide levels | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Carbon dioxide levels | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 2'14''

Professor Iain Stewart outlines the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Caspian oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Caspian oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 4'44''

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the impact of the Caspian oil.

Could Solar Solve the Energy Crisis? | Click

Could Solar Solve the Energy Crisis? | Click

Energy supply and demand | BBC News | 2022 | 7'25''

As the energy crisis ramps prices up ever higher, Click explores whether the latest generation of solar tech makes installation ...

Energy | Bang Goes The Theory

Energy | Bang Goes The Theory

Energy | BBC One | 2014 | 28'58''

Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin investigate how close Britain might get to running out of electricity.

Episode 1 | Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station

Episode 1 | Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'02''

Following the challenges involved in building Hinkley Point C, one of Europe's largest projects and the fi...

Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Chemistry | BBC Four | 2017 | 59'16''

From the moment we first drilled for oil, we opened a Pandora's box that changed the world forever. It transfor...

Episode 2 | Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station

Episode 2 | Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'00''

The project sees its biggest lift to date using the world's largest land-based crane. Meanwhile, we learn ...

Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'02''

Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a ...

Episode 2 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Episode 2 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2025 | 59'07''

The second leg of Simon's journey takes him from the stunning fjords of Norway to Iceland - the original land of fire and ice.

Episode 3 | Future Earth

Episode 3 | Future Earth

Energy supply and demand | BBC News | 2023 | 25'58''

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

Episode 3 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Episode 3 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 58'56''

Professor Iain Stewart examines the situation in the 21st century, at which point the global consumption of oil...

Extracting oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Extracting oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 3'25''

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the new technologies with which oil is being discovered and extracted.

Fracking | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Fracking | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 1'34''

Professor Iain Stewart explains the process of fracking.

Fracking: The New Energy Rush | Horizon

Fracking: The New Energy Rush | Horizon

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2013 | 57'58''

Iain Stewart investigates a controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground, sometimes right under the places pe...

Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland’s Landscape

Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland’s Landscape

Energy supply and demand | BBC One | 2010 | 1'52''

An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.

How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 2'24''

Professor Iain Stewart explains the natural process in which over millions of years oil is formed.

Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant

Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant

Energy supply and demand | Channel 4 | 2021 | 46'25''

Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant is a 2021 documentary in which the comedian and presenter Joe Lycett protested against the oil company Shell plc. It ...

North Sea oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

North Sea oil | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Chemistry | BBC Two | 2015 | 3'08''

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the discovery of North Sea oil.

Power lines | Power to the People

Power lines | Power to the People

Energy supply and demand | BBC Four | 2015 | 2'12''

New power lines are needed to transport wind power to the big cities.

Problems with renewable energy | Power to the People

Problems with renewable energy | Power to the People

Energy supply and demand | BBC Four | 2015 | 1'30''

Local residents fight against the introduction of power lines and renewable energy sources into the landscape.

Rural Power | Countryfile

Rural Power | Countryfile

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2022 | 58'50''

Ellie Harrison heads to Bethesda, in north west Wales, to see how the village has transformed itself into a growing community of energy self-suffic...

Sellafield | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Sellafield | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2021 | 16'40''

At a brand new training facility, Simon meets members of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, an elite unit of armed police that is the UK...

Shetland’s Mega Wind Farm | From Above

Shetland’s Mega Wind Farm | From Above

Energy supply and demand | BBC News | 2024 | 9'30''

The UK's most powerful onshore wind farm, in the windiest part of the country. From above.

Svalbard | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Svalbard | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2025 | 14'26''

Simon Reeve explores Svalbard and its mineral resources and how this causes diplomatic tension for the primed real estate.

The Oil Runs Out | If…

The Oil Runs Out | If…

Energy supply and demand | BBC Two | 2006 | 58'55''

Hypothetical drama-documentary programme looking at what may happen in 2016, when the cheap oil on which the world depends starts to run out.

Water and cotton production | Stacey Dooley

Water and cotton production | Stacey Dooley

Energy supply and demand | BBC Three | 2018 | 3'04''

Stacey Dooley demonstrates how much water is required to create everyday garments made from cotton.

Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels? | Panorama

Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels? | Panorama

Energy supply and demand | BBC News | 2023 | 28'46''

Richard Bilton investigates why oil, coal and gas exploration is booming when almost every country in the world has c...

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