Rivers and Flooding

S1E10: Flooding | Fierce Earth

The team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue ...

S8E6: Flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the th...

Flooding in the Netherlands | Fierce Earth

Mike learns how the Netherlands deals with the constant threat of flooding due to most of the country being below sea level.

Hovercraft | Fierce Earth

Mike learns how hovercraft are the ideal vehicle to save people trapped in a flood.

Car rescue | Fierce Earth

Zoe gets saved from a flooded car and finds out what it takes from a rescue team to do so safely.

Flashflood simulation | Fierce Earth

Leo experiences a flash flood first-hand at a flood safety training centre.

Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth

Zoe meets a woman who survived a flash flood in Boscastle, Cornwall.

What is flooding? | Fierce Earth

Zoe explains how too much rainfall can lead to flooding.

10: Flood | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Storm Desmond 2015 | Victoria Derybyshire

Victoria and her team report live from areas impacted by flooding caused by Storm Desmond.

River Severn | Countryfile

Charlotte Smith and Tom Heap are on the River Severn to find out how living with the constant threat of floods is affecting rural communities and ...

Morpeth Floods | Inside Out

Chris Jackson reports the worst floods in Morpeth's history and asks could the town have been better prepared.

Episode 2 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul continues his journey, travelling to Wales and the south of England. Visiting the River Wye, he sees how explosions of ...

Episode 1 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul Whitehouse travels through the north of England, looking at the impact water companies have on its rivers.

Troubled Waters | Countryfile

Like so many of our waterways, the River Wye is being suffocated by pollution. Matt Baker and Anita Rani meet the volunteers trying to save thi...

Textile industry and water pollution | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley visits the Citarum river in Indonesia, which has become the most polluted river in the world due to the te...

The Water Pollution Cover-Up | Panorama

Water companies are dumping huge quantities of sewage in UK rivers every year. Why do some of the worst offenders have such good envi...

Joe Lycett vs Sewage

Joe Lycett investigates the mind-boggling quantities of untreated sewage discharged into our waterways every day, and takes the fight to water companies...

The River That Came Clean | Horizon

A century ago Disraeli called the Thames "a Stygian pool reeking with intolerable horrors". Forty thousand Londoners died of cholera from...

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 - 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

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

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

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

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

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

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth's Great Rivers

The meeting of the Amazon and the Atlantic ocean produces an extraordinary ecosystem.

Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers

Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.

Tropical wet season | Earth's Great Rivers

How the Amazon changes during the tropical wet season.

The Amazon Basin | Earth's Great Rivers

In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sediments a...

Underwater spring | Earth's Great Rivers

An underwater spring introduces crystal clear water into the Amazon.

Thermal river | Earth's Great Rivers

An exploration of a thermal section of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who live there.

Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth's Great Rivers

An introduction to the river Amazon, including it's source in Peruvian glaciers.

3: The Yangtze | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend in...

1: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Adventurer Simon Reeve travels from source to sea along the world's longest river, the Nile. His journey will take him from the ...

1: Rivers | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational waterways, from white-water rafters taking on undefeated rapids on the Congo River, t...

S2E3: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II

The Yukon is a river of wild extremes. Home to bears, moose and huge salmon, the riches of North America's frozen river have sustained ...

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

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