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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Geography | Rivers and Flooding

Water pollution

The River That Came Clean | Horizon

The River That Came Clean | Horizon

Geography | BBC Two | 1977 | 49'56''

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

The Water Pollution Cover-Up | Panorama

The Water Pollution Cover-Up | Panorama

Geography | BBC One | 2023 | 29'11''

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

Episode 2 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Episode 2 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Geography | BBC Two | 2023 | 58'58''

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

Episode 1 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Geography | BBC Two | 2023 | 59'08''

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

Troubled Waters | Countryfile

Troubled Waters | Countryfile

Geography | BBC One | 2023 | 55'15''

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...

Joe Lycett vs Sewage

Joe Lycett vs Sewage

Geography | Channel 4 | 2024 | 46'58''

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

Textile industry and water pollution | Stacey Dooley

Textile industry and water pollution | Stacey Dooley

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Three | 2018 | 5'12''

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

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