Tectonic Processes: Hazards and Geology

S1E5: Earthquakes | Fierce Earth

The team explores the phenomenon of the earthquake. Clare and Mike train with one of the top international rescue teams. Leo takes on a dang...

Earthquake-proof building | Fierce Earth

Zoe and Dougal look at Japan's tallest building which took influence from an earthquake-proof pagoda built 400-years ago.

UK International Search and Rescue | Fierce Earth

Clare and Mike try out some search and rescue training at a centre in Lincoln where there are fake dilapidated buildings.

Earthquake reenactment | Fierce Earth

Zoe experiences a re-enactment of the aftermath of an earthquake and finds out what you should do up to 72hrs after to survive.

Earthquake simulator | Fierce Earth

Dougal experience an earthquake simulator which mimics the sensation and can prepare you for future dangers.

Preparing for an earthquake | Fierce Earth

Zoe and Dougal are in Japan to find out to survive if your in an earthquake zone.

What is an earthquake? | Fierce Earth

The team explain what an earthquake is and how they occur.

Plate tectonics | Volcano Live

Professor Iain Stewart explains how plate tectonics cause volcanos and earthquakes.

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | Volcano Live

Demonstrations of what happened to cause the earthquake and then tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004.

Seismic waves | Volcano Live

Demonstration of the two types of seismic wave in an onland earthquake - primary and secondary.

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Earthquake protection | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...

The Geology of Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart explains the geology of the tectonic plates that make up the landscapes of Japan.

The worst earthquake-triggered landslide in recorded history | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

On Sunday 31 May 1970, an earthquake shook the centre of Peru, which then trigg...

2: Earthquakes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart reveals the stories and science behind some of the world's most dramatic earthquakes, including how 1960s Co...

Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake | Panorama

More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if...

San Francisco Earthquake | Surviving Disaster

On 17 October 1989 a tremor measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale cause major damage to San Francisco.

Tokyo Earthquake | Q.E.D.

**DISCLAIMER FROM THE BBC** Please note that there are shots of corpses in this programme, and potentially upsetting material contrasting the lives...

Disaster on Everest | Panorama

BBC reporter Tom Martienssen shares his footage of Everest taken after the devastating Nepalese earthquake. He reveals a story of an extraordi...

S2E7: Landslides | Fierce Earth

The team explore the threat of landslides in the UK. Leah travels to the Isle of Wight to discover why it's under the constant threat of erod...

2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs roa...

1: Three Billion Years in the Making | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers o...

Sussex gypsum mining | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits a gypsum mine under the Sussex Weald.

Dartmoor granite tors | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis explains the geological processes that caused the granite tors on Dartmoor.

Oil in the Sussex Weald | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis explains the geology of the Sussex Weald using a sandwich and investigates the oil field that has been di...

Geology of the North and South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Geological demonstration of how the North and South Downs were created over millions of years.

Chalk cliffs | The Great British Countryside

High Dennis climbs the chalk cliffs on the South East coast of England.

Tintagel coast | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis explores the odd mix of rocks that are brought together at Tintagel.

Wolf Rock Lighthouse | The Great British Countryside

Wolf Rock Lighthouse is built on an outcrop of igneous rock left over from a volcanic eruption over a hundred million ye...

Beneath the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis ventures into Gaping Gill, a cave produced by limestone erosion.

Hardraw Force | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales that has created a gorge in the landscape.

Malham Cove | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits Malham Cove and explains the geology of how it was created.

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explores the geology of the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.

Tar sands | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart discusses tar sands, one of the more complicated ways of extracting oil.

Human interventions in the water cycle | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart investigates the ways that humans have intervened in the water cycle.

Sediment and plastic | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart explains how sediment becomes rock and thus how plastic waste will impact future rock.

Disruption to the ice age cycle | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart explains how humans prevented the next stage of the ice age cycle.

Mud volcano, Indonesia | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart investigates a mud volcano in Indonesia that was caused by human interactions with the earth.

Hinduism in Bali | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the Pacific Rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped history. He visits awesome volcan...

1: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the devel...

S1E2: You Could Dig Through the Earth? | Hey You, What If?

The deepest hole humankind ever dug only got one thousandth of the way through the earth. But what would happen if...

Great Glen Fault | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury explain the movement of the Great Glen Fault in the Scottish Highlands.

Highland Boundary Fault Line | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explains the continental collision that produced the Scottish Highlands.

How Britain became an island | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis explains how Britain came to be separated from Europe.

1: Indonesia | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the Pacific rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped human history. He visits the world's ...

S1E5: The Roof of the World | Earth Story

Mountains are among the most spectacular features of our planet. Aubrey Manning looks at an extraordinary theory about how they ris...

S1E3: Ring of Fire | Earth Story

Billions of years ago Earth was covered by a single ocean. Today nearly a third of the land is dry. Aubrey Manning follows a trail of clues ...

S1E4: Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Earth Story

Among the active volcanos of Hawaii and Iceland, Aubrey Manning uncovers events deep within the planet that have resha...

S1E2: The Deep | Earth Story

Aubrey Manning follows a submarine dive to the world's longest mountain range, a mile underwater, to see how volcanoes shape the continents.

1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...

1: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...

Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locatio...

Eurasia | Rise of the Continents

Professor Iain Stewart shows that where the south of Eurasia is today there was once an ocean and how, in 250 million years, all of the cont...

The Americas | Rise of the Continents

Series in which geologist Iain Stewart explores how the Earth's continents have transformed evolution. In this edition, he reconstructs...

Australia | Rise of the Continents

Iain Stewart explores how the Earth's continents have transformed evolution. He shows how Australia's journey has affected everything from...

Africa | Rise of the Continents

Geologist Prof Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long lost supercontinent.

A Day in the Life of Earth

Presenter Hannah Fry reveals how much our planet can change in just a single day and how these daily changes are essential to our existence.

Plates | World Physical

Vivid examples of how our land and atmosphere behave, with a look at earthquakes, glaciation, rivers, coasts and deserts.

Earthquake proof buildings and liquefaction | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart investigates how Japanese buildings have been designed to withstand earthquakes.

Inca Earthquake proof buildings | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart visits the Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo, which was designed to resist earthquakes.

The 2003 Wildfires | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart explains why Southern California is the perfect landscape and climate for wildfires.

Why do people still live near the fault line? | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart discusses the psychological reasons that people still live on the San Andreas Fau...

The San Andreas Fault | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

San Francisco is located on the collision zone of two tectonic plates, making the area incredibly susceptible to earth...

3: The Big Freeze | Men of Rock

In the final episode of the series, Iain Stewart finds out about daredevil scientist Louis Agassiz, who first imagined the world had been gri...

1: Deep Time | Men of Rock

Iain Stewart tells the story of James Hutton, the founding father of geology. This Scottish thinker overturned ancient beliefs about how and when ...

2: Moving Mountains | Men of Rock

Iain Stewart finds out how gung-ho geologist Edward Bailey discovered that Scotland was once home to super volcanoes. Plus the story of uns...

2: California | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim and questions why Californians are prepared to live with poten...

Hazards | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Simon explores the dangers of living on a volcanic island like Iceland.

Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes? | Horizon

When an earthquake strikes, it always takes people by surprise. Horizon asks why science has not yet given us a way to predict wh...

Earthquake Country | Equinox

Documentary about the earthquake threat hanging over California. Experts say California can expect another major earthquake soon, but how soon a...

From Haiti's Ashes

Documentary about the reconstruction attempts in Haiti following the earthquake of 12 January 2010. Focusing upon Denis O'Brien's beacon rebuilding projec...

S1E4: Tsunami | Fierce Earth

The team investigate the terrifying giant waves of the tsunami. Zoe and Dougal travel to Japan to meet child survivors of the 2011 disaster and ...

S4E1 | Bang Goes the Theory

The team looks at the science behind the recent Japanese earthquake and the tsunami it triggered. Plus the technology that attempts to protect us...

Early warning systems | Fierce Earth

Dougal is on the Italian volcanic island of Stromboli, who have installed an early warning system to measure the volcano and prevent any...

Tips to survive a tsunami | Fierce Earth

Leo dispenses some tips to follow in case your caught in a Tsunami.

Tsunami survival technology | Fierce Earth

Dougal tests out a innovative life-saving invention that mimics a lifeboat but as a plastic sphere and can withstand tonnes of pre...

Survivors of Japan 2011 | Fierce Earth

Zoe travels to Japan to meet survivors of the horrendous 2011 tsunami that killed 20,000 people.

Tsunami survival story | Fierce Earth

A young girl on holiday who learnt about Tsunamis before she went, and managed to save her family and many other lives.

The power of Tsunamis | Fierce Earth

Clare describes how devastating Tsunamis can be with examples of the top 3 most damaging in human history.

What is a Tsunami? | Fierce Earth

Tsunami's are caused when an earthquake in the ocean causes a sizeable displacement of water to form a massive wave.

1: Tsunamis | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart journeys across the oceans to explore stories about the most powerful giant waves in history, including how one...

Episode 1 | Tsunami: The Aftermath

From award winning writer Abi MORGAN a drama inspired by real events and real people, set in Thailand, and focusing on the aftermath of th...

Episode 2 | Tsunami: The Aftermath

Nick doubts Ellen's honesty over her hotel chain's plans to rebuild bigger developments on the coast. Tony struggles to respond to the sur...

Tsunami: The Survivors' Stories | Panorama

Six months on from one of the world's most devastating tsunamis, Panorama's Paul Kenyon returns to Japan to hear remarkable tales ...

The Killer Wave of 1607 | Timewatch

Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced th...

Asian Tsunami - Causes and Effects | Unstoppable Wave

On 26 December 2004 there was a massive and sudden movement of the Earth's crust under the Indian Ocean. This earthquak...

Unstoppable Wave

Documentary following a group of scientists as they gather data to explain the Asian Tsunami.

The Impossible (2012)

Thailand, Boxing Day 2004: A tsunami devastates the coast and separates members of a holidaying family of five. Their traumatic experiences give a glim...

Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

This documentary investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011 with one of the biggest eart...

Britain's Stone Age Tsunami: A Time Team Special

As the last glaciers retreated, a tsunami hit the N E coast. A sandy layer was deposited all along the N E Coast of Britain....

S2E8: Boiling Earth | Fierce Earth

The team travel to Iceland to explore a country created by volcanoes. Dougal dives into the sea and touches the two tectonic plates of Eur...

S1E7: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth

The team take on one of the most feared forces on the planet - the volcano. Dougal explores the secret lava tubes of Etna and climbs Stromboli...

Geography: Mountains and Volcanoes | Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Year Olds

Learn about volcanoes, mountains, and living near an active volcano.

Episode 2 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson and his fellow geologists head for the volcano Nyamulagira - one of the most active yet least explored volcanoes on the planet.

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...

Stromboli volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal gets up to the top of the live volcano Stromboli in Sicily and sees it erupt.

Edinburgh's secret volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Edinburgh castle and the neighbouring hill, "Arthur's Seat" sit in fact on long dormant volcanoes.

Living near a volcano | Fierce Earth

A volcano's lava is full of minerals that make the ground perfectly fertile for growing food. Dougal visits the Italian island of Stromb...

Famous volcanoes | Fierce Earth

Around three-quarters of the worlds volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean and as such is known as the "ring of fire".

Mount Etna | Fierce Earth

Dougal explores the hidden tunnels created by the volcano under the surface of Mount Etna.

Types of volcano | Fierce Earth

Dougal demonstrates different types of lava flow, particularly if the volcano is covered in rock and can add pressure and erupt.

What is a volcano? | Fierce Earth

Dougal explains how a volcano erupts.

Volcanoes and the carbon cycle | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson explains the important role that volcanoes play in the carbon cycle.

Rhyolite eruption - Puyehue-Cordón Caulle | Dangerous Earth

Eyjafjallajökull ash | Dangerous Earth

Effusive and Explosive eruptions | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates the differences between effusive and explosive eruptions.

Mount Nyiragongo lava | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski investigates the distinctive qualities of the lava from Mount Nyiragongo.

Phreatic eruption - Mount Ontake | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski examines the 2014 phreatic eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan and why it was hard to predict.

Yellowstone | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Iain Stewart investigates the geology of the super volcano in Yellowstone National Park.

Effects of Yellowstone | 10 Things You Didn't Know About…

Volcanologists predict that Yellowstone volcano will erupt again, yet there is uncertainty about when this will b...