Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche. From shocking eyewitness footage from within an avalanche to detailed CT scans showing ...
Dallas Campbell reveals how we can only understand the world around us by discovering the hidden wonders beneath our feet.
Iain Stewart tells the story of James Hutton, the founding father of geology. This Scottish thinker overturned ancient beliefs about how and when ...
Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers o...
Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs roa...
Iain Stewart finds out how gung-ho geologist Edward Bailey discovered that Scotland was once home to super volcanoes. Plus the story of uns...
In the final episode of the series, Iain Stewart finds out about daredevil scientist Louis Agassiz, who first imagined the world had been gri...
Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscap...
Series in which Professor Iain Stewart looks at how geology has shaped human history. He explores the newest force, humans, whose impact ...
Hugh Dennis ventures into Gaping Gill, a cave produced by limestone erosion.
High Dennis climbs the chalk cliffs on the South East coast of England.
Dr Iain Stewart climbs a coastal sea stack and explains its geology.
Crumbling into the sea - the Isle of Wight, from above.
Hugh Dennis explains the geological processes that caused the granite tors on Dartmoor.
Documentary in which gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and ...
Professor Iain Stewart explains how humans prevented the next stage of the ice age cycle.
Geological demonstration of how the North and South Downs were created over millions of years.
Julia Bradbury explores the geology of the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.
Giant ravines are swallowing whole neighbourhoods. Watch the dramatic impact from above.
Hugh Dennis visits a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales that has created a gorge in the landscape.
Iain Stewart tours the Pacific Rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped history. He visits awesome volcan...
Professor Iain Stewart investigates the ways that humans have intervened in the water cycle.
Hugh Dennis visits Malham Cove and explains the geology of how it was created.
Professor Iain Stewart investigates a mud volcano in Indonesia that was caused by human interactions with the earth.
Hugh Dennis explains the geology of the Sussex Weald using a sandwich and investigates the oil field that has been di...
An explanation of the geological conditions that produced the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.
Aubrey Manning finds out how old our planet is and what it looked like when it was newly formed.
Aubrey Manning travels to the jungles of Indonesia, the Rocky Mountains in Canada, the gorges of Western Australia and the African plain...
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...
Professor Iain Stewart explains how sediment becomes rock and thus how plastic waste will impact future rock.
Hugh Dennis visits a gypsum mine under the Sussex Weald.
Professor Iain Stewart travels to Florida to investigate sinkholes, and why the geology of this state makes it the sinkhole capital of the ...
Professor Iain Stewart discusses tar sands, one of the more complicated ways of extracting oil.
Hugh Dennis explores the odd mix of rocks that are brought together at Tintagel.
Wolf Rock Lighthouse is built on an outcrop of igneous rock left over from a volcanic eruption over a hundred million ye...
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