Weather and Climate

2: Atmosphere | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart reveals the natural forces that shaped the earth. He traces the history of the atmosphere, from the ozone laye...

Upwards lightning | Dangerous Earth

High speed cameras have captured rare instances of lightning travelling upwards.

Lightning slowed down | Dangerous Earth

Meteorologist Tom Warner films lightning at up to 100,000 frames per second.

What is lightning? | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski investigates what causes lightning.

Wind speed and strength | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski investigates the wind speed and strength of a tornado.

Why can we see tornados? | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains how we can see tornados.

Microburst | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains the final stage in the creation of a tornado.

Supercell | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski discusses the particular weather conditions that produce a supercell thunderstorm.

Tornado rotation | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains what creates the rotation of a tornado.

Thunder and Lightning | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond demonstrates the weather conditions that produce thunder and lightning.

Snowflakes | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains the constantly changing shape of snowflakes.

Dust Storms | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains what happens inside a dust storm.

Sand Storms | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond demonstrates how sand can travel all the way from the Sahara Desert to Britain.

Powder Avalanche | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains what is going on in an avalanche.

Avalanche | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond discusses the potential power of snow in the form of an avalanche.

Hail | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains how hail is formed by looking at the layers inside a hail stone.

Measuring Tornadoes | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond measures the wind speed of a tornado.

Rain Versus Drizzle | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains how rain is formed and why it is different to drizzle.

Measuring Wind Speed | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains how the 'Dominator' measures the wind speed of a tornado.

Tornado | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains what causes a tornado.

Climate change | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson discusses the extreme climate change in the last 100 years.

1: Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

David Attenborough explores just how far climate change is altering our planet, and suggests that our daily activities may b...

7: Climatic Change | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

A manmade disaster on a global scale | Climate Change: The Facts

David Attenborough introduces the evidence that climate change is caused by human activity.

Carbon Dioxide | Climate Change By Numbers

Prof David Spiegelhalter estimates that 1 trillion tonnes of carbon can be burned before we trigger dangerous climate change.

Human Influence on Warming | Climate Change By Numbers

Using statistics and graphs, Dr Norman Fenton demonstrates the impact that burning fossil fuels has had on climate cha...

Global Dimming | Horizon

Scientists have discovered "Global Dimming". We are getting less sunlight every year since the 1950's. There is time to avoid a catastrophe if the p...

The Great Global Warming Swindle

The climate has been changing since time began. The explanation that it's now changing faster because of man-made CO2 emissions is, at bes...

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...

Glacial retreat at the Athabasca glacier | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Professor John Pomeroy describes the causes of glacial retreat.

Climate change and arable farming | Weather World

Sarah Keith-Lucas visits a farm in Kent and finds out how arable farming is affected by climate change.

Climate change | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson discusses the extreme climate change in the last 100 years.

Energy and climate change | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates how climate change is impacting the ocean.

Climate change | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains the impact that climate change is having on ice melting and sea levels rising.

7: I Make All Things New | Families Like Ours

Laura spends Christmas Eve alone, while her mother settles in to their new life in Bucharest. She misses her father, who now li...

6: A Time to Get and a Time to Lose | Families Like Ours

The situation is bleak for Elias as he tries to travel through Poland. Laura is reunited with Fanny but fears she wi...

5: Beyond All Boundaries | Families Like Ours

Most people have left Denmark. Jacob risks his entire family’s welfare in order to find Laura, who makes long-awaited contact w...

4: Farewell, Denmark | Families Like Ours

It is the day of Fanny’s departure for Romania, and both Fanny and Laura do their best to put on a brave face. Nikolaj and Henrik a...

3: The Angel's Watch | Families Like Ours

The nation gathers for a church service to mark the official dismantling of the state of Denmark. Peter takes a group of angry work...

2: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff | Families Like Ours

Everything is in chaos. Everyone is relying on Jacob to find the money needed to relocate his extended family to ...

1: The Hour Draws Near | Families Like Ours

Rapidly rising water levels mean Denmark needs to be evacuated soon. For 19-year-old student Laura and her family, the news will ...

Episode 1 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores the specific challenges cities and urbanised areas face as temperatures rise.

5: Humans | A Perfect Planet

Humans are changing our planet so rapidly, it's affecting Earth's life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world.

Melting Glaciers | From Above

As glaciers in Pakistan-administered Gilgit Baltistan melt at an alarming rate, we see the real-life consequences for people living in the area...

2: Climate Change | World 2000

How will climate change affect us?

7: On Thin Ice | Frozen Planet

David Attenborough journeys to the poles to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there, and fo...

5: The Town that Burnt Down in a Day | Life at 50°C

Life at 50 Degrees is a BBC series that explores the impact of climate change on people across the globe. This special e...

4: Australia and Mexico | Life at 50°C

Life at 50 Degrees is a new BBC series which explores the impact of climate change on people across the globe. In episode four, we se...

S1E11: We Could Actually Stop Climate Change? | Hey You, What If?

The planet is being destroyed - but this episode demonstrates the things you can do to help save it.

Greta meets David Attenborough | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough discuss their hopes for the future of the planet.

The climate activist sets out her mission | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg describes the scale of the challenge to address climate change, with ti...

Adapting to solar farming | Weather World

Sarah Keith-Lucas visits a farm in Kent that has adapted its activities in response to the challenges of climate change.

Preparing for extreme rainfall | Weather World

A look at a new reservoir intended to protect Thatcham from flooding caused by climate change.

Climate change preparation | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Tara Shine demonstrates the importance of putting measures in place to prepare and defend people from th...

What Greta Thunberg represents to other children | Newsround

This news report looks at why Greta Thunberg is so inspirational to children as they prepare to join a climate p...

2: Can We Save Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores how much climate change is altering our planet, looking at ...

Episode 2 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores how climate change education is becoming a more prominent part of some schools' curriculums and looks at how young people are a...

Episode 3 | Shop Well for the Planet?

A young family are challenged to cut their carbon footprint and save money. Can they be convinced that being green doesn't have to cost...

Episode 2 | Shop Well for the Planet?

The gang help a family at different stages of their eco journey. Reusable kitchen roll is put to the test, and we get some top tips on ...

Episode 1 | Shop Well for the Planet?

The gang help a family go green and save some cash. Eco toilet roll and natural deodorant are put through their paces, and how will the...

2: Climate Change | Generation Activism

Robin is passionate about protecting the environment and has dedicated his life to fighting climate change. He films himself over the...

Episode 2 | Great Climate Fight

Mary tries to hold Jeremy Hunt to account for the oil and gas industry's £2 billion tax breaks. Hugh calls out the Energy Secretary. Kevin im...

Great Climate Fight

Mary tackles government subsidies of oil and gas, Kevin asks why British houses are so expensive to heat, and Hugh demands that we stop blocking the chea...

Episode 3 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

As the world is bought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, Greta has to put her plans on hold.

Episode 2 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta sets off to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta travels through North America on her way to a UN climate conference in Chile.

3: Scandinavia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

In the final episode, Ade Adepitan heads to Scandinavia. As he travels across the region, he learns about winter temper...

Mitigating climate change | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Simon visits a factory that through renewable energy removes carbon dioxide from the air.

S2E5: World's Wettest Place | Fierce Earth

Mike, Dougal and Leah are on an epic, rain-soaked, monsoon journey. The team travel the length of India tracking the monsoon - the...

S1E9: World's Coldest | Fierce Earth

This Fierce Earth special takes viewers on a journey to one of the world's coldest and most hostile places on the planet - the Yukon Ter...

2: The Sun | A Perfect Planet

From the frozen poles to the searing deserts, this episode shows how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sunl...

8: European Climates | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

1: A New Perspective | Earth From Space

From space, we follow elephants struggling through drought, reveal unknown penguin colonies from the colour of their poo, and discove...

Heat | Wild Weather

In the last programme of the series, Donal Macintyre experiences hot and humid conditions in Belize and the exhausting dry heat of the desert during the ...

Cold | Wild Weather

Donal Macintyre explores extreme cold weather. He is buried alive, frozen solid and meets those that have survived the deadliest winter weather, from ava...

S2E10: Leo's Fiercest Moments | Fierce Earth

A very special edition of Fierce Earth, where team adventurer Leo Houlding looks back over his top ten fiercest moments ever. It...

S2E6: Avalanches | Fierce Earth

The team travel to avalanche country and the French ski town of Tignes, in the Alps. Clare and Dougal go skiing in the shadow of the biggest ...

S2E2: Blizzards | Fierce Earth

In this Fierce Earth special, US storm-chaser Mike Theiss travels into the heart of the Boston Blizzard of February 2013. He witnesses first-h...

S1E8: Tornadoes | Fierce Earth

Tornadoes are rare, but there's nothing more frantic or explosive in nature. The team investigates where that awesome power comes from and wha...

S1E6: Thunderstorms | Fierce Earth

At any one time it is estimated that 2000 thunderstorms are happening across the world. The team investigate what makes the thundercloud s...

S1E3: World's Hottest | Fierce Earth

In this Fierce Earth special, Clare and Leo head to Death Valley in California which is officially the hottest place in the entire world...

S1E2: Wildfires | Fierce Earth

The team investigates wildfires and discovers how they rage all over the world leaving a trail of devastation and destruction. We travel to Co...

S1E1: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth

The team encounters the most feared event in weather - the hurricane. Florida-based stormchaser Mike takes us on a wild ride into the eye of ...

Episode 2 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. Simon and Kate explore why wind is such...

Episode 1 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. They explore why wildfires in Australia...

Birmingham tornado | Fierce Earth

In 2005 a tornado in Birmingham struck a neighbourhood and left it in ruins. Clare meets Nazir who experienced it first hand.

Tornado shelters | Fierce Earth

Leo is in Texas meeting the scientists who build and test out tornado shelters.

Tornado experience | Fierce Earth

A nine-year-old boy describes his incredible escape from a tornado.

Tornado Alley | Fierce Earth

Mike describes his experiences in Tornado Alley in middle America where up to 300 tornados can occur every year.

Tracking a tornado | Fierce Earth

Mike explains what he does when he tracks a tornado, and the kind of data he records.

Tornado's wind speed | Fierce Earth

Clare explains why the tornados tunnel shape is the key to such incredible wind speed.

What is a tornado? | Fierce Earth

Mike explains what a tornado is and how it is formed.

Thunderstorm tips | Fierce Earth

Clare and Leo get some advice about how to ride out a dangerous thunderstorm and avoid getting hit by lightning.

Dangerous lightning strike | Fierce Earth

Zoe hears about a UK boy who cheated death after being hit by a lightning strike.

Hailstones | Fierce Earth

Warm air is able to keep ice particles bouncing around and growing in clouds until gravity brings them to earth due to their weight.

Jet Stream | Wild Weather

An exploration of flooding in Britain due to a disruption in the jet stream caused by global warming.

Heat in the UK | Wild Weather

An exploration of Britain's highest temperatures in Cheltenham.

Tornadoes and Lightning | Wild Weather

An exploration of the conditions that produce tornadoes and lightning in Birmingham.

Episode 2 | The Great British Weather

Alexander Armstrong presents the weather show from Ullswater in the Lake District, where the team investigate why it rains more often i...

Episode 1 | The Great British Weather

Interactive live series focusing on Britain's weather. The team explore why Britain gets the weather it does, and how weather was cruci...

5: British Climate | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Wild Weather of the West | Wild Weather

Forecaster Ian Fergusson leaves his weather map behind on a journey through the wet, the windy, the sunny, the stormy and the snowies...

Wild Weather of the Midlands | Wild Weather

From tornados to floods, Shefali Oza goes in search of the Midlands' most extreme weather. She discovers how the region's landsca...

The South West | Wild Weather

David Braine examines extreme weather. The South West enjoys milder, wilder and more varied weather than the rest of England. Parts of the regi...

Climate in the City | Wild Weather

Weatherman Peter Cockroft explores the highs and lows of London's unique climate. As he journeys around the capital he reveals why the out...