2: Moving Mountains | Men of Rock

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 ...

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...

4: Highlands | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscap...

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...

Beneath the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

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

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.

Chalk cliffs | The Great British Countryside

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

Tar sands | How Earth Made Us

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

1: Building Britain | Britain Beneath Your Feet

Dallas Campbell reveals how we can only understand the world around us by discovering the hidden wonders beneath our feet.

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...

5: Human Planet | How Earth Made Us

Series in which Professor Iain Stewart looks at how geology has shaped human history. He explores the newest force, humans, whose impact ...

Cliffhanger | Men of Rock

Dr Iain Stewart climbs a coastal sea stack and explains its geology.

Human interventions in the water cycle | How Earth Made Us

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

Pavement Knowledge | The Trip

An explanation of the geological conditions that produced the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.

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...

1: Avalanche | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche. From shocking eyewitness footage from within an avalanche to detailed CT scans showing ...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

Crumbling into the sea - the Isle of Wight, from above.

Dartmoor granite tors | The Great British Countryside

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

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.