Synopsis
Iain Stewart takes a grand tour of the world's most extraordinary volcanoes, rightly considered among the most destructive and deadly events in nature.
- Programme: 10 Things You Didn't Know About...
- Episode: 4: Volcanoes
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Geography
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