What causes a storm surge? | Bang Goes the Theory

Climate Change: The Facts

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather

Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife...

01: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing, and finds out how we can fight it -...

02: Bangladesh and Bhutan | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

In Bangladesh and Bhutan, Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing and finds out how we c...

S08E06: 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 t...

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year's extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained h...

Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...

02: 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 lay...

The Day Los Angeles Burned | Panorama

On 7 January 2025, wildfires engulfed parts of Los Angeles. Panorama examines how climate change and claims of underfunding for public ...

Hurricane Melissa: The Storm That Hit Jamaica | BBC News

One of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record made landfall in Jamaica with 185mph winds. Category 5 Hurrica...

The Year Britain Flooded

It was England's wettest year since records began; this documentary explores why 2012's relentless floods happened and tells the personal stories of...

Somerset: After the Floods

The Somerset Levels faced a natural disaster in the winter of 2013. The village of Moorland was entirely engulfed by the floods. This follows thos...

Climate Change: What Can We Do? | Panorama

To meet the government's emissions reductions targets, we'll need to make big changes to the way we live, travel and eat. But how ...

01: Wind | Wild Weather

Series in which Donal Macintyre goes in search of the world's wildest weather. This edition uses 3-D graphics to illustrate how wind and weather syst...

Coastal erosion | Panorama

The erosion of the coastline and destruction of homes by storms.

Typhoon Haiyan | Review

Features the chaos and suffering caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

01: Wind: The Invisible Force | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond investigates how wind actually starts. He walks into the centre of a man-made tornado and v...

03: 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 tempe...

Climate Change by Numbers

A look at three key numbers that clarify the important questions on climate change, giving a unique perspective on what we know about the past, pre...

Drought in the Sahel | Curriculum Bites

Drought in the Sahel and the expansion of the Sahara desert.