2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History

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...

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explores the geology of the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.

Cliffhanger | Men of Rock

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

Malham Cove | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits Malham Cove and explains the geology of how it was created.

Beneath the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

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

2: Moving Mountains | Men of Rock

Iain Stewart finds out how gung-ho geologist Edward Bailey discovered that Scotland was once home to super volcanoes. Plus the story of uns...

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...

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 ...

Dartmoor granite tors | The Great British Countryside

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

Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil

Documentary in which gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and why w...

Hardraw Force | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales that has created a gorge in the landscape.

Sediment and plastic | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart explains how sediment becomes rock and thus how plastic waste will impact future rock.

Swallowed by a Sinkhole | Horizon

Professor Iain Stewart travels to Florida to investigate sinkholes, and why the geology of this state makes it the sinkhole capital of the ...

Tar sands | How Earth Made Us

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

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 ...

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: 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 ...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

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

Pavement Knowledge | The Trip

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

S1E1: The Time Travellers | Earth Story

Aubrey Manning finds out how old our planet is and what it looked like when it was newly formed.