Photosynthesis | Science In Action

03: Jungles | Planet Earth II

Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most...

03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

02: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors...

01: Coasts | Planet Earth III

Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world's coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.

02: Savannah | Africa

David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through Africa, looking at the constantly changing landscape of east Africa and creatures found nowhere...

06: Coasts | Blue Planet II

The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer...

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

05: Deserts | Planet Earth

David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their eph...

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

01: Creation | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows the sequence of biological events that lead to human birth.

01: Pain | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Michael Mosley discovers what pain is and how we were able to control it with the discovery of morphine at t...

After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

Dr George McGavin examines the fascinating science of decay when a unique experiment involving a rotting kitchen and garden is captu...

Alcohol | The Truth About...

A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim is on a mission to find out the truth about alcohol, including why the government cut the recommended weekly limit ...

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...

01: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet

Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspe...

04: Deserts | Planet Earth II

The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival...

07: Human | Planet Earth III

Discover the extraordinary ways in which wildlife survives in a rapidly changing human world. From cobras hunting in houses to macaques stealing...

01: Vaccines | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How the development and delivery of the small...

Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama

An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...