S02E04: Future Fantastic | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

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

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.

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...

The pollination process | The Private Life of Plants

David Attenborough describes the process of pollination and how this helps plants reproduce.

Keeping cool | Nature's Microworlds

The Namaqua chameleon has developed an ingenious tactic to avoid the heat of the Namib desert.

Cauldron of Life | Galapagos

Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Island.

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...

How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone

Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because t...

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonis...

The smallest fox with the biggest ears! | Super Cute Animals

The fennec's ears help it to survive in the heat of the desert dunes.

02: Growing | The Private Life of Plants

David Attenborough continues his incredible journey into the world of plants. Remarkable time-lapse photography reveals how new leav...

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...

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotto...

Desert amphibians | Life in Cold Blood

Spadefoot toads can stay underground in a state of suspended animation for years, but when they emerge they must feed and breed before...

S03E12: North of England | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis recalls William Sturgeon's inventing the electric motor and James Nasmyth's steam hammer Adam also sees Joseph Paxton...

01: Travelling | The Private Life of Plants

David Attenborough begins his incredible journey into the world of plants with a look at how plants move from place to place.

03: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II

The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.

04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage a...

09: Plants | Life

The nature series turns to plants and looks at the ingenious solutions that they employ to counter life's challenges, such as spring-loaded traps, suckers ...

Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.