Synopsis
What lies at the bottom of the oceans? What would happen if the planet lost its oceans? Richard Hammond is going to drain the oceans to find out.
- Programme: Richard Hammond's Journey To...
- Episode: 02: The Bottom of the Ocean
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Layers of the earth | Tectonic Plates
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
More resources about Oceans
04: Oceans | Earth: The Power of the Planet
04: Oceans | Earth: The Power of the Planet
Iain travels to surfers' paradise Hawaii to learn more about oceans, explaining the difference between waves, tides and currents.
04: Oceans | A Perfect Planet
04: Oceans | A Perfect Planet
How Earth's five oceans connect to form the largest ecosystem on the planet, and how its network of currents supports the health of the seas an...
Why Sharks Attack | Why...?
Why Sharks Attack | Why...?
After three recent fatal shark attacks in Egypt, this film investigates whether pressure from human activity and climate change is altering the b...
S02E01: Shark People of the Pacific | Tribes, Predators & Me
S02E01: Shark People of the Pacific | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan joins a family in a tropical paradise to learn how to swim with sharks. Freedivers teach Gordon ...
The largest waterfall in the world | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The largest waterfall in the world | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Helen Czerski explains how a waterfall under the ocean produces a warmer water on top and colder...
More from Richard Hammond
02: Water: The Shape Shifter | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
02: Water: The Shape Shifter | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond investigates the role water plays in the weather. He tries to weigh a cloud, finds out how r...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...
03: Off The Scale | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
03: Off The Scale | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
The human eye can see extraordinary detail, but the eye of a needle held at arm's length is pretty much at the limit o...
03: Temperature: The Driving Force | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
03: Temperature: The Driving Force | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperature plays in all weather. He builds a dust storm...
Rain Versus Drizzle | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
Rain Versus Drizzle | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond explains how rain is formed and why it is different to drizzle.