Duration: 3'35''
High Dennis climbs the chalk cliffs on the South East coast of England.
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3: South Downs | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the South Downs, where they discover that this gentle, rolling landscape of southern Eng...
Flint | The Great British Countryside
Julia Bradbury investigates flint and the ancient craft of arrowhead making that it was used for.
Geology of the North and South Downs | The Great British Countryside
Geological demonstration of how the North and South Downs were created over millions of years.
How Britain became an island | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis explains how Britain came to be separated from Europe.
Oil in the Sussex Weald | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis explains the geology of the Sussex Weald using a sandwich and investigates the oil field that has been di...
Sussex gypsum mining | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis visits a gypsum mine under the Sussex Weald.
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Julia Bradbury explores the geology of the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Dr Iain Stewart climbs a coastal sea stack and explains its geology.
2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History
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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
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Dartmoor granite tors | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis explains the geological processes that caused the granite tors on Dartmoor.
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
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Professor Iain Stewart discusses tar sands, one of the more complicated ways of extracting oil.
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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
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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.
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