Case Studies

S03E02: Sierra Leone | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh visits Sierra Leone, a country with a dark past but hopes for the future. With Gwyn Jay Allen as a guid...

01: Africa | Equator

Documentary series in which Simon Reeve travels around the equator. In Africa, he catches malaria in Gabon, goes rafting on the Nile and witnesses a bul...

Plastic on Kiwayu Island's Beaches | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve visits Kiwayu Island, at the far north of Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, where local people are t...

02: Nigeria | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch explores the energy and ambition of Nigerian fashion, film and music, asking what drives young Nigerians to succeed ...

S02E01: Zimbabwe | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh travels around Zimbabwe, gets caught in biblical lightning storms, re-enacts the film Titanic on a Lake Kar...

Ethiopia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan travels to some of the most unlikely places for a holiday. Romesh heads to Ethiopia. Will he find a war...

Rwanda | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh travels to Rwanda to discover its unique culture, experience incredible wildlife and find out how the country has hea...

Luxury Tourism and Local People in Mozambique | Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve

Simone Reeve visits islands in the Bazaruto Archipelago, where money from luxury resorts...

03: South Africa | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch discovers new art, music and theatre in South Africa's townships as she explores creativity emerging in amapian...

Slash and Burn | Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve explores the problem of deforestation in Madagascar, where 90% of the forest has been slashed and burned.

Uganda | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh visits Uganda, where is he hosted by a princess who attempts to expand his knowledge of the stunning country beyond t...

Mining for sapphires in Madagascar | Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve meets men who work in dangerous conditions mining sapphires in Madagascar.

02: Western Sahara to Libya | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

The second leg of Simon Reeve's journey sees him dodge the Moroccan secret police in Western Sahara and trave...

Madagascar | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

In Madagascar, Rom hikes razor-sharp rocks, encounters alarming delicacies, and comes face to face with the island's leg...

S02E05: Christmas - The Sahara | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Rom visits the Sahara Desert. Guided by Bobo, a local of Berber descent, Rom discovers a place that ...

Misconceptions of today's Ethiopia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan discusses with Mike, his guide and an anthropologist, the misconceptions peop...

Market in Addis Ababa | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan visits the second-busiest market in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

Camel Market in Algeria | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels to Tamanrasset in Algeria, an important trading post, where he visits the biggest camel marke...

Tana Delta: Disputed Land | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve visits the Tana Delta, where Kenya's longest river meets the Indian Ocean, and an important wildlife si...

Zanzibar | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve visits the island of Zanzibar, the location of which meant it was a major centre of commerce, but also a centre of the I...

01: Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan reveal the hidden systems and armies of people running Hong Kong - one of the most densely popu...

South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Hong Kong's busy port is a vital gateway to trade in the South China Sea.

Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Global trade in Hong Kong's busy harbour.

Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...

Accommodation in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits a type of shared accommodation in Hong Kong that many are forced to live in due to extortionate housin...

01: Honshu | Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

Japan's central island of Honshu is home to over 100 million people, but it has a wild heart, and an astonishing range of wildl...

Lasting impacts of the Vietnam War | This World

Simon Reeve investigates the continued impacts of the Vietnam War on rural communities in Vietnam.

Free Trade | World's Busiest Cities

The history of HSBC and banking in Hong Kong.

S02E02: Mongolia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan travels to Mongolia - a country which he has almost no prior knowledge of, save for the fact th...

Migration to cities | This World

Many young people in rural villages in China move to the cities to earn money and support their families.

Building boom | This World

An exploration of China's out of control building boom.

Economy and employment in the new city | This World

How the economy is developing in the new city and supplying new job opportunities.

Urbanising rural environments in China | This World

Life in a rural community in China, that will soon become a city due to government urbanisation plans.

06: Laos to Hawaii | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In the last episode of the series, he samples local delicacies in Laos and meets high achieving children in Taiwan.

03: Hokkaido | Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

This episode of the documentary series looks at Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost and wildest island. It takes tough animals and...

02: The Southwest Islands | Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

This episode explores the extraordinary wildlife in the south west of Japan, where a chain of small islands stre...

Japan 2000: Collection 1 | The Learning Zone

Japan and its geography. How Japan has overcome many of its geographic problems to achieve economic success.

Japan 2000 | The Geography Programme

How Japan has overcome many of its geographic problems to achieve economic success.

Over-farming in the coffee industry | This World

Unregulated farming is threatening the future of the coffee industry in Vietnam.

Vietnamese coffee | This World

Simon Reeve talks to an coffee consultant about the reasons why Vietnam does not benefit from the profits of the coffee industry.

Episode 1 | Russia with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of a three-part journey across Russia. He sets out amongst the volcanoes of Kamchatka and meets indi...

03: Moscow | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan reveal the hidden systems and armies of people that help run Moscow, a city forged by power and pol...

Episode 2 | Russia with Simon Reeve

The second leg of Simon Reeve's tour of modern-day Russia begins in Siberia and takes him to Russia's far south west and the majestic Cau...

Episode 1 | Russia on Four Wheels

Justin Rowlatt and Anita Rani set off across Russia on two road trips starting from Sochi. Anita is out to discover 'new' Russia, while Jus...

Episode 4 | Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve embarks on the fourth and final leg of his journey around the Mediterranean, travelling from Morocco, across the sea t...

Episode 1 | Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean, travelling from Malta across ...

S03E03: Romania | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh heads off on a journey to Romania. With the help of activist Angi Serbian, he explores the many amazing thin...

Huguenots and silk | The Great British Sewing Bee

Claudia Winkleman explains the history of the Huguenots, their fleeing to Britain and how they affected the silk trade.

Episode 2 | Russia on Four Wheels

Justin Rowlatt and Anita Rani continue their epic road trips across Russia. Anita meets some drag-racers in Moscow and Justin heads deep in...

Episode 3 | Russia with Simon Reeve

The third and final leg of Simon's Russian journey takes him from the illegally annexed peninsula of Crimea to the historic Baltic city o...

Albania | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan travels to Albania to get an insider's guide to the country and to find out whether his own pre...

Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities

The social and political history of Moscow.

S02E01 | Expedition with Steve Backshall

Steve and a team of world-class kayakers head to Kamchatka to take on white water in a bid to explore a pristine wilderness packed w...

Episode 2 | Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Setting off from a snowy mountain ski resort in Cyprus, Simon Reeve finds an island and a capital city still deeply divided betwee...

Flightpaths | The Geography Programme

This programme features flightpaths and a birds eye view of geography in France.

Housing in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates post-war communal living during the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow visits the heart of Russia politics, the Kremlin.

Traffic Solution | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates a system that is attempting to find solutions to Moscow's traffic problem.

Traffic Problem | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani experiences the worst rush hour traffic in Europe.

The Metro | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow and Anita Rani visit the Moscow Metro and discuss its history.

03: Egypt to Oman | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

The third leg of Simon Reeve's journey sees him rejoin the Tropic of Cancer in Egypt and follow it through Saudi Arabia...

Isis: Terror in Iraq | Panorama

An investigation into Isis and how it is ripping Iraq apart. Paul Wood speaks to members of the terror group and sees the fighting in Iraq fi...

Waste in the Maldives | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeves visits an island used to dump all the waste from the tourist industry.

Maldives coral | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeves witnesses the impact of climate change on the coral in the Maldives and explains why the islands and the ocean in...

Coral regeneration project | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeves visits a coral regeneration project in the Maldives.

Surviving Haiti | This World

Filmed over the six months after the Haiti earthquake, This World follows four of the few who were rescued from a death beneath the rubble.

Episode 1 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve begins his most ambitious journey yet - travelling the entire length of the Americas. In this first leg, Simon travels ...

Christmas | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh Ranganathan heads to one of the coldest environments on earth. He gets an insider's guide of the Canadian Arctic a...

Episode 5 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. In this fifth leg, Simon travels across Central America from the Caribbean ...

Episode 3 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

In the third leg of his journey, Simon Reeve is in the United States, travelling down the length of California.

Episode 2 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

In the second leg of his journey, Simon Reeve travels down the Rocky Mountains. In Montana, Simon meets a former Silicon Valley exe...

Mexico's campaign - violence, drugs, and the US | BBC News

Violence plagued the 2024 Mexican presidential election, setting great expectations up for winner Claudia Sheinbau...

02: Mexico City | World's Busiest Cities

In Mexico City, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan uncover the hidden systems and armies of people that help run this sprawling m...

01: Brazil 2000: City: Rio de Janeiro | The Geography Programme

Series looking at Brazil from a geography perspective.

03: The Road to Rio | Brazil with Michael Palin

Michael Palin explores what makes Brazil tick. He journeys to Minas Gerais, the source of Brazil's great mineral wealth, and ...

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

S02E04: Colombia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh spends a week traveling around Colombia. He sees stunning Colonial cities, beautiful Caribbean beaches and,...

Brazil 2000 (Compilation) | The Geography Programme

Brazil 2000: A study of the physical and human features of this fascinating country.

Episode 5 | Simon Reeve's South America

Simon travels from Chile's Atacama Desert and follows the Andes mountains to Patagonia before ending up in the most southerly permane...

Earthquake protection | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...

Urban Sprawl | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.

Cuba with Simon Reeve | This World

Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution and asks if the new economic openness could...

The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

02: Brazil 2000: Farming Big and Small | The Geography Programme

Programme for 11-16 year olds about three perspectives on farming in Brazil.

02: Into Amazonia | Brazil with Michael Palin

Series in which Michael Palin crosses Brazil to find out what makes it tick. He visits indigenous tribes, rubber tappers and He...

01: Out of Africa | Brazil with Michael Palin

Michael Palin crosses Brazil to find out what makes it tick. He starts where modern Brazil was born - the north east.

Episode 1 | Simon Reeve's South America

Simon Reeve travels through the remote and little-visited north east of South America, from Venezuela to French Guiana.

Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities

How Mexico City is tackling pollution.

Transport in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.

Colombia with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve explores Colombia at a pivotal point in its history. For 50 years, Colombia has been in the grip of a brutal civil war, but in late 201...

04: Delhi | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan visit Delhi. Anita discovers how this growing city feeds itself. Ade gets a taste of life as a porte...

03: Kenya to Somaliland | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels from the coral coast of Kenya to the troubled Horn of Africa on the third leg of his Indian Ocean...

04: India | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In India, Simon travels from the coast of Gujarat in the west to Kolkata in the east, via Bhopal and Gandhi's home town of Ahme...

01: Bombay Dreams | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across India, using his trademark humour and insight to get under the skin of an endlessly fascinating...

01: South Africa to Zanzibar | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels around the edge of the Indian Ocean. This first leg of his journey takes him from South Afri...

02: The Longest Road | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar takes a trip along the incredible Grand Trunk Road in a quest to find his ancestral home.

04: Oman to the Maldives | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve journeys from Oman to the Maldives. He starts in the otherworldly Mussandam Peninsular, the most strateg...

02: Madagascar to the Seychelles | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels around the edge of the Indian Ocean. On the second leg of his journey, Simon visits Mada...

Episode 2 | Saira Khan's Pakistan Adventure

Former Apprentice contestant Saira Khan takes an epic journey through Pakistan. She meets the painter-laureate of the Lahore's re...

Episode 1 | Saira Khan's Pakistan Adventure

Former Apprentice contestant Saira Khan takes an epic journey through the heart of Pakistan. She meets Pakistan's top female TV s...

05: Bangladesh to Burma | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

In Bangladesh, he sails down the Padma River and visits fishermen who use trained otters to drive fish into their...

04: A Camel Called Sanjeev | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

On the final leg of his journey, Sanjeev Bhaskar goes to the magical state of Rajasthan, where he samples the princel...

03: Mystic River | India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar finds out how India's ancient traditions shape life today. Starting in Calcutta during the Hindu New Year celeb...

06: Indonesia to Australia | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

The last leg of Simon Reeve's journey begins on the northern tip of Sumatra and takes him to the south western cor...

05: Sri Lanka to Bangladesh | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

This stage of Simon Reeve's journey takes him from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. He starts in Sri Lanka, where Chinese...

S02E04 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

Freddie Flintoff's unlikely cricket team gear up for the final match of their Indian tour as they face their toughest opponents yet.

S02E03 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

Life in India with his unlikely cricket team pushes Freddie Flintoff to his limit, but he must prepare the boys for their toughes...

S02E02 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

As Freddie Flintoff's cricket team struggle to embrace parts of India's culture, the first training session reveals their new pla...

S02E01 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

Sporting legend Freddie faces his toughest challenge yet, taking his team of unlikely lads from Lancashire to India on the most u...

The garment industry in Bangladesh | This World

An introduction to the history of the garments industry in Bangladesh.

River Landscape | The Geography Programme

This programme looks at the great variety of landscape and land use along the valley of the River Tees. Narrated by Bernard Clark.

12: Liverpool | Hart-Davis on History

This week he takes a trip to Liverpool, and looks at the history of Liverpool FC, Joseph Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool Playhouse and ...

Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile

Sean Fletcher explores the new 721-hectare Borrowdale Rainforest National Nature Reserve, meeting the team tasked with protecting this an...

17: Bristol | Hart-Davis on History

This week, Bristol's local history is featured, including Bristol Blue Glass, Wartime Evacuees, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, S...

02: North | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones's exploration of Britain's rivers continues as he travels from Liverpool to the Humber and attempts to swim the alm...

15: Nottingham | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis and Jayne Constantinis visit Nottingham and look at local history and events, including Robin Hood, George Green, Goo...

20: Anglesey | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis and Jayne Constantinis visit Anglesey, featuring a look at the Menai Straits, Welsh music, Beaumaris Castle, Amlwch Port...

14: York | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis and Jayne Constantinis visit York and look at the city's history, including railway baron George Hudson, Richard III, the a...

13: Dorchester | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis and Jayne Constantinis visit Dorchester and look at the area's military history, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Vernacular Fur...

07: Leicester | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis hears Richard III blame Tudor spin doctors for his wretched reputation.

11: Bradford | The History Hour

Today, Adam Hart-Davis visits Bradford and shows how to create oral history.

09: River Thames | The History Hour

Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the River Thames in Surrey, and looks at how newspapers can be used for historical research.

07: Norfolk | The History Hour

Adam Hart-Davis visits the north coast of Norfolk, where he looks at the local fishing industry and discovers the seaside resort of Cromer.

04: Perth | The History Hour

Adam Hart-Davis continues his tour of Britain with a visit to Perth, where he investigates the Black Watch Regiment and Pictish stones.

Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

Presenter and engineer Dick Strawbridge returns to Belfast to tell the story of one of the world's most important seaports. Using stat...

04: The Lea | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones meets the Sicilian cucumber-growing community of Essex, sails a gunpowder boat and trains with a team of veteran ...

01: Scotland | Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones travels the wild rivers of Scotland. He heads east, upstream from Kinlochleven, then follows the course of the w...

Chris Packham: The Walk That Made Me

Chris Packham explores his past as he walks a familiar path in the Hampshire countryside. Chris cut his teeth as a naturalist in this be...

19: Stamford | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis and Jayne Constantinis visit Stamford in Lincolnshire. Items include Orton Trust, William Stukely, Stamford Mercury, Dan...

18: Hull | Hart-Davis on History

This week, Hull's local history is featured, including Trawler Renovation, William Wilberforce, Sea Shanty Festival, Brick History and Edinb...