Cold environments
03: Arctic - Life in the Deep Freeze | Human Planet
03: Arctic - Life in the Deep Freeze | Human Planet
The remarkable stories of some of the extraordinary people who make their homes in the Arctic, the harshest environment o...
02: Greenland | Arctic with Bruce Parry
02: Greenland | Arctic with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry journeys to the far north of Greenland, home to the last traditional Inuit hunters, and learns how climate change is thre...
05: Mountains - Life in Thin Air | Human Planet
05: Mountains - Life in Thin Air | Human Planet
Film exploring the ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes where nature becomes utterly unforgiving, from lush clou...
03: Alaska | Arctic with Bruce Parry
03: Alaska | Arctic with Bruce Parry
Bruce travels to Alaska, America's last great wilderness, where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas.
06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II
06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II
Our frozen planet is changing. We meet the scientists dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean for animals, p...
01: Siberia | Arctic with Bruce Parry
01: Siberia | Arctic with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry meets the Sakha horse people and Eveny reindeer herders in Siberia's Verkhoyansk Mountains to see how they are embracing th...
01: To the Ends of the Earth | Frozen Planet
01: To the Ends of the Earth | Frozen Planet
David Attenborough sets out on an extraordinary journey across the earth's polar regions, exploring the Arctic and Antarctic.
Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue | Horizon
Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue | Horizon
Documentary which follows the everyday people battling in the most extreme environment on earth to move Halley VI, a vital polar re...
Tibetan sky burials | Human Planet
Tibetan sky burials | Human Planet
In the Himalayan state of Nepal we witness a rarely seen ceremony - a sky burial. In a land where there is little wood to burn for cremati...
The Secret Life of Ice
The Secret Life of Ice
Dr Gabrielle Walker looks deep within the ice crystal to try to discover how something so ephemeral has the power to sculpt landscapes, preserve the p...
04: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin
04: The Roof of the World | Himalaya with Michael Palin
Michael Palin continues his Himalayan Trek, leaving Everest base camp on the high road to Lhasa as he takes a look at...
04: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry
04: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry
Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to th...
Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Episode 1 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
The first leg of Simon's Scandinavian journey takes him from the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to the frozen wilderness of Lapland ...
01: The Cold | Landmarks
01: The Cold | Landmarks
A look at how people deal with the climate during winter on Baffin Island, north Canada, where temperatures rarely rise above minus 25 degrees.
04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II
04: Frozen South | Frozen Planet II
Antarctica is the most hostile of earth’s frozen worlds. Yet even here, life finds a way not just to survive, but thrive.
01: Frozen Worlds | Frozen Planet II
01: Frozen Worlds | Frozen Planet II
From the poles to the highest mountain peaks, there are surprising frozen worlds found on every continent, and each is home to unique an...
05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II
05: Frozen Lands | Frozen Planet II
In the far north of our planet lie vast frozen lands of snow-covered forest and open tundra. These are lands of extremes that push animal...
Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with ...
Conserving ospreys | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Conserving ospreys | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Due to egg collectors, the osprey was on the brink extinction until the 1950's when conservation began and they reappe...
Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice
Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice
Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how glaciers grinds down rock.
Ecosystems
Asia | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Asia | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth.
04: Galapagos: Enchanted Isles | Eden: Untamed Planet
04: Galapagos: Enchanted Isles | Eden: Untamed Planet
How the Galapagos became one of the most important areas of biodiversity in the world, with almost 2,000 unique species...
01: Galapagos | Nature's Microworlds
01: Galapagos | Nature's Microworlds
The Galapagos is home to a myriad of bizarre and unique creatures endemic to these islands, but how did they get here and what is the ke...
Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Africa | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Africa - home to the greatest wildlife gatherings on earth. But even in this land of plenty, wildlife faces huge challenges.
South America | Seven Worlds, One Planet
South America | Seven Worlds, One Planet
South America - the most species-rich continent on earth. From the volcanoes of the Andes to the world's largest rainforest, animals...
01: Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles
01: Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles
David Attenborough celebrates the rich variety of habitats in our wild isles, the existence of which is critical for the survival of spec...
02: The Jewel of Arabia | Wild Arabia
02: The Jewel of Arabia | Wild Arabia
Wildlife documentary series. Swept by the annual Indian Ocean monsoon, the Dhofar mountains become a magical lost world of waterfalls a...
01: Heart of the Dragon | Wild China
01: Heart of the Dragon | Wild China
The hills of Guilin and the fishermen of the Li River form the heart of this exploration of the rice-growing cultures and strange creatu...
The Wonder of Weeds
The Wonder of Weeds
Travelling around the UK and meeting experts in botanical history, genetics, pharmaceuticals and wild food, Chris Collins tells the story behind the plan...
Europe | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Europe | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Europe - a continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places.
S01E02: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild
S01E02: Intelligence | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to explore the world of animal intelligence and reveal their use of tools, self-medication, cu...
02: Water Worlds | The Green Planet
02: Water Worlds | The Green Planet
A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles...
S01E04: Mischief | Spy in the Wild
S01E04: Mischief | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but there are still rules that govern the animals' lives.
Australia | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Australia | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned her...
05: Land of the Panda | Wild China
05: Land of the Panda | Wild China
China's heartland is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization and home to the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey and the golden takin.
02: Shangri-La | Wild China
02: Shangri-La | Wild China
In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild el...
Ecosystems | World Physical
Ecosystems | World Physical
Vivid examples of how our land and atmosphere behave, with a look at earthquakes, glaciation, rivers, coasts and deserts.
S02E02: The North | Spy in the Wild
S02E02: The North | Spy in the Wild
The Spy Creatures travel to the temperate lands north of the tropics, where life is governed by the rhythm of the seasons. Their destinat...
S01E05: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild
S01E05: Meet the Spies | Spy in the Wild
A behind-the-scenes view of the story behind deploying the Spy Creatures, showing how the concept evolved and became the inspiration...
S01E03: Friendship | Spy in the Wild
S01E03: Friendship | Spy in the Wild
Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies, helping them survive in a dang...
Grasslands
06: Grasslands - Roots of Power | Human Planet
06: Grasslands - Roots of Power | Human Planet
Documentary featuring the remarkable people who live in the world's grasslands, exploring their relationship with the natural ...
10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds
10: Yellowstone | Nature's Microworlds
In Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, bears, coyotes, bison and elk roam vast grasslands, wetlands and forests, Steve Backshall ...
S01E05: Namibia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S01E05: Namibia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
Ray Mears visits the Namibian bush to learn survival skills from the Jo'hansi bushmen.
03: Luangwa: The Emerald Valley | Eden: Untamed Planet
03: Luangwa: The Emerald Valley | Eden: Untamed Planet
At the very end of east Africa's Great Rift Valley, there’s a 'land that time forgot' – the rolling grasslands of the ...
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...
Episode 1 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 1 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
In a groundbreaking natural history event, remote cameras capture life at a specially built African waterhole. Which animals fin...
05: Okavango | Nature's Microworlds
05: Okavango | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall reveals the secret to the existence of the Okavango, the world's largest inland delta and home to one of Africa's greates...
02: Serengeti | Nature's Microworlds
02: Serengeti | Nature's Microworlds
A look at one of the most famous habitats on the planet, the Serengeti in east Africa, a vast grassland that is home to some of the grea...
S02E03: Hyena People of Ethiopia | Tribes, Predators & Me
S02E03: Hyena People of Ethiopia | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan journeys across Ethiopia to find out how the tribes here can live so close to hyenas, a fierce pred...
Hot deserts
02: Deserts - Life in the Furnace | Human Planet
02: Deserts - Life in the Furnace | Human Planet
A look at how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges - and ingenious solutions - for millions of people in the d...
S04E05: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
S04E05: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Giles Coren and Monica Galetti visit an extraordinary hotel built where people usually struggle t...
Desertification | Newsnight
Desertification | Newsnight
Featuring the wall of green land preventing desertification in sub-Saharan Africa.
04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet
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...
Episode 1 | Hottest Place on Earth
Episode 1 | Hottest Place on Earth
A team of experts venture into the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble looks at how tough life is for an Afar woman, and Steve Leonard...
09: Namib Desert | Nature's Microworlds
09: Namib Desert | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret that al...
Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth
Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth
Life exists in a strip of the Atacama Desert due to fog that blows in from the sea.
S01E02: Arnhem Land | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S01E02: Arnhem Land | Ray Mears' World of Survival
Ray Mears visits Northern Australia, where the local Aborigines show him how to make shelters out of bark, find water in t...
03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere ...
12: Australia's Red Centre | Nature's Microworlds
12: Australia's Red Centre | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall reveals huge kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of ani...
04: Beyond the Great Wall | Wild China
04: Beyond the Great Wall | Wild China
From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on...
Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth
Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth
A single shower can transform Death Valley.
03: The Heat | Landmarks
03: The Heat | Landmarks
A look at the struggles of people in Tunisia, where life involves a constant battle against the heat and the sand.
Desertification | Nature
Desertification | Nature
John Howard rep from Almeria, SE Spain - driest place in Europe, where tomatoes grow in plastic greenhouses, & soil erosion causes desert to advance
01: Kalahari | Africa
01: Kalahari | Africa
David Attenborough explores two deserts in Africa's south west, where he encounters meerkats, black rhinos, giant insects and the greatest giraffe batt...
Living without water: competing for natural resources | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
Living without water: competing for natural resources | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
How people and wildlife struggle to share scarce water sources.
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan takes an epic camel ride across the Gobi Desert to discover how these most iconic, yet least understood, animals...
05: Sahara | Africa
05: Sahara | Africa
David Attenborough's breathtaking journey through Africa. In the Sahara Desert, huge zebras battle for resources, camels seek water, and tiny swallows se...
02: Namib: Skeleton Coast and Beyond | Eden: Untamed Planet
02: Namib: Skeleton Coast and Beyond | Eden: Untamed Planet
The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts in the world, flourishing with life where none seems possible. This...
02: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry
02: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry visits the Mucubal, a community surviving in Angola's harsh Namib Desert, and experiences an extraordinary way of life p...
Mountains
02: The Wet | Landmarks
02: The Wet | Landmarks
The monsoon rain sweeps up the Indian sub-continent to the Himalayan mountains for three months in the summer. While the rain may bring vital water a...
Britain's Busiest Mountain | Our Lives
Britain's Busiest Mountain | Our Lives
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.
Episode 1 | Walking the Himalayas
Episode 1 | Walking the Himalayas
Explorer Levison Wood takes on a new challenge: to walk the length of the world's highest mountain range, from Afghanistan to Bhutan.
S02E02: The Land of Genghis Khan: Mongolia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S02E02: The Land of Genghis Khan: Mongolia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
The extreme climate of the Mongolian Steppes makes it a hostile environment. Ray Mears finds out ho...
S02E01: Heart of the Rift: Tanzania | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S02E01: Heart of the Rift: Tanzania | Ray Mears' World of Survival
Traveller Ray Mears explores far-flung locations with tips on survival and integration into societies of i...
05: Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth | Eden: Untamed Planet
05: Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth | Eden: Untamed Planet
At the far tip of South America lies a magical realm that seems frozen in time: Patagonia, known as 'the end of t...
01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
01: Nepal | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads
In a demanding and emotional journey, Kate Humble travels with the Raute, Nepal's very last nomadic community of just 140 hunter-...
03: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
03: Andes | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and home to astonishing hidden worlds, extraordinary animals and remarkable pe...
01: Rockies | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
01: Rockies | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
This episode looks at the Rockies in North America, home to cougars, wolves and grizzly bears.
02: Himalaya | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
02: Himalaya | Mountain: Life at the Extreme
A look at the highest mountain range on earth, the Himalayas, including resident snow leopards and bizarre-looking monkeys, and ...
Ocean biomes
Episode 1 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Episode 1 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
David Attenborough descends beneath the waves at night to meet some of the tiny coral animals that built the reef.
01: Oceans - Into the Blue | Human Planet
01: Oceans - Into the Blue | Human Planet
Humans have always found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches. This journey reveals tales of in...
04: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
04: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
This episode explores how we might stop damaging the oceans and begin to enable their revival.
Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
David Attenborough uncovers the ways in which scientists are trying to preserve the Great Barrier Reef and embarks on ...
Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet
Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet
As part of a seven-year series on the planet's most threatened ecosystems, this third episode takes an in-depth look at efforts to ...
03: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef
03: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef
Monty Halls explores Australia's natural wonder. The Great Barrier Reef is vitally linked to the rest of the planet and creatures tr...
04: Cape | Africa
04: Cape | Africa
Southern Africa is a riot of life and colour because of two great ocean currents that sweep around the continent's Cape.
Secrets of Antarctica's Giants
Secrets of Antarctica's Giants
Humpback whales travel thousands of miles to feed in rich, icy Antarctic waters. Scientists who are following the whales reveal how that food ...
Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Presented by Dame Sian Phillips, this episode looks at some of the biggest challenges and issues facing the marine environment in Wale...
S02E03: The Islands | Spy in the Wild
S02E03: The Islands | Spy in the Wild
The spy creatures explore the islands of the southern seas. Some of the most unique animals on earth have evolved in these isolated pla...
Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Simon investigates sustainable fishing practices.
02: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef
02: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef
As well as coral, the reef is made up of jungle, hundreds of islands, mangrove swamps, mysterious deep-water gardens, vast sand f...
11: The Deep Sea | Nature's Microworlds
11: The Deep Sea | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall plumbs the ocean depths to find an array of beautiful and bizarre creatures, from 40m-long jellyfish to grotesque ang...
03: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
03: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve voyages across the Coral Triangle, a remote wilderness of tropical reefs and jungle-clad islands described as th...
05: Ocean | Wild Isles
05: Ocean | Wild Isles
David Attenborough explores our seas, from the vibrant and surprising shallows to the abundant open ocean, and reveals some extraordinary and dramatic...
03: Endless Blue | South Pacific
03: Endless Blue | South Pacific
Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.
01: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific
01: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific
Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life...
S02E04: The Coromandel Coast | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S02E04: The Coromandel Coast | Ray Mears' World of Survival
The beach is home to the Vadabalija, an Indian caste who survive by specialising in fishing. Ray Mears sees how t...
Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
David Attenborough examines the journeys made by the birds and whales that visit the reef every year.
Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep
As the water starts to warm in the summer, marine giants arrive at the Celtic deep. Some have travelled for thousands of miles to feas...
Pollution problems
Borneo | Panorama
Borneo | Panorama
Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion throwaway plastic bottles each year. Panorama investigates Coca-Cola's promises to crack down on plastic waste.
Farming in the UK | Countryfile
Farming in the UK | Countryfile
Adam Henson is on his farm in the Cotswolds, looking at how his practice of being more nature-friendly, by limiting the chemicals he uses on ...
03: Clean Our Air | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
03: Clean Our Air | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
This episode explores the global issue of air pollution and the toll it is taking on our health.
Eutrophication | Countryfile
Eutrophication | Countryfile
An explanation of eutrophication and the use of carbon pellets as a solution.
Track My Trash | Panorama
Track My Trash | Panorama
Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and recycling companies whose creden...
River ecosystems
S01E01: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers
S01E01: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers
Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins, the...
S01E02: Nile | Earth's Great Rivers
S01E02: Nile | Earth's Great Rivers
A look at the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the Nile. From elephants and leopards to ancient wonders, its great length i...
S02E01: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II
S02E01: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II
From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Africa's ...
S02E02: Danube | Earth's Great Rivers II
S02E02: Danube | Earth's Great Rivers II
The extraordinary story of the Danube, the world's most international river. It reveals magical wonders, from crystal-clear waterfal...
S01E03: Mississippi | Earth's Great Rivers
S01E03: Mississippi | Earth's Great Rivers
The surprising story of the Mississippi, a river that unites the USA. From frozen waterfalls to time-travelling barges, the Missis...
The Amazon Basin | Earth's Great Rivers
The Amazon Basin | Earth's Great Rivers
In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sediments a...
Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth's Great Rivers
Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth's Great Rivers
An introduction to the river Amazon, including it's source in Peruvian glaciers.
Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Episode 3 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Writer and angler Will Millard embarks on the final leg of his journey down the River Wye, from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow, where th...
Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers
Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers
Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.
Drinking Our Rivers Dry? | Panorama
Drinking Our Rivers Dry? | Panorama
As concerns rise over Britain's water supply, Simon Boazman investigates whether the water industry and its regulators are doing enough t...
Episode 1 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Episode 1 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Writer and angler Will Millard travels along the River Wye. He begins his journey in the mountains of Mid Wales, going in search ...
The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth
The Grand Canyon | Planet Earth
For five million years, the Colorado River has carved its way through the landscape, creating the Grand Canyon.
Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers
Mississippi floodplain | Earth's Great Rivers
In the last 1,000 miles of its journey, the Mississippi flows out into a vast natural floodplain.
Underwater spring | Earth's Great Rivers
Underwater spring | Earth's Great Rivers
An underwater spring introduces crystal clear water into the Amazon.
S02E01 | Expedition with Steve Backshall
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 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Episode 2 | The River Wye with Will Millard
Writer and angler Will Millard is on the second leg of his journey down the River Wye, taking in Glasbury, Hay-on-Wye and Hereford.
04: Freshwater | Wild Isles
04: Freshwater | Wild Isles
David Attenborough takes us on a journey from source to sea, following the course of our fresh water to reveal a host of astonishing wildlife.
S02E03: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II
S02E03: Yukon | Earth's Great Rivers II
The Yukon is a river of wild extremes. Home to bears, moose and huge salmon, the riches of North America's frozen river have sustaine...
Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers
Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth's Great Rivers
A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards try t...
Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers
Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth's Great Rivers
Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the USA. Bu...
Temperate woodlands
Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile
Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile
Sean Fletcher explores the new 721-hectare Borrowdale Rainforest National Nature Reserve, meeting the team tasked with protecting this an...
02: Woodland | Wild Isles
02: Woodland | Wild Isles
David Attenborough follows our woodlands throughout the year, showcasing their astonishing variety and unearthing incredible stories hidden amongst...
03: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet
03: Seasonal Worlds | The Green Planet
Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. Most importan...
01: New England | Earth's Greatest Spectacles
01: New England | Earth's Greatest Spectacles
New England is the stage for an incredible colour change when the greens of summer give way to the golds of autumn.
06: Alaska: Last American Frontier | Eden: Untamed Planet
06: Alaska: Last American Frontier | Eden: Untamed Planet
In southeast Alaska, there's an ice-bound Eden that harbours possibly the richest temperate rainforests of all.
Sutainable Forestry: using animal power | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
Sutainable Forestry: using animal power | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
Traditional, low-impact uses of working animals to manage and transport forest resources.
Sutainable Forestry: living | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
Sutainable Forestry: living | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability
How forest communities meet their needs while maintaining healthy woodland ecosystems.
New Forest | Countryfile
New Forest | Countryfile
Adam Henson and Sean Fletcher explore the rich landscapes of the New Forest, where the animals that roam the heath and woodlands play an essential r...
New Forest: A Year in the Wild
New Forest: A Year in the Wild
Author and environmentalist Peter Owen-Jones spends an enchanting year across all four seasons in the New Forest exploring its wildlife, lands...
06: Woodland Ecosystem | Geography in Animation
06: Woodland Ecosystem | Geography in Animation
Series exploring key processes in physical geography.
Threats and sustainable management biomes
Dying for a Biscuit | Panorama
Dying for a Biscuit | Panorama
Reporter Raphael Rowe journeys into the rainforest of Borneo, where he uncovers evidence of palm oil companies developing plantations on prote...
Sand dunes | Countryfile
Sand dunes | Countryfile
Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet
Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world,...
Saving the Orangutan | Natural World
Saving the Orangutan | Natural World
Red Ape uses footage filmed by teams fighting to save critically endangered orangutans of Borneo, to reveal the reasons for their declin...
04: Changing Planet | Earth From Space
04: Changing Planet | Earth From Space
Cameras in space show that Earth is changing rapidly. Cities sprawl while forests and glaciers shrink. But in Tanzania locals have reg...
03: Shifting Sands | Wild Arabia
03: Shifting Sands | Wild Arabia
The discovery of oil has led to huge changes across Arabia and in the Arab relationship with nature. This episode reveals how technology and...
04: SE Asia | Equator from the Air
04: SE Asia | Equator from the Air
Gordon Buchanan discovers how eyes in the sky are helping protect endangered orangutans, elephants and people in south east Asia, where bo...
05: Build a Waste-Free World | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
05: Build a Waste-Free World | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Exploring the extent of our careless approach to producing waste, both non-biodegradable and biodegr...
03: Pacific | Equator from the Air
03: Pacific | Equator from the Air
Crossing the Pacific, Gordon discovers how a view from above is helping protect hammerhead sharks and giant tortoises, and what it could r...
Deforestation and Palm Oil | Earth From Space
Deforestation and Palm Oil | Earth From Space
Satellite images depict wild spaces in Indonesia being replaced by palm oil farms.
Resources and waste | Earth From Space
Resources and waste | Earth From Space
Satellite images depict how humans have exploited natural resources and the waste that we have left behind.
Waste as a global issue | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Waste as a global issue | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Non-biodegradable anand biodegradable waste production as a global issue.
Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet
Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet
As part of a seven-year series on the planet's most threatened ecosystems, this third episode takes an in-depth look at efforts to ...
02: Fix Our Climate | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
02: Fix Our Climate | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Looking at ideas like creating diamonds from the air and protecting the great whales, the programme examines ...
01: The Maldives | Adventures in Conservation
01: The Maldives | Adventures in Conservation
Michaela Strachan is in the Maldives, which is facing an existential challenge from global warming. She meets the people develo...
Unmasked: Make-Up's Big Secret
Unmasked: Make-Up's Big Secret
What makes our lipstick glossy and foundation smooth? 70% of make-up products contain palm oil - so what are our beauty products doing to the ...
S01E02 | Our Changing Planet
S01E02 | Our Changing Planet
Liz Bonnin, Gordon Buchanan and Ade Adepitan visit endangered ecosystems in California, Brazil and Kenya to see how people are attempting to reb...
Disappearing wildlife | Earth From Space
Disappearing wildlife | Earth From Space
Satellite images visualise Earth's wild spaces shrinking.
Growing cities | Earth From Space
Growing cities | Earth From Space
Satellite images depict the growth of cities over time.
Creating a waste free world | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Creating a waste free world | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Strategies to create a waste free world.
Tropical rainforests
Battle for the Amazon | Amazon Specials
Battle for the Amazon | Amazon Specials
What has happened to the Amazon rainforest since the 1980s? This report reveals that the battle for the Amazon is now fiercer than ever.
Episode 5 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Episode 5 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry explores the Amazon rainforest. He meets the millionaires of Manaus, lives and works with illegal gold miners and sleeps in t...
01: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet
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...
S01E02: Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
S01E02: Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Giles Coren and Monica Galetti head to the Andean Cloud Forest of Ecuador to work at Mashpi Lodge, a $1...
Episode 6 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Episode 6 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry reaches the end of his Amazon adventure in Brazil's Para state where huge areas of forest are being cut down for cattle farming.
04: Jungles - People of the Trees | Human Planet
04: Jungles - People of the Trees | Human Planet
Series examining man's survival in extreme environments. A look at life in the rainforest, which requires great skill, ingen...
S03E01E1: Matis | Tribe
S03E01E1: Matis | Tribe
Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis, a tribe once devastated by western disease who are determined to preser...
06: Rainforests | Deep into the Wild
06: Rainforests | Deep into the Wild
With deadly snakes, billions of bugs, flamboyant birdlife and tree topping monkeys, Nick gets to grips with the explosion of wildlife in...
01: Congo | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
01: Congo | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve battles his way across the Congo, braving thick jungle and tropical swamps in search of the people and the wildlife who m...
Amazon | Nature's Microworlds
Amazon | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall lifts the lid on an incredible world of intricate relationships and unexpected hardship in the Amazon rainforest, explores the ...
Episode 1 | I Bought a Rainforest
Episode 1 | I Bought a Rainforest
Series following wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James, who has bought 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest. Charlie establishes camp and m...
S01E01: Anaconda People of the Amazon | Tribes, Predators & Me
S01E01: Anaconda People of the Amazon | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan joins a Waorani tribal family in Ecuador's Amazon jungle as they search for giant anacondas.
Saving the Rainforest | From Above
Saving the Rainforest | From Above
See the incredible journey a group of scientists make to explore a once hidden forest in Mozambique. The team discovered new species that ...
Episode 2 | Simon Reeve's South America
Episode 2 | Simon Reeve's South America
Simon travels through Brazil, from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the coast and the glamorous-but-troubled city of Rio de Jane...
Episode 1 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Episode 1 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry begins an epic adventure in the Amazon. The first part of his journey takes him from the High Andes to the Ashaninka tribe.
S06E05: Datai Langkawi, Malaysia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
S06E05: Datai Langkawi, Malaysia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Rob and Monica travel to the Malaysian rainforest to work at the Datai Langkawi hotel, where monkeys...
02: South America | Equator from the Air
02: South America | Equator from the Air
In South America, Gordon flies over the Amazon in search of illegal loggers, and in the Andes he meets conservationists searching fo...
S01E03: Crocodile People of New Guinea | Tribes, Predators & Me
S01E03: Crocodile People of New Guinea | Tribes, Predators & Me
Gordon Buchanan journeys up Papua New Guinea's Sepik River to meet the remarkable tribes who have learnt to l...
Episode 2 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Episode 2 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry voyages along the entire length of the Amazon. Continuing his trip, the adventurer wears a black dress for an extremely unusu...
S04E07: Borneo | Deadly 60
S04E07: Borneo | Deadly 60
Although we can't just stop using palm oil - farmers need to grow it to provide an income for their families and as a product it's highly efficien...