S01E02: Arnhem Land | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

S01E02: Arnhem Land | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1997 | 29'14''

Ray Mears visits Northern Australia, where the local Aborigines show him how to make shelters out of bark, find wate...

03: The Heat | Landmarks

03: The Heat | Landmarks

Climate change impacts | CBBC | 1994 | 18'59''

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

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1989 | 7'51''

John Howard rep from Almeria, SE Spain - driest place in Europe, where tomatoes grow in plastic greenhouses, & soil erosion causes desert to advance

Desertification | Newsnight

Desertification | Newsnight

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2017 | 8'36''

Featuring the wall of green land preventing desertification in sub-Saharan Africa.

05: Sahara | Africa

05: Sahara | Africa

Biology | BBC One | 2013 | 59'17''

David Attenborough's breathtaking journey through Africa. In the Sahara Desert, huge zebras battle for resources, camels seek water, and tiny swallows se...

01: Kalahari | Africa

01: Kalahari | Africa

Biology | BBC One | 2013 | 58'39''

David Attenborough explores two deserts in Africa's south west, where he encounters meerkats, black rhinos, giant insects and the greatest giraffe batt...

02: Namib: Skeleton Coast and Beyond | Eden: Untamed Planet

02: Namib: Skeleton Coast and Beyond | Eden: Untamed Planet

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC Two | 2022 | 46'52''

The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts in the world, flourishing with life where none seems possible. This...

Living without water: finding water using ancient technology | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Living without water: finding water using ancient technology | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2011 | 5'25''

Historic tools and systems that helped societies capture and store water.

Living without water: humans copying nature | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Living without water: humans copying nature | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2011 | 5'01''

Ways humans mimic desert plants and animals to conserve or gather water.

Living without water: competing for natural resources | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Living without water: competing for natural resources | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2011 | 4'57''

How people and wildlife struggle to share scarce water sources.

Living without water: finding water using ancient skills | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Living without water: finding water using ancient skills | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2011 | 7'26''

Time-tested survival techniques for locating hidden water in dry landscapes.

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

03: Mongolia | Kate Humble: Living with Nomads

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'10''

In her final journey of the series, Kate Humble travels deep into the Gobi Desert to live with an extended family of cashmere ...

Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Episode 2 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'00''

James Cracknell and Ben Fogle travel across the world's largest sand desert. As they try to pick up the pace disaster str...

Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred ...

02: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry

02: The Mucubal | Tribe with Bruce Parry

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2025 | 58'55''

Bruce Parry visits the Mucubal, a community surviving in Angola's harsh Namib Desert, and experiences an extraordinary way of life p...

S02E06: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

S02E06: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1998 | 29'04''

Ray Mears visits the Aboriginal people of the central Australian desert. He goes to Amata, where 500 A...

04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet

Biology | BBC One | 2022 | 58'33''

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

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Scotland | 2024 | 59'00''

Gordon Buchanan takes an epic camel ride across the Gobi Desert to discover how these most iconic, yet least understood, animals...

12: Australia’s Red Centre | Nature’s Microworlds

12: Australia’s Red Centre | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'07''

Steve Backshall reveals huge kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the t...

09: Namib Desert | Nature’s Microworlds

09: Namib Desert | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'03''

Steve Backshall visits the Namib in Africa, where animals use clever tactics to combat the heat. He reveals the unique secret t...

Episode 1 | Hottest Place on Earth

Episode 1 | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2009 | 59'21''

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...

Episode 2 | Hottest Place on Earth

Episode 2 | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2009 | 59'26''

An insight into the geology and people of the Danakil desert in Ethiopia. Kate Humble investigates how tough life is for an Afar woman. Dr...

04: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

04: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2024 | 59'09''

Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari, b...

S04E05: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

S04E05: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'57''

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti visit an extraordinary hotel built where people usually struggle t...

S01E02: Lion People of the Kalahari | Tribes, Predators & Me

S01E02: Lion People of the Kalahari | Tribes, Predators & Me

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'35''

Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana's Kalahari Desert to learn how to survive on foot amon...

04: Beyond the Great Wall | Wild China

04: Beyond the Great Wall | Wild China

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2008 | 58'54''

From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on...

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

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

African case studies | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

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

02: Deserts – Life in the Furnace | Human Planet

02: Deserts – Life in the Furnace | Human Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2011 | 59'01''

A look at how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges - and ingenious solutions - for millions of people in...

Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth

Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 1'09''

A single shower can transform Death Valley.

Flash flood | Planet Earth

Flash flood | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 2'37''

A flash flood is a rare chance for wildlife to build up food and water reserves.

Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth

Moisture in the Atacama | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 3'56''

Life exists in a strip of the Atacama Desert due to fog that blows in from the sea.

Sandstorm | Planet Earth

Sandstorm | Planet Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2006 | 4'47''

How the desert is shaped by sandstorms.

Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

Climbing Erta Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2009 | 4'49''

The team climb up and into the crater of Erta Ale volcano.

3D model of Erte Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

3D model of Erte Ale | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2009 | 50''

The team manage to make a 3D model of Erte Ale, from scans taken inside the volcano's crater.

Erta Ale from the Sky | Hottest Place on Earth

Erta Ale from the Sky | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2009 | 2'10''

The team fly over Erte Ale and the land around the lava lake in a helicopter.

Dabbahu earthquake fissure | Hottest Place on Earth

Dabbahu earthquake fissure | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2009 | 5'38''

The team attempt to digitally map a fissure created by an earthquake.

Dallol volcano | Hottest Place on Earth

Dallol volcano | Hottest Place on Earth

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2009 | 4'12''

The team explore the volcano system in Dallol, in the Danakil Depression.
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