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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Geography | Ecosystems and Biomes

Ocean biomes

S02E04: The Coromandel Coast | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

S02E04: The Coromandel Coast | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 1998 | 29'03''

The beach is home to the Vadabalija, an Indian caste who survive by specialising in fishing. Ray Mears sees...

04: Cape | Africa

04: Cape | Africa

Biology | BBC One | 2013 | 57'56''

Southern Africa is a riot of life and colour because of two great ocean currents that sweep around the continent's Cape.

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'01''

Presented by Dame Sian Phillips, this episode looks at some of the biggest challenges and issues facing the marine environment in Wale...

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 57'33''

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...

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'14''

The strange environment of the shallow seas is one that sits remarkably close to shore. In the giant kelp forest, we join a female cat...

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 59'01''

We follow Atlantic grey seals through the year, from courtship to pregnancy and birth. Will a curious snowy-white seal pup make it saf...

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2024 | 58'01''

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 ...

S02E03: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

S02E03: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and human impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

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

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2025 | 6'52''

Simon investigates sustainable fishing practices.

03: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

03: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 59'00''

Monty Halls explores Australia's natural wonder. The Great Barrier Reef is vitally linked to the rest of the planet and creatures tr...

02: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

02: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 58'57''

As well as coral, the reef is made up of jungle, hundreds of islands, mangrove swamps, mysterious deep-water gardens, vast sand f...

01: Nature’s Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

01: Nature’s Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 59'05''

Monty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, examining the vast, complex structure of the coral reef itself and the w...

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC News | 2024 | 26'14''

Humpback whales travel thousands of miles to feed in rich, icy Antarctic waters. Scientists who are following the whales reveal how that...

02: Ocean | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

02: Ocean | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 57'07''

A natural history exploration of Australia's magical coasts and islands, where three oceans create the perfect environme...

11: The Deep Sea | Nature’s Microworlds

11: The Deep Sea | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'06''

Steve Backshall plumbs the ocean depths to find an array of beautiful and bizarre creatures, from 40m-long jellyfish to grotesq...

08: Great Barrier Reef | Nature’s Microworlds

08: Great Barrier Reef | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 28'59''

Steve Backshall visits Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover the conditions that let a tiny coral building block cre...

04: Monterey Bay | Nature’s Microworlds

04: Monterey Bay | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'05''

Steve Backshall looks at the unique geography of California's Monterey Bay, its kelp forest bursting with life from microscopic...

03: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

03: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'01''

Simon Reeve voyages across the Coral Triangle, a remote wilderness of tropical reefs and jungle-clad islands described as th...

00: Great Squid | Inside Nature’s Giants

00: Great Squid | Inside Nature’s Giants

Biology | Channel 4 | 2010 | 1'03'51''

Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinary scientist Mark Evans fly out to New Zealand to join a team of experts and ...

05: Ocean | Wild Isles

05: Ocean | Wild Isles

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2023 | 57'36''

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

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'52''

Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.

02: Castaways | South Pacific

02: Castaways | South Pacific

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians, and at the varied local fauna.

01: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

01: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'54''

Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life...

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2016 | 57'40''

David Attenborough uncovers the ways in which scientists are trying to preserve the Great Barrier Reef and embarks on ...

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2016 | 58'04''

David Attenborough examines the journeys made by the birds and whales that visit the reef every year.

Episode 1 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 1 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2015 | 58'06''

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

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2011 | 58'37''

Humans have always found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches. This journey reveals tales...

04: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

04: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2021 | 58'12''

This episode explores how we might stop damaging the oceans and begin to enable their revival.

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