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...
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 ...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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: 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.
03: Frozen Peaks | Frozen Planet II
03: Frozen Peaks | Frozen Planet II
A look at how mountains create unique frozen worlds, home to extraordinary animals that must overcome the crushing conditions of the cold.
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.
02: Patagonia | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
02: Patagonia | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve treks across the high mountains and treacherous ice fields of Patagonia, coming face to face with pumas and riding wi...
02: Svalbard | Earth's Greatest Spectacles
02: Svalbard | Earth's Greatest Spectacles
Svalbard spends much of each year in complete darkness but when the sun reappears, the landscape turns into a rich tundra.
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...
02: Frozen Ocean | Frozen Planet II
02: Frozen Ocean | Frozen Planet II
At the top of our planet lies the Arctic Ocean - a shape-shifting world of ice and water, home to unique animals like polar bears, harp s...
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...
The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic | Natural World
The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic | Natural World
Documentary looking at the neglected aspect of the Titanic story - the iceberg. Where did it come from, and what was it doi...
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...
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...
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.
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: 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...
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.
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...
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: 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...
03: Mexico Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall
03: Mexico Part 1 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall leads an elite cave diving team into the largest unexplored cave network on earth. Below a Mexic...
Europe | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Europe | Seven Worlds, One Planet
Europe - a continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places.
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.
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...
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...
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.
01: Sand, Wind and Stars | Wild Arabia
01: Sand, Wind and Stars | Wild Arabia
Wildlife documentary series which enters the wilderness of Arabia and reveals a magical cast of characters, from the snow-white oryx t...
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.
01: The Building of the Earth | The Living Planet
01: The Building of the Earth | The Living Planet
David Attenborough examines the colossal forces that shape the earth's surface. He visits the deepest gorge in the world - ...
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...
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...
04: Mexico Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall
04: Mexico Part 2 | Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall is in Yucatan, Mexico, on the trail of the ancient Maya. His team of explorers uncover macabre a...
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 ...
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...
S01E05: African Safari | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S01E05: African Safari | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
This edition finds Ray taking a safari, the Swahili word for journey.
S01E04: Africa Camp | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S01E04: Africa Camp | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
This edition finds Ray with the Hadza of Tanzania.
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: Seas of Grass | The Living Planet
05: Seas of Grass | The Living Planet
David Attenborough explores the grasslands of the Americas, Eurasia and Africa, and encounters the rare maned wolf, a giant anteater, b...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Desertification | Newsnight
Desertification | Newsnight
Featuring the wall of green land preventing desertification in sub-Saharan Africa.
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...
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...
S02E01: Morocco/Sahara | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S02E01: Morocco/Sahara | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
In the Sahara Desert of Morocco, Ray investigates the keys to desert survival and tells stories of wartime endurance aga...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
04: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
04: Kalahari | Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve crosses the parched desert of southern Africa, tracking wildebeest with the famous hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari, b...
S02E05: Christmas - The Sahara | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
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 ...
06: The Baking Deserts | The Living Planet
06: The Baking Deserts | The Living Planet
David Attenborough visits the hottest and driest places on earth. In the Mojave desert he finds a plant that has been growing ther...
S02E03: Australian Outback | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S02E03: Australian Outback | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Deep in the Australian Outback, Ray highlights the dangers of underestimating one of the world's harshest environments.
S02E06: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
S02E06: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears' World of Survival
Ray Mears visits the Aboriginal people of the central Australian desert. He goes to Amata, where 500 Anangu ...
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...
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.
Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
Episode 1 | Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert
James Cracknel and Ben Fogle trek deep into the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert in the footsteps of explorer Wilfred ...
Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth
Life in Death Valley | Planet Earth
A single shower can transform Death Valley.
S03E03: Namibia | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S03E03: Namibia | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
On Namibia's Skeleton Coast, Ray explores survival in one of the driest places on Earth and revisits the famous Dunedin Star sh...
Mountains
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...
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 ...
S03E06: New Zealand | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S03E06: New Zealand | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Facing New Zealand's notoriously unpredictable weather, Ray investigates mountain, river and bush survival techniques used ...
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...
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.
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.
10: Worlds Apart | The Living Planet
10: Worlds Apart | The Living Planet
David Attenborough explores the isolated islands which are a haven for ancient species as well as the cradle of new ones.
S02E05: The Alps | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S02E05: The Alps | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Using mountain survival techniques and a true story of endurance in a blizzard, Ray explores the dangers of high-altitude envi...
S02E02: Rocky Mountains | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S02E02: Rocky Mountains | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Ray ventures into the Rocky Mountains, demonstrating how to cope with wilderness hazards including bears, exposure and ...
S02E03: American Prairies | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S02E03: American Prairies | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
Ray visits the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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...
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: 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: Hurricane Hell | Wild Caribbean
03: Hurricane Hell | Wild Caribbean
Every year in the Caribbean hurricanes rip forests apart and coral reefs are turned to rubble. These are the survival stories of the isla...
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 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.
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 ...
Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Simon investigates sustainable fishing practices.
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...
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...
S02E06: Deserted Island | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S02E06: Deserted Island | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Marooned on a tropical island in the Philippines, Ray demonstrates how to find water, food and shelter using natural re...
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...
09: The Margins of the Land | The Living Planet
09: The Margins of the Land | The Living Planet
David Attenborough examines the borders between land and water and the life that thrives there, from an English estuary to tr...
01: Nature's Miracle | Great Barrier Reef
01: Nature's Miracle | Great Barrier Reef
Monty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, examining the vast, complex structure of the coral reef itself and the wildlif...
08: Great Barrier Reef | Nature's Microworlds
08: Great Barrier Reef | Nature's Microworlds
Steve Backshall visits Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover the conditions that let a tiny coral building block create Ea...
02: Castaways | South Pacific
02: Castaways | South Pacific
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
Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life...
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.
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.
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 ...
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...
Eutrophication | Countryfile
Eutrophication | Countryfile
An explanation of eutrophication and the use of carbon pellets as a solution.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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.
S03E06: New Zealand | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S03E06: New Zealand | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
Facing New Zealand's notoriously unpredictable weather, Ray investigates mountain, river and bush survival techniques used ...
Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers
Flooded forest | Earth's Great Rivers
Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.
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...
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...
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.
When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth's Great Rivers
When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth's Great Rivers
The meeting of the Amazon and the Atlantic ocean produces an extraordinary ecosystem.
08: Sweet Fresh Water | The Living Planet
08: Sweet Fresh Water | The Living Planet
David Attenborough follows the river Amazon from the Andes to the sea, exploring the life in and around it as it changes from cold ...
S01E03: Jungle Trek | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S01E03: Jungle Trek | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
Ray treks along a trading path through 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...
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...
S02E02: Canoe Journey | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S02E02: Canoe Journey | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
Ray paddles through the Canadian wilderness.
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...
03: The Northern Forests | The Living Planet
03: The Northern Forests | The Living Planet
From the Arctic to the southern USA stretches the largest forest in the world. David Attenborough roams from north to south thro...
S03E02: Belarus | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
S03E02: Belarus | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival
In the ancient forests of Belarus, Ray lives off the land while tracking wolves and European bison in one of Europe's last grea...
S02E01: Birchbark Canoe | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
S02E01: Birchbark Canoe | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
Ray builds a traditional canoe made from birchbark.
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: 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...
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...
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...
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,...
Sand dunes | Countryfile
Sand dunes | Countryfile
Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.
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...
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...
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...
01: Africa | Equator from the Air
01: Africa | Equator from the Air
In Africa, Gordon takes to the skies to see how a growing human population is affecting wildlife, from flamingos and elephants in Kenya 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 ...
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 ...
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...
S01E01 | Our Changing Planet
S01E01 | Our Changing Planet
Steve Backshall, Chris Packham and Ella Al-Shamahi visit the Maldives, Iceland and Cambodia, charting the fight to save the planet’s most endang...
How deforestation in Madagascar is threatening animal habitats | Deadly Dilemmas
How deforestation in Madagascar is threatening animal habitats | Deadly Dilemmas
UK teenagers witness first hand the major issues Madagascan wildlife is facing. They explore...
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.
05: Human Worlds | The Green Planet
05: Human Worlds | The Green Planet
Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world ...
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.
Growing cities | Earth From Space
Growing cities | Earth From Space
Satellite images depict the growth of cities over time.
Illegal deforestation | Our World
Illegal deforestation | Our World
In spite of the government deforestation laws, Columbians from some regions turn to illegal logging as they have no other way of earning mo...
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
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...
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...
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 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
S03E06: Penan | Tribe
S03E06: Penan | Tribe
Explorer Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak, Borneo, in search of the last nomadic Penan. The Penan are hunter-gatherers whose forest home i...
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.
Episode 3 | I Bought a Rainforest
Episode 3 | I Bought a Rainforest
Series following Charlie Hamilton James, who bought 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest. Charlie learns if you want to protect the rainforest ...
01: Borneo: Sacred Forest | Eden: Untamed Planet
01: Borneo: Sacred Forest | Eden: Untamed Planet
A look at Borneo - the richest rainforest island of all, home to 60,000 species of plants and animals. 6,000 of them are uni...
Episode 3 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Episode 3 | Amazon with Bruce Parry
Bruce Parry travels to a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon to explore what happens when the outside world makes contact. He visits the ...
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...
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...
03: Congo | Africa
03: Congo | Africa
David Attenborough's breathtaking journey through Africa. In the Congo, animals must stand up and fight for their patch, and head off stiff competition.