Geography

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...

01: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo,...

Episode 1 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

02: War | Welcome to Rio

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursi...

03: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

Andrew Marr looks at transport routes and finds out how the world's megacities stay fed, and he joins Mexico City's traff...

Episode 2 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.

02: Cities on the Edge | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

Andrew Marr takes a look at safety and security, two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis, visitin...

03: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

This episode looks at the resourcefulness of some of Rio's poorest residents, revealing how favela residents exploit their opportunities.

Episode 2 | Welcome to Lagos

This episode follows those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, including a father of 18 who lives in a house built on sti...

02: Mexico City | World's Busiest Cities

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

01: Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities

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

Episode 1 | Welcome to India

Documentary series which explores life in India. It follows two people as they try to carve out homes - one in Kolkata and the other on a Mumbai...

02: Revolutionary Paris | Filthy Cities

Dan Snow sniffs out the French revolution to explore how Paris was once buried in an inescapable stench.

01: A Place to Live | Supersized Earth

Dallas Campbell climbs the world's tallest building and dives beneath Mexico City.

03: Moscow | World's Busiest Cities

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

08: Cities - Surviving the Urban Jungle | Human Planet

A look at the one environment made by humans for humans - the city. It is built to keep untamed nature out, but nature...

01: Lagos | Slum Survivors

In Lagos, Nigeria, three British mechanics are guided and challenged for ten days by extraordinary slum dwellers who use dedication, passion and g...

03: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities

Dan Snow looks at 19th century New York when migrants arrived in a city consumed by squalor, stench and soot.

Episode 1 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom

Documentary series meeting the people living and working in the eye of Manchester's remarkable housing boom.

The Impossible (2012)

Thailand, Boxing Day 2004: A tsunami devastates the coast and separates members of a holidaying family of five. Their traumatic experiences give a glim...

01: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the deve...

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...

Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

This documentary investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011 with one of the biggest eart...

Pompeii: The Last Day

Dramatised reconstruction using special effects to re-enact one of the most destructive volcanic eruptions in history.

Supervolcano

Drama-documentary charting the possible consequences of one of nature's most cataclysmic events, a supervolcanic eruption under Yellowstone Park.

Surviving Haiti | This World

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

04: Volcanoes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart takes a grand tour of the world's most extraordinary volcanoes, rightly considered among the most destructive...

Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon

Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthq...

02: Earthquakes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart reveals the stories and science behind some of the world's most dramatic earthquakes, including how 1960s C...

01: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...

Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locati...

Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake | Panorama

More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if...

04: Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart tours the perilous and spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim, visiting Japan to see how the huge population live o...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

Crumbling into the sea - the Isle of Wight, from above.

Iceland Erupts: A Volcano Live Special | Volcano Live

Kate Humble heads to Iceland and meets the scientists monitoring the country's most dangerous volcanoes. She also inves...

01: The Bodies | Pompeii: The New Dig

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a s...

The Boxing Day Tsunami | I Was There

The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Two decades on, eyewitnesses share their stor...

Eruption at Mount St. Helens | Surviving Disaster

Mount St Helens' in Washington State stood almost 10,000 feet high and in 1980 had not erupted for over one hundred years.

01: Volcano | A Perfect Planet

A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth. Although destructive, magma from the planet's molten core builds land, and m...

Part 1 | Supervolcano: The Truth about Yellowstone

Documentary exploring some of the issues raised in the accompanying 'Supervolcano' drama. Yellowstone National Park contai...

Climate Change: The Facts

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

01: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing, and finds out how we can fight it -...

02: Bangladesh and Bhutan | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

In Bangladesh and Bhutan, Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing and finds out how we c...

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year's extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained h...

Wild Weather: Our World Under Threat | Panorama

Justin Rowlatt reveals where in the world the climate is changing the fastest and who will be most affected.

2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather

Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife...

Red Alert: Europe's Heat Emergency | BBC News Special

As a heatwave hits the UK and Western Europe, Christian Fraser has live coverage, analysis from BBC editors and expert ...

03: Scandinavia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

In the final episode, Ade Adepitan heads to Scandinavia. As he travels across the region, he learns about winter tempe...

S08E06: Flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the t...

01: Wind: The Invisible Force | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond investigates how wind actually starts. He walks into the centre of a man-made tornado and v...

03: Temperature: The Driving Force | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperature plays in all weather. He builds a dust storm...

02: Atmosphere | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart reveals the natural forces that shaped the earth. He traces the history of the atmosphere, from the ozone lay...

Boiling Point: The Week of Extreme Heat | BBC News

The last week of June 2026 saw record-breaking temperatures across parts of the UK and Europe. While some enjoyed the suns...

Climate Change: What Can We Do? | Panorama

To meet the government's emissions reductions targets, we'll need to make big changes to the way we live, travel and eat. But how ...

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...

02: India and Pakistan | Life at 50°C

Life at 50 Degrees is a BBC series which explores the impact of climate change on people across the globe. In episode two, we see how ...

Somerset: After the Floods

The Somerset Levels faced a natural disaster in the winter of 2013. The village of Moorland was entirely engulfed by the floods. This follows thos...

Heatwaves: The New Normal? | Weather: Beyond the Forecast

How hot is too hot? From heat labs to firefighting helicopter pilots and wineries, this is a look at how extreme he...

World's Weirdest Weather

Weatherman Alex Beresford explores the world of weird weather. Using a combination of footage from smart phones and cameras, personal testimonies, e...

02: Water: The Shape Shifter | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond investigates the role water plays in the weather. He tries to weigh a cloud, finds out how r...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

02: Savannah | Africa

David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through Africa, looking at the constantly changing landscape of east Africa and creatures found nowhere...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Documentary which follows the everyday people battling in the most extreme environment on earth to move Halley VI, a vital polar re...

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.

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...

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...

Asia | Seven Worlds, One Planet

Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth.

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: Peace | Welcome to Rio

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...

Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief

Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

Captain Phillips (2013)

Film drama based on the true story of the hijacking by pirates of the MV Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia and the bravery of her crew in a des...

02: War | Welcome to Rio

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursi...

Episode 1 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan embarks on the first leg of his journey around Africa. He travels from Cape Verde to Senegal and the Ivory Coast, before fi...

Episode 1 | Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts

Six young fashion lovers swap shopping for the factories and backstreet workshops of India to learn how the clothes they wear are manuf...

03: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

This episode looks at the resourcefulness of some of Rio's poorest residents, revealing how favela residents exploit their opportunities.

Episode 2 | Welcome to Lagos

This episode follows those who choose to live and work on the waters of Lagos Lagoon, including a father of 18 who lives in a house built on sti...

02: KS3 | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Linked to the KS3 geography curriculum, this programme looks at how humans have learnt to live with extremes and covers fiv...

Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 chi...

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

Episode 4 | Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts

Six young fashion lovers visit India to learn how the clothes they wear are manufactured. The group are put to work in the backstreet f...

Episode 1 | Welcome to India

Documentary series which explores life in India. It follows two people as they try to carve out homes - one in Kolkata and the other on a Mumbai...

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

An orphan from the slums of Mumbai makes it all the way to the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The police think he must be cheati...

Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 2 | Comic Relief

Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...

Clothes to Die For | This World

Documentary about survivors of the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza, an eight-storey commerical building in Bangladesh, and the safety of the ...

Episode 2 | Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts

Six young fashion lovers visit India to learn how the clothes they wear are manufactured. In Delhi, they must live and work alongside t...

The Kids from Kibera | My Life

Kibera in Kenya is one of the largest slums in Africa and it is home to thousands of children, living and playing on the streets. It can be a ...

01: Gems | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Six British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Madagascar, James, Alexandria and Lucy learn where gems ...

Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley uncovers the shocking environmental impact caused by an insatiable appetite for cheap clothing.

03: Food, Fire and Water | Supersized Earth

Dallas Campbell examines what it takes to keep seven billion humans alive with food, energy and water.

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a ...

Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

From the moment we first drilled for oil, we opened a Pandora's box that changed the world forever. It transfor...

Episode 2 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

Hugh and Anita's attempts to solve our plastic problems continue. Anita tackles bathroom plastics whilst Hugh learns that micr...

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

Episode 1 | Hugh's War on Waste

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall wants to find out why the UK wastes so much food. He challenges supermarkets to drastically reduce the amount of ...

04: Wind | Powering Britain

Keeley Donovan heads 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast to see the building of Hornsea One, which is currently the world's biggest offshore windfarm.

Episode 1 | Future of Food

George Alagiah travels the world to reveal a growing global food crisis. He investigates population growth, climate change, water shortages and wh...

Energy | Bang Goes The Theory

Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin investigate how close Britain might get to running out of electricity.

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

Svalbard | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve explores Svalbard and its mineral resources and how this causes diplomatic tension for the primed real estate.

Feast to Save the Planet | Horizon

Gregg Wallace and mathematician Hannah Fry invite five special guests to a unique dinner party where they are scored on the environmental ...

03: Laying the Foundations | Building the Olympic Dream

With nine billion pounds to spend on creating an Olympic Park, London 2012's bosses face some big challenges.

Episode 3 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

In this final episode, Anita looks at single-use toys whilst Hugh reveals the plastics industry's plans to dramatically increa...

Why Is Food So Expensive? | Panorama

Food prices are rising at their fastest rate in more than 40 years. As the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze budgets, Panorama ...

S02E01: A Week in a Toxic Waste Dump | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Documentary in which Reggie Yates heads to Ghana to live on one of the largest electronic waste dumps in the...

Fracking: The New Energy Rush | Horizon

Iain Stewart investigates a controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground, sometimes right under the places pe...

Episode 2 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

The second leg of Simon's journey takes him from the stunning fjords of Norway to Iceland - the original land of fire and ice.

03: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last I...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

Crumbling into the sea - the Isle of Wight, from above.

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Simon looks at the impact of humans on England's biggest and most popular national park.

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...

National Parks | Countryfile

Matt Baker, John Craven and Margherita Taylor mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of our national parks.

Episode 1 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District and the county of Cumbria, where huge changes are sweeping an ancient landscape.

01: Liverpool | Our Coast

Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts explore four spectacular coastlines linked by the Irish Sea and meet the people who call them hom...

Episode 1 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul Whitehouse travels through the north of England, looking at the impact water companies have on its rivers.

06: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

How the erosion and deposition of the North Sea is impacting the Yorkshire coast.

02: Anglesey | Our Coast

Adrian and Mehreen arrive on Anglesey - the largest island in the Irish Sea - via the Menai Strait.

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...

Hardraw Force | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales that has created a gorge in the landscape.

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explores the geology of the limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales.

Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland's Landscape

An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.

Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile

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

Episode 1 | Cornwall with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall during a summer like no other, as the county emerges from lockdown and businesses are in ...

02: Woodland | Wild Isles

David Attenborough follows our woodlands throughout the year, showcasing their astonishing variety and unearthing incredible stories hidden amongst...

02: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs ro...

Episode 2 | Cornwall with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve investigates the environmental challenges facing Cornwall and the rest of the country, and on the way encounters some of it...

Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary

Yvonne and Shawn Mars discuss the perils of owning a farm that is falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.

Drowning in Plastic

Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin works with some of the world's leading marine biologists and campaigners to discover the true dangers of plastic in our oce...

Episode 1 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

Every minute, the equivalent of a truck full of plastic is emptied into the world's oceans. In this episode Hugh and Anita loo...

Life on the Edge

The residents of Hemsby don't want to leave, but their houses are on the edge of a cliff. This is their story of surviving one of the most dramatic cases of...

Coastal Erosion | The Geography Programme

Schools prog investigating coastal erosion over time. Shows capacity for change due to the power of the sea. Specifically "Old Harr...

A Changing Geography | Coast

A one-hour highlights episode of the series Coast, featuring topics that have relevance to the Geography curriculum.

S10E06: Caves and Coves | Coast

Coast embarks on a quest to explore the endless nooks and crannies of our curving and twisted coastline and asks: why are our caves and coves...

Vanishing Villages | Countryfile

John Craven and Matt Baker are on the east coast of England to find out how storms are devouring the coastline, and Adrian Chiles rolls up h...

04: Oceans | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Iain travels to surfers' paradise Hawaii to learn more about oceans, explaining the difference between waves, tides and currents.

The Village That's Falling into the Sea

David Whiteley joins the villagers of Hemsby in Norfolk in their latest campaign to stop their homes falling into the sea.

Holderness coastline | Primary Geography

Ever visited the coastline and wondered how caves or arches were created? Primary Geography investigates.

Holderness coastline | Countryfile

Sahera Chohan finds out if building of defences to protect some areas actually speeded up destruction of adjoining lengths of coastline?

Shorts: Coastal Erosion | Coast

Nick meets Peter Boggis, a man trying to save his home from coastal erosion.

01: Coastal Erosion | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Sand dunes | Countryfile

Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.

02: Coastal Deposition | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Coast | World Physical

Vivid examples of how our land and atmosphere behave, with a look at earthquakes, glaciation, rivers, coasts and deserts.

04: Coastal Management | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

S08E05: The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs | Coast

Nick Crane explores some of the most spectacular sea cliffs in Britain. He goes on a journey to take in the high spots of the Y...

01: Liverpool | Our Coast

Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts explore four spectacular coastlines linked by the Irish Sea and meet the people who call them hom...

03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and...

03: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last I...

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...

Everest (2015)

Two groups of mountaineers face a deadly descent from Everest when storm conditions take them by surprise. Based on the 1996 Everest disaster.

Ice | World Physical

Vivid examples of how our land and atmosphere behave, with a look at earthquakes, glaciation, rivers, coasts and deserts.

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...

How glaciers form | Earth: The Power of the Planet

Dr Iain Stewart explains how snow is transformed into glacier ice.

01: Extreme Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

Series combining photography and human drama to reveal twelve remarkable places, uncovering the stories of people fighting to s...

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...

Landscapes created by glaciation in Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart explains how Japan's mountainous landscape was carved by glaciers.

02: Summer | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

Summer is a narrow window of plenty, when the land is bathed in 24-hour sunlight.

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains how glaciers move.

Winter in Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet

During the winter, Antarctica doubles in size; however, the frozen surface hides a great secret.

03: Avalanches | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart reveals ten remarkable stories about avalanches, including how the deadliest one killed 18,000 people in thr...

01: Spring | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

Three-part series examining the harsh elements and rich rewards of the Alaskan wilderness. A mother sea otter nurses her baby thr...

S01E02 | The Mountain

As Christmas approaches, the reindeer are made ready for the busiest day of the year. The RAF assist the ski patrol with avalanche training.

Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how glaciers grinds down rock.

03: Winter | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

Here, a look at the tough and resourceful characters that face up to the challenges of winter.

S01E06: Latton Mammoths | The Big Monster Dig

Lucy and the team try to unlock the mysteries of an ice age mammoth graveyard in the Cotswolds in this episode.

Gorge created by glacial erosion | The Great British Countryside

A Yorkshire railway runs through a gorge that was created by glacial erosion.

Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...

01: The City of the Future | Reggie in China

Beginning his adventure, Reggie Yates visits Shenzhen, the brainchild of 80s Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Just 40 years old, Sh...

Episode 1 | Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich

Meet Sonia, whose wardrobe is worth £4 million; Abu, whose car number plate alone is worth £7 million; Money Kicks, a teenag...

Episode 1 | The Chinese Are Coming

Justin Rowlatt investigates what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. He looks at the phe...

Apple's Broken Promises | Panorama

Richard Bilton takes an undercover look at what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6 in China and the children working in dang...

Episode 1 | Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China

Donald Trump comes to office in 2017 and upends America’s relationship with Beijing. He promises to ‘make China pay’, ...

02: City of Dreams | Reggie in China

Reggie Yates visits Beijing, the belly of the beast, home to President Xi Jinping, meeting migrant workers and millionaire businessmen a...

North Korea Undercover | Panorama

Panorama reporter John Sweeney spends eight days undercover inside North Korea, the most rigidly-controlled nation on Earth.

03: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

Bangladesh: The End of Fast Fashion? | Our World

Has coronavirus changed the way we buy clothes forever - and what about those who are being left behind?

The Box That Changed Britain

Poet Roger McGough narrates the story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the...

Episode 1 | China: A New World Order

The story of Xi Jinping's controversial six-year rule, and how he set about transforming China into a controlled state where loyalty to ...

S01E02: In the Mexican Drug War | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Documentary in which Reggie Yates visits Acapulco, Mexico, to live the life of a soldier fighting on the front li...

03: East Meets West | Reggie in China

In this final episode, Reggie Yates visits Chengdu, meeting artists pushing government censorship to its limit, and to Shanghai, where ...

Episode 2 | Made in Britain

Evan Davis looks at how Britain's focus on the knowledge economy contributes greatly to the nation's bank balance.

Boohoo's Broken Promises | Panorama

Fast fashion giant Boohoo faced serious criticism in 2020 for poor working conditions at its suppliers. A Panorama investigation reveals ...

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve | This World

Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the morning pick-me-up. He travels to the central highlands, where ...

04: Chicken | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways

Six young British food consumers go to live and work alongside people in south east Asia's poultry industry.

01: Kazakhstan | Dictatorland

From golden handprints of the president to the scene of a massacre, in Kazakhstan Ben Zand experiences the sinister and bizarre sides to living...

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon

Naturalist Chris Packham investigates the impact a growing human population is having on the planet, asking whether ...

Don't Panic - The Truth About Population | This World

Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the prob...

Border Wars | Stacey Dooley

The pathway to the American dream is a dangerous one for some - it's a five-day trek in ferocious heat. Stacey Dooley follows young South America...

One Child Nation | Storyville

A Storyville documentary that reveals the continuing impact of China's one-child policy, abandoned in 2015, on the country's people.

S03E02: Nenets | Tribe

Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the frozen tundra of Northern Siberia, spending a month with a brigade of Nenet reindeer herders during their winter m...

S02E02: In a Refugee Camp | The Insider: Reggie Yates

Reggie Yates visits the Middle East to spend a week living and sleeping in the largest refugee camp in Iraq alongside 3...

The Real Mo Farah

Sir Mo Farah reveals the shocking truth about his childhood, the journey he made from Somaliland to the UK as a young boy, and the subsequent years that le...

How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? | Horizon

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world faces a population crisis and if it is the duty of indiv...

S01E01 | Exodus: Our Journey

Documentary following some of the million people who smuggled themselves into Europe in 2015, beginning as thousands of Syrian refugees arrive i...

Migrant Kids in Crisis | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley travels to Greece to follow children on the migrant trail, as they flee wars and seek new lives in Western Europe.

No Sex Please, We're Japanese | This World

As Japan faces a future which could see its population shrink by a third in just 40 years, Anita Rani explores the reasons why the...

Xiao Di and Jiang Fen Gui | China Stories

What is life really like in modern day China? Xiao Di is a product of China's one child policy. Jiang Feng Gui stopped farming rice...

China's Child | Horizon

The town of Changzhou is one of most successful examples of China's'one child' population policy.Prog examines way in which policy is pres to the peo...

Immigration: The UK's Record Rise | Panorama

Ros Atkins explores how net migration to the UK has hit record levels, when the government promised in the wake of Brexit that i...

Glasgow Girls

The compelling story of a group of teenagers with a cause in a musical drama based on the true story of the Glasgow Girls. What started as a grassroots petitio...

Episode 1 | The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home

A look at Zaatari, a unique desert city in Jordan. Anita Rani tackles the feat of providing water in a desert, and Ben Timberla...

Home (2016)

Bafta Award-winning short film telling the story of millions of modern-day refugees - in reverse. A British family leave their home for what at first appears to ...

Episode 1 | Burma with Simon Reeve

Simon travels to Burma and Bangladesh to learn about the roots and consequences of the Rohingya refugee crisis.

Flee (2021) | Storyville

A Storyville documentary, mostly animated, that charts the extraordinary true tale of Ali, a gay Afghan man, and the desperate measures he is forced...

S01E02 | Exodus: Our Journey

Documentary following some of the million people who smuggled themselves into Europe in 2015, including Syrian Kurd Ahmad, whose journey continu...

07: Rivers - Friend and Foe | Human Planet

Rivers provide food and water, but they can also flood or freeze. Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to ...

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...

01: Rivers | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational waterways, from white-water rafters taking on undefeated rapids on the Congo River, ...

S08E06: Flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the t...

River Landscapes: Part 1 | Physical Environments

Rivers shape the landscapes around them, created by the power of water. Derek Mackay explains how rivers change from source ...

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...

01: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Adventurer Simon Reeve travels from source to sea along the world's longest river, the Nile. His journey will take him from the...

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...

River Landscape | The Geography Programme

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

What causes flooding? | Bang Goes the Theory

A demonstration of how rainfall and changing landscapes are causing more severe flooding.

River Landscapes: Part 2 | Physical Environments

Rivers shape the landscapes around them, created by the power of water. Derek Mackay explains how rivers change from source ...

Bostcastle floods | Spotlight

BBC Spotlight visits Boscastle ten years on from the infamous flood.

River Severn | Countryfile

Charlotte Smith and Tom Heap are on the River Severn to find out how living with the constant threat of floods is affecting rural communities and ...

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 ...

The Water Pollution Cover-Up | Panorama

Water companies are dumping huge quantities of sewage in UK rivers every year. Why do some of the worst offenders have such good envi...

The water cycle | How Earth Made Us

Dr Iain Stewart explains the different stages of the water cycle.

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...

Episode 1 | Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

Paul Whitehouse travels through the north of England, looking at the impact water companies have on its rivers.

Storm Desmond 2015 | Victoria Derbyshire

Victoria and her team report live from areas impacted by flooding caused by Storm Desmond.

03: The Yangtze | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend i...

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...

02: War | Welcome to Rio

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursi...

03: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

This episode looks at the resourcefulness of some of Rio's poorest residents, revealing how favela residents exploit their opportunities.

Mapping Crime

An insight into the geography of crime, investigating the patterns, architecture, detection and prevention of criminal behaviour.

Rural to Urban Migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

01: KS2 | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Linked to the KS2 geography curriculum, this programme looks at how humans have learnt to live with extremes and covers fiv...

Episode 3 | Welcome to Lagos

This last episode follows Esther, who lives in a scrap house on the beach in central Lagos. Her village has repeatedly been bulldozed by governm...

Lasting impacts of the Vietnam War | This World

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

01: Extreme Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

Series combining photography and human drama to reveal twelve remarkable places, uncovering the stories of people fighting to s...

The Megacity Project | Welcome to Lagos

Farming England: Farming Fields of Gold | We Are England

An international cooking oil crisis creates a busy summer for farmer Charlie Beldam. He battles increased costs, hug...

Riverford organic food | Rick Stein's Food Stories

Rick meets Riverford's Guy Singh-Watson, who blazed a trail for organic food before many people even knew what it was.

Slum Clearance | Welcome to Lagos

How the Lagos Megacities Project is impacting people living in the slums.

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 ...

Episode 1 | Cornwall with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall during a summer like no other, as the county emerges from lockdown and businesses are in ...

Migration to cities | This World

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

Fossil fuels behind every day food | Natural World

Rebecca Hosking goes through the fossil fuels involved in creating a shop bought sandwich.

Climate change and arable farming in the UK | Weather World

Sarah Keith-Lucas visits a farm in Kent and finds out how arable farming is affected by climate change.

Episode 2 | Cornwall with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve investigates the environmental challenges facing Cornwall and the rest of the country, and on the way encounters some of it...

02: Vast Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

Across our planet, there are a handful of places that truly astonish, like Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls. The...

Surviving Haiti | This World

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

Episode 1 | Russia with Simon Reeve

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

02: Mexico City | World's Busiest Cities

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

01: Hong Kong | World's Busiest Cities

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

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

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

03: Moscow | World's Busiest Cities

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

River Landscape | The Geography Programme

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

Episode 1 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

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

Episode 3 | Russia with Simon Reeve

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

04: Delhi | World's Busiest Cities

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

04: India | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

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

02: Nigeria | Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

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

Episode 1 | Simon Reeve's South America

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

Episode 2 | Russia with Simon Reeve

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

Ethiopia | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

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

01: Africa | Equator

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

Episode 1 | Russia on Four Wheels

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

03: The Road to Rio | Brazil with Michael Palin

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

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

Series looking at Brazil from a geography perspective.

01: Honshu | Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

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

Tourism and the Truth: Kenya | Stacey Dooley

In Kenya, Stacey Dooley investigates the side of tourism the average holidaymaker doesn't see, from hotels exploiting workers to...

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...

Tourism and the Truth: Thailand | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley explores the darker side of tourism in Thailand, working as a chambermaid and discovering the sacrifices some h...

Dubai Sustainability | The Travel Show

The team are in Dubai to find out how they are working hard to make holidays more sustainable. They meet the turtles who have become t...

Costa Rica: Guarding the Green Revolution | The Travel Show

Qasa Alom explores Costa Rica, considered the birthplace of eco-tourism. How does the country maintain the balanc...

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Simon looks at the impact of humans on England's biggest and most popular national park.

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...

Take Me To Titanic: Part 1 | The Travel Show

In a ground-breaking expedition, a group of paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with the aim of explo...

Tourism impact | Countryfile

Datshiane Navanayagam delves into one of the countryside's most divisive real-life storylines - the tensions over second homes.

Honeypot tourism | The One Show

Glenfinnan is overun with tourism for its stunning viaduct that features in Harry Potter.

01: The Lake District | Tales from the National Parks

In the Lake District, filmmaker Richard Macer follows the story of entrepreneur Mark Weir's attempts to build a giant z...

The Great British Staycation? | Panorama

As the hospitality industry tries to make up for the financial losses of the last 18 months, Mobeen Azhar explores the truth about o...

03: Cheap Flights | What They Really Mean for You

Exploring controversial plans to change how we fly. Cheap flights have transformed our holidays, but can new technology red...

Living with Big Game Hunters | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley moves into an African big-game hunting lodge to train for two weeks with die-hard trophy hunters.

Take Me To Titanic: Part 2 | The Travel Show

In a ground-breaking expedition, a group of paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with the aim of explo...

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...

S02E03: Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rom meets the Bosnian who claims to have discovered the world's largest p...

S02E01: Theme Park | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

Stacey Dooley takes five kids on a whistle-stop working tour of some of this country's key industries. Today they join t...

The all-inclusive effect on Caribbean trade | The Travel Show

With the resurgence of all-inclusive package holidays, tourists are often invited to leave their wallets at hom...

S04E01: ION Adventure Hotel, Iceland | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Monica and Giles work behind the scenes of a hotel that is all about getting out into Iceland's ...

Geography - Physical | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: landforms, tectonics and coasts, ecosystems, environmental issues and management.

Geography - Part 2 | Bitesize Secondary

The programme introduces and illustrates Key Stage 3 topics and ideas with dramatic archive footage, eye-witness accounts and expert ...

Geography - Global Issues | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: development issues, world trade, aid, population, world tourism and energy.

Introduction to the UK | Zig Zag

Series introducing National Curriculum themes of rivers, weather, settlements and environmental change by looking at the varied geography of...

Geography - Human | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Covering the National Curriculum key elements: cities, economic and industrial change, weather and climate.

Geography: 3 | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Revision programme to help provide students with the information & skills needed in order to answer questions in their Geography GCSE e...

Symbols on a map | Get Lost

An explanation of what the different symbols on a map mean.

S05E03: Yorkshire | Local Heroes

Adam Hart-Davis stops off in Yorkshire as he continues his celebration of unsung scientists. In Whitby, he lauds whaling scientist William S...

GPS tracker | Get Lost

How to locate GPS coordinates on a map.

Linking Ordnance survey maps | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to link two Ordnance survey maps.

Using a map and a compass | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to find your location using a map and a compass.

Map reading skills | Get Lost

Three sixteen year olds navigate a route in West Yorkshire.

Using an Ordnance Survey map | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to use an Ordnance Survey map.

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Cov...

Cholera | Expedition Volcano

An exploration of how the hard rock of Nyiragongo's volcanic landscape and increasing numbers of Rwandan refugees and caused a cholera epidemic.

The Red Nose African Convoy | Comic Relief

Michaela Coel, David Baddiel, Russell Kane, Hugh Dennis, Katy Brand and Reggie Yates lead a Comic Relief convoy through east Afric...

02: The Great Divide | Pandemic 2020

As the epic story of people around the world living through the first year of the pandemic continues, the hollowness of 'we are all in t...

Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola | This World

The inside story of how and why the worst Ebola outbreak in history wasn't stopped before it was too late. This film exposes tra...

The Mystery of Anthrax Island

How shadowy Scots activists used deadly anthrax to get a Scottish island cleaned up.

03: Brave New World | Pandemic 2020

From the Amazon to churches in the US and the slums of Delhi, reason and science battle conspiracy and denial.

01: The Shock of the New | Pandemic 2020

Living through the first year of the pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests, a look at how people responded to the virus a...