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: 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...

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...

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.

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...

Slums | Welcome to Lagos

The mass migration to Lagos, Nigeria, is causing ever expanding informal settlements.

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...

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: Mumbai | Slum Survivors

Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three plumbers learn to plumb the local way in the open sewe...

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...

01: A Place to Live | Supersized Earth

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

02: Revolutionary Paris | Filthy Cities

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

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...

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 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...

Rural to Urban Migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

01: Why do people move to cities? | Curriculum Bites

A series of 10 video clips illustrating two major themes from the geography curriculum: urbanisation and climate change....

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 Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon

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

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 | 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...

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...

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...

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: 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...

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.

Disaster on Everest | Panorama

BBC reporter Tom Martienssen shares his footage of Everest taken after the devastating Nepalese earthquake. He reveals a story of an extraordi...

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...

From Haiti's Ashes

Documentary about the reconstruction attempts in Haiti following the earthquake of 12 January 2010. Focusing upon Denis O'Brien's beacon rebuilding projec...

02: Volcano | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. With shocking eyewitness footage of eruptions, and new thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography, w...

S04E01 | Bang Goes the Theory

The team looks at the science behind the recent Japanese earthquake and the tsunami it triggered. Plus the technology that attempts to protect ...

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: Africa | Rise of the Continents

Geologist Prof Iain Stewart shows how the continent of Africa was formed from the wreckage of a long lost supercontinent.

Plate tectonics | Volcano Live

Professor Iain Stewart explains how plate tectonics cause volcanos and earthquakes.

Coastal Erosion | From Above

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

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

Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...

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...

The Day Los Angeles Burned | Panorama

On 7 January 2025, wildfires engulfed parts of Los Angeles. Panorama examines how climate change and claims of underfunding for public ...

The Year Britain Flooded

It was England's wettest year since records began; this documentary explores why 2012's relentless floods happened and tells the personal stories of...

Hurricane Melissa: The Storm That Hit Jamaica | BBC News

One of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record made landfall in Jamaica with 185mph winds. Category 5 Hurrica...

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...

Typhoon Haiyan | Review

Features the chaos and suffering caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

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 ...

01: Wind | Wild Weather

Series in which Donal Macintyre goes in search of the world's wildest weather. This edition uses 3-D graphics to illustrate how wind and weather syst...

Coastal erosion | Panorama

The erosion of the coastline and destruction of homes by storms.

The People v Climate Change

Meet the 108 ordinary Brits who Sir David Attenborough says we should listen to. This warm and honest documentary reveals how everyday people fee...

Climate Change by Numbers

A look at three key numbers that clarify the important questions on climate change, giving a unique perspective on what we know about the past, pre...

Storms | Britain's Most Extreme Weather

From the tidal surges that flooded North Sea coasts and the hurricane force winds that battered our western shores. Further back we r...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Episode 2 | Simon Reeve's South America

Simon travels through Brazil, from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the coast and the glamorous-but-troubled city of Rio de Jane...

Episode 1 | 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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Desertification | Newsnight

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

01: Kalahari | Africa

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

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

Restoring Our 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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Episode 3 | Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts

Six young fashion lovers visit India to learn how the clothes they wear are manufactured. They join the thousands of migrant labourers ...

Slums | Welcome to Lagos

The mass migration to Lagos, Nigeria, is causing ever expanding informal settlements.

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...

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 | 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...

S03E02: Sierra Leone | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh visits Sierra Leone, a country with a dark past but hopes for the future. With Gwyn Jay Allen as a guid...

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

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 ...

03: Coffee | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. The Brits travel south to work on the Ethiopian coffee ...

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...

Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotto...

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.

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

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

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 ...

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 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...

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 | 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.

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.

Floods in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

A report about the severe floods which occur in Bangladesh each year. Severe floods can have a devastating effect on a community and...

Bangladesh: Flooding in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

Eils Hewitt explores how the inhabitants of Bangladesh have adapted their lives and homes to cope with the effects of ...

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...

Crop to Shop: Jimmy's Supermarket Secrets

Jimmy Doherty explores the global logistics that bring fresh food from around the world to a shop near you, and uncovers the scienc...

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.

Fracking | The One Show

The One Show visits a village in Yorkshire where the townsfolk have protested fracking in their local area, but have come up with a solution.

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.

01: Biomass | Powering Britain

Keeley Donovan takes a behind-the-scenes look at Drax near Selby, which is Britain's biggest power station.

Why are we Still Searching for Fossil Fuels? | Panorama

Richard Bilton investigates why oil, coal and gas exploration is booming when almost every country in the world has c...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

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

02: Woodland | Wild Isles

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

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

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

National Parks | Countryfile

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

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

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

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...

Highland Boundary Fault Line | The Great British Countryside

Julia Bradbury explains the continental collision that produced the Scottish Highlands.

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

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

04: Highlands | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landsca...

03: South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the South Downs, where they discover that this gentle, rolling landscape of southern En...

06: The Industrial Landscape | Britain from Above

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

Geology of the North and South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Geological demonstration of how the North and South Downs were created over millions of years.

Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile

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

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...

01: Cornwall and Devon | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury explore the most stunning parts of Cornwall and Devon to learn how Britain's past lives...

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 ...

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: Three Billion Years in the Making | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers ...

Malham Cove | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis visits Malham Cove and explains the geology of how it was created.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Holderness coastline | Primary Geography

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

A Changing Geography | Coast

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

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...

Holderness coastline | Countryfile

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

02: Coastal Deposition | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

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...

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.

Understanding Waves | Intermediate/Higher Geography

Diagrams and images are used to explain the formation of waves, their swash and backwash. Constructive waves are flat and...

01: Coastal Erosion | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

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

Ocean Cleanup project | Click

The team hears from the inventor of the Ocean Cleanup project about big plans to tackle plastic pollution.

The Secret Life of Waves

David Malone's documentary delves into the secrets of ocean waves, revealing that waves are not made of water, that some waves travel sideways and m...

S06E05 | Saving Lives at Sea

In Trearddur Bay, the RNLI crew battle through force-ten winds and huge waves to try to rescue a surfer - watched by their worried families back...

Coast | World Physical

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

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...

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...

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...

How glaciers form | Earth: The Power of the Planet

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

03: Winter | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

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

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.

Ice and climate change | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates the ability of ice to preserve carbon dioxide and thus demonstrate how our climate has chang...

Just how big were the ice sheets that covered Europe? | Europe: A Natural History

A demonstration of how big the European ice sheets were.

What caused the Ice Age in Europe? | Europe: A Natural History

An explanation of what causes an ice age and how ice has shaped landscapes.

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

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

Glacier colour | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker explores the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway and explains the different colours of glacier ice.

Winter in Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet

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

Into the Ice (2022)

Three scientists go onto and into the Greenland ice sheet - further than anyone has travelled before - to find out how fast the ice is melting and gather...

Rocks in a glacier | The Secret Life of Ice

Dr Gabrielle Walker investigates how glaciers grinds down rock.

How glaciers move | Europe: A Natural History

An exploration of how glaciers move, erode landscapes and move debris.

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...

Ernest Shackleton | Icons

From the Heroic Age of Exploration, Shackleton was not famed for a glorious victory, but his extraordinary humanity in the face of what might haven...

S01E06: The Big Freeze | Earth Story

Aubrey Manning traces the history of the Ice Age. The tranquillity of Switzerland conceals a violent past - 12,000 years ago the Alps we...

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...

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...

Requiem for Detroit?

Built by the car for the car, Detroit was the embodiment of the American dream. Now it leads the way again but in a very different direction.

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...

03: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

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’, ...

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...

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...

Episode 1 | Made in Britain

Evan Davis busts the myths that Britain was wrong to let manufacturing go abroad, and that it has become a nation of shopkeepers.

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Why Industry Comes and Goes: Part 1 | The Geography Programme

Malcolm Stacey investigates the rise of industry in South Wales from the days of the early ironmasters to the b...

The Electric Car Revolution: Winners and Losers | Panorama

Tesla is now worth more than all the other major car makers put together, but how ethical is its supply chain? Dar...

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.

Episode 3 | Flatpack Empire

In episode three, we follow the company's biggest challenge in a generation - pushing into India with an aggressive expansion plan.

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...

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?

Harry Potter worth £4bn to London | BBC London

The Harry Potter franchise is worth about £4bn to the London's economy, according to the London School of Economics (LSE).

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Population growth prediction | This World

Hans Rosling demonstrates how population growth will shift in this century.

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...

Episode 3 | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

On the last leg of his Scandinavian journey, Simon uncovers the surprising and sometimes shocking side of Sweden and Denmark, two of...

The Truth About Immigration

BBC political editor Nick Robinson examines the public's anxieties about immigration and reveals the facts of an issue that has transformed Briti...

01: Population | World 2000

Examines tensions between population & resources. Are there too many people on the planet?

Kutupalong: The Biggest Refugee Camp in the World | Burma with Simon Reeve

Travelling around Burma in 2018, Simon Reeve heads to neighbouring Bangladesh, to visit Kutupalong...

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...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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...

What causes flooding? | Bang Goes the Theory

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

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.

Bostcastle floods | Spotlight

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

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 ...

The water cycle | How Earth Made Us

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

River Severn | World Physical

A feature on the River Severn.

Natural flood prevention | Bang Goes the Theory

Methods of natural flood prevention that have been put in place in Pickering, North Yorkshire.

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...

Concrete and flooding | Bang Goes the Theory

Investigating the impact of concrete and paving stones on flooding.

Textile industry and water pollution | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley visits the Citarum river in Indonesia, which has become the most polluted river in the world ...

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...

10: Flood | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

Rural to Urban Migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

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...

The Megacity Project | Welcome to Lagos

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...

03: South Downs | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the South Downs, where they discover that this gentle, rolling landscape of southern En...

01: Cornwall and Devon | The Great British Countryside

Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury explore the most stunning parts of Cornwall and Devon to learn how Britain's past lives...

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 ...

03: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr discovers how some of Britain's greenest landscapes were shaped by humans.

Slum Clearance | Welcome to Lagos

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

Rural bus service | Spotlight

A change in the bus stop for a rural bus route, leaves residents distraught and cutoff.

Somerset Indoor Strawberry Farming | Countryfile

Adam is on the trail of Somerset strawberries grown all year round.

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...

Lasting impacts of the Vietnam War | This World

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

Fossil fuels behind every day food | Natural World

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

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...

Mapping Crime

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

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 | 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...

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.

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...

S03E02: Sierra Leone | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh visits Sierra Leone, a country with a dark past but hopes for the future. With Gwyn Jay Allen as a guid...

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...

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...

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

Series looking at Brazil from a geography perspective.

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: 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...

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...

Plastic on Kiwayu Island's Beaches | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve visits Kiwayu Island, at the far north of Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, where local people are t...

South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Hong Kong's busy port is a vital gateway to trade in the South China Sea.

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 ...

03: Kenya to Somaliland | Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve travels from the coral coast of Kenya to the troubled Horn of Africa on the third leg of his Indian Ocean...

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...

S02E01: Zimbabwe | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh travels around Zimbabwe, gets caught in biblical lightning storms, re-enacts the film Titanic on a Lake Kar...

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Global trade in Hong Kong's busy harbour.

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Honeypot tourism | The One Show

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

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

S03E04: Jade Mountain, St Lucia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

In this episode, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Jade Mountain, an entirely handbuilt hotel in S...

Tourism impact | Countryfile

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

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.

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...

S03E03: Romania | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Romesh heads off on a journey to Romania. With the help of activist Angi Serbian, he explores the many amazing thin...

Surfing's Dirty Secrets

Does the world of surfing need to do more to make it a sustainable sport?

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...

Geography - Global Issues | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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

Geography - Human | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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

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 - 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: 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.

Using a map and a compass | Get Lost

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

Using an Ordnance Survey map | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to use an Ordnance Survey map.

Linking Ordnance survey maps | Get Lost

A demonstration of how to link two Ordnance survey maps.

Map reading skills | Get Lost

Three sixteen year olds navigate a route in West Yorkshire.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...