Resources and Energy

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

04: Canada | Arctic with Bruce Parry

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to th...

03: Black creeks | The Compass

How does oil pollution affect Ogoniland today?

How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

Professor Iain Stewart explains the natural process in which over millions of years oil is formed.

Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland's Landscape

An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.

01: Denial | Big Oil v the World

The story of what the fossil fuel industry knew about climate change more than four decades ago, as scientists working for Exxon reveal how ...

Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant

Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant is a 2021 documentary in which the comedian and presenter Joe Lycett protested against the oil company Shell plc. It ...

Svalbard | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

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

Episode 3 | Future Earth

Carl Nasman explores the challenges we face in the transition to renewable energies and explores some of the solutions. He finds out how the United ...

03: Nuclear | Powering Britain

Keeley Donovan meets the people working at Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 power stations in Lancashire, Britain's biggest operational nuclear site.

Episode 3 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Professor Iain Stewart examines the situation in the 21st century, at which point the global consumption of oil...

Arguments against wind turbines | Power to the People

Arguments for and against building more wind turbines in Scotland.

Hydroelectric dam | Great Continental Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo ventures into the bowels of an immense hydroelectric dam to learn how the Swiss use their mountainous...

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 ...

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 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...

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...

Episode 3 | Future of Food

George Alagiah travels the world in search of solutions to the global food crisis. Here, George investigates the 'land-grabs' trend, where rich co...

S01E02: Sandwiches | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

Five kids work alongside the people in the UK who make and do the things they rely on. The kids travel to a massive sand...

Animal feed production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin explores the impact that animal feed production is having on insect biodiversity.

S04E02: Farmer | Toughest Place to be a...

Dairy farmer Richard Gibson swaps the damp surroundings of Devon to live and work with Samburu tribesmen in the parched and desola...

Impacts of climate change on food security in the UK and Kenya | Future of Food

Climate change impacts and food security .

Episode 2 | Future of Food

George Alagiah travels the world to reveal a growing global food crisis. He discovers how a changing diet in the developing world is putting press...

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 ...

Strawberry farming | The One Show

Exploring the way strawberries are grown in Britain to meet the summer demand, particularly at Wimbledon.

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 ...

Episode 1 | Tomorrow's Food

Chris Bavin visits the world's leading robotic farm, and Shini Somara is immersed in the restaurant of the future in Shanghai.

S02E04: Sausage Factory | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

The five kids continue their working tour of the UK travelling to Hull, to an enormous gourmet sausage factory wher...

S02E03: Bee and Honey Farm | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

In part three of their Britain trip, our five kids head with Stacey Dooley to Aberystwyth in Wales to one of the...

Food waste | Horizon

Some startling facts are revealed about how much we waste food as a nation.

Food choices and carbon footprint | Horizon

Hannah and Mike detail how environmental scientists calculate a food produces carbon footprint.

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.

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.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Climate Change

Terminator star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sits down with Tom Heap to discuss his journey to becoming an en...

Sustainable Cities: food sustainability | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

The approaches cities use to secure reliable, eco-friendly food supplies.

The Green Energy Scandal Exposed | Panorama

The wood-burning Drax power station in Yorkshire provides 12 per cent of the UK’s renewable energy. Reporter Joe Crowley investig...

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...

S04E02: Farmer | Toughest Place to be a...

Dairy farmer Richard Gibson swaps the damp surroundings of Devon to live and work with Samburu tribesmen in the parched and desola...

01: Denial | Big Oil v the World

The story of what the fossil fuel industry knew about climate change more than four decades ago, as scientists working for Exxon reveal how ...

The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History

Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin chronicle the history of rubbish and explore how what we throw away tells us about the w...

Episode 3 | Shop Well for the Planet?

A young family are challenged to cut their carbon footprint and save money. Can they be convinced that being green doesn't have to cost...

Episode 1 | Shop Well for the Planet?

The gang help a family go green and save some cash. Eco toilet roll and natural deodorant are put through their paces, and how will the...

The Fight Goes on | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

Hugh and Anita continue their fight against single-use plastics, looking at tea bags and prepacked sandwiches. Then, a...

Sustainability in the fashion industry | Stacey Dooley Investigates

Stacey Dooley interviews a representative from Levi Jeans who is trying to find ways to make cotton more ...

Arguments against wind turbines | Power to the People

Arguments for and against building more wind turbines in Scotland.

Sustainability and Style | The Conscious Closet

What is greenwashing? What really happens to our old clothes? Is vegan leather worth the hype? And why is fast fashion so che...

Dyson Farm | Rick Stein's Food Stories

On a cutting-edge farm run by James Dyson, Rick meets robots picking strawberries that grow all year round.

Sustainable Pastures: farming | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

Farming methods that keep soils healthy and pastures productive for generations.

Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

Presenter and engineer Dick Strawbridge returns to Belfast to tell the story of one of the world's most important seaports. Using stat...

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...

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 ...

Water: A Thirsty World | Primary Geography

Investigating water use in two very different places - southern Nevada and Bangladesh - and compares the issues facing each. From ...

Episode 1 | Thames Water: Inside the Crisis

With exclusive access inside Thames Water, this is the story of Britain’s most beleaguered water company as it battles for surviv...

Damming the Nile

The world's longest river flows from Lake Tana in Ethiopia, through Sudan and into Egypt and is vital to all three. But who controls the water? Alastair Lei...

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 ...

07: Water: Global Differences | World 2000

Challenges the myth that we are running out of water and looks at water resource management.

Water usage and conservation in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

During the monsoon season, up to 20cm of rain per day falls in Bangladesh. The country is crossed by hundreds ...

Episode 2 | Thames Water: Inside the Crisis

As unprecedented storms test aging infrastructure, Thames Water’s CEO searches for emergency funds.

Water shortages in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

A report about the difficulties of obtaining clean water in Bangladesh. In the monsoon season, up to 20cm of rain can fall ...

Bangladesh: Clean Water in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

Presenter Eils Hewitt looks at the provision of clean water in urban Dhaka.

Flint (2020)

Documentary filmed over five years exploring the untold story of the man-made disaster that continues to haunt America. Narrated by Alec Baldwin.

Techniques used in Bangladesh to improve access to toilets and sanitation | The Toilet: An Unspoken History

An exploration of the methods used to improve access to toilets a...