Weather and Climate

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: Wet | Wild Weather

A series in which Donal Macintyre goes in search of the world's wildest weather. In this programme, he learns about floods and the world's wettest pla...

03: Weather | A Perfect Planet

How weather controls the distribution of freshwater on Earth, which in turn shapes the lives of animals in diverse habitats around the globe.

02: Water | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history. He investigates how water has influenced the ...

Bang Goes the Winter Weather | Bang Goes the Theory

A special hour-long edition of the science programme sees Liz, Dallas and Jem get under the bonnet of Britain's recent we...

Rainfall | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Why does water fall as rain? Richard Hammond demonstrates the effect of water on other physical objects.

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...

Episode 3 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

Kate Humble is in the Arctic, where spring arrives with a bang. Helen Czerski chases a tornado to show how the earth's angle...

Thunder and Lightning | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond demonstrates the weather conditions that produce thunder and lightning.

05: The World's Weather | Landmarks

A look at the huge variety of climates in the world and the methods that animals, plants and people use to survive in these extremes.

Episode 2 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

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

Measuring Tornadoes | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond measures the wind speed of a tornado.

Fire Whirl | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond demonstrates a fire whirl and explains how fire accentuates wind speed.

02: The Sun | A Perfect Planet

From the frozen poles to the searing deserts, this episode shows how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sun...

03: Wind | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of our turbulent relationship with the wind.

Tornado rotation | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains what creates the rotation of a tornado.

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Ben Garrod and Alice Roberts investigate the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 mi...

A manmade disaster on a global scale | Climate Change: The Facts

David Attenborough introduces the evidence that climate change is caused by human activity.

01: Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

David Attenborough explores just how far climate change is altering our planet, and suggests that our daily activities may ...

Human influence on global warming | Climate Change By Numbers

Using statistics and graphs, Dr Norman Fenton demonstrates the impact that burning fossil fuels has had on clim...

The Great Global Warming Swindle

The climate has been changing since time began. The explanation that it's now changing faster because of man-made CO2 emissions is, at bes...

Global Dimming | Horizon

Scientists have discovered "Global Dimming". We are getting less sunlight every year since the 1950's. There is time to avoid a catastrophe if the p...

Carbon Dioxide | Climate Change By Numbers

Prof David Spiegelhalter estimates that 1 trillion tonnes of carbon can be burned before we trigger dangerous climate change.

Emission Impossible | Short Circuit

Style, performance, and status sell cars-but where does the environment fit in? Can manufacturers produce zero-emission vehicles that peo...

Climate change over time | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Professor Chris Jackson discusses the extreme climate change in the last 100 years.

The ocean and the earth's climate | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates how the ocean regulates the earth's climate with stored up heat energy.

07: Climatic Change | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

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...

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.

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 ...

Greece's Megafires | Our World

Bethany Bell, who reported on the wildfires in Greece in August, returns to see how people are dealing with the consequences of the catastrophe.

01: Nigeria and Mauritania | 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 one, we see ...

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...

04: Australia and Mexico | Life at 50°C

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

Svalbard's Climate Change Fight | Our World

Our World travels to the fastest warming place on earth: Svalbard. The world's northernmost settlement, Longyearbyen, is estimate...

Reporting from the Climate Frontlines

As the world reels from fires, floods and heatwaves, researchers are more certain than ever that human activity is making them worse.

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 ...

05: Humans | A Perfect Planet

Humans are changing our planet so rapidly, it's affecting Earth's life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world.

02: The Wet | Landmarks

The monsoon rain sweeps up the Indian sub-continent to the Himalayan mountains for three months in the summer. While the rain may bring vital water a...

01: The Cold | Landmarks

A look at how people deal with the climate during winter on Baffin Island, north Canada, where temperatures rarely rise above minus 25 degrees.

03: Iraq and Kuwait | 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 three, we see how l...

Climate Change: Britain Under Threat

David Attenborough, Kate Humble and Matt Allwright investigate how climate change could threaten the UK, revealing the results of an exp...

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...

Why Cities Flood: Spain's Deadly Disaster | Why...?

Dramatic mobile phone video and eyewitness accounts tell the story of the 2024 floods that swept through towns in Valenci...

Melting Glaciers | From Above

As glaciers in Pakistan-administered Gilgit Baltistan melt at an alarming rate, we see the real-life consequences for people living in the area...

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.

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...

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: Climate Change | Generation Activism

Robin is passionate about protecting the environment and has dedicated his life to fighting climate change. He films himself over th...

BedZED Sustainable Housing | Climate Change: Britain Under Threat

Kate Humble explores Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) as a combatant to living with climate change.

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...

Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

A huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the...

Episode 1 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta travels through North America on her way to a UN climate conference in Chile.

Renewable Energy | Climate Change: The Facts

Methods of producing renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions.

Causes of climate change: deforestation | Climate Change: The Facts

Demonstration of the vast scale of deforestation to grow palm oil.

Renewable energy and policy targets | Panorama

Meeting energy targets with renewable energy.

Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green | Panorama

With huge clean energy projects stirring anger across Britain, Justin Rowlatt meets the people taking sides in the battle o...

Greta meets David Attenborough | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough discuss their hopes for the future of the planet.

S04E01: Britain's Embarrassing Emissions | Mischief

Rebecca Wilcox has an embarrassing problem - her carbon dioxide emissions, but she's ready to do something about them. Bu...

Episode 2 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta sets off to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Carbon capture in Iceland | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Simon visits a factory that through renewable energy removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?

Chris Packham goes on a personal journey to decide for himself if it's ethically acceptable to break the law to protest against g...

02: Can We Save Planet Earth? | Climate Chaos

In the second of a two-part documentary, David Attenborough explores how much climate change is altering our planet, looking at...

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...

08: European Climates | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

03: Cold | Wild Weather

Donal Macintyre explores extreme cold weather. He is buried alive, frozen solid and meets those that have survived the deadliest winter weather, from...

02: The Sun | A Perfect Planet

From the frozen poles to the searing deserts, this episode shows how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sun...

04: Heat | Wild Weather

In the last programme of the series, Donal Macintyre experiences hot and humid conditions in Belize and the exhausting dry heat of the desert during ...

01: A New Perspective | Earth From Space

From space, we follow elephants struggling through drought, reveal unknown penguin colonies from the colour of their poo, and discov...

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

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

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...

Typhoon Haiyan | Review

Features the chaos and suffering caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

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...

Coastal erosion | Panorama

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

Greece's Megafires | Our World

Bethany Bell, who reported on the wildfires in Greece in August, returns to see how people are dealing with the consequences of the catastrophe.

Episode 1 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. They explore why wildfires in Australia...

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...

Typhoon Haiyan aftermath | BBC News at One

Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm

A dramatic minute-by-minute account of the superstorm that brought New York State to its knees, including a forensic analyis of the devastatio...

Surviving The Typhoon | Newsround Specials

Newsround's Leah Gooding travels to the Philippines to see how children are coping following Typhoon Haiyan. Speaking to kids who ...

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...

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...

05: Tornado | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski peers into the heart of the storm to find out how advances in technology are giving new insight into tornadoes - the fastest w...

Air | World's Weirdest Weather

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

Episode 2 | Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

Kate Humble and Simon Reeve investigate Australia's worst wildfire season in a decade. Simon and Kate explore why wind is such...

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...

Prisoners of Katrina | This World

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while thousands fled New Orleans, the city's prisoners were trapped. Fresh eye-witness accounts reve...

Coastal Erosion and Storm Surges | Britain's Wildest Weather

New sandscaped coastal defences were built to protect the low-lying village of Walcott from flooding, but how di...

From Mild to Wild | Britain's Wildest Weather

Meteorologists explain how and why British weather can go from mild to wild, for example Storm Brendan's impact in Slough on 2020.

Climate in the City | Wild Weather

Weatherman Peter Cockroft explores the highs and lows of London's unique climate. As he journeys around the capital he reveals why the out...

The South West | Wild Weather

David Braine examines extreme weather. The South West enjoys milder, wilder and more varied weather than the rest of England. Parts of the regi...

Bang Goes the Winter Weather | Bang Goes the Theory

A special hour-long edition of the science programme sees Liz, Dallas and Jem get under the bonnet of Britain's recent we...

Episode 2 | The Great British Weather

Alexander Armstrong presents the weather show from Ullswater in the Lake District, where the team investigate why it rains more often i...

05: British Climate | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Wild Weather of the Midlands | Wild Weather

From tornados to floods, Shefali Oza goes in search of the Midlands' most extreme weather. She discovers how the region's landsca...

Heat in the UK | Wild Weather

An exploration of Britain's highest temperatures in Cheltenham.

Episode 1 | The Great British Weather

Interactive live series focusing on Britain's weather. The team explore why Britain gets the weather it does, and how weather was cruci...

Wild Weather of the West | Wild Weather

Forecaster Ian Fergusson leaves his weather map behind on a journey through the wet, the windy, the sunny, the stormy and the snowies...

Jet Stream | Wild Weather

An exploration of flooding in Britain due to a disruption in the jet stream caused by global warming.

Tornadoes and Lightning | Wild Weather

An exploration of the conditions that produce tornadoes and lightning in Birmingham.