Weather and Climate

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...

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...

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: 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...

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...

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 ...

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.

Rainfall | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

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

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 ...

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...

Tornado rotation | Dangerous Earth

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

Episode 3 | The Great British Weather

Alexander Armstrong, Chris Hollins and Carol Kirkwood are live in Greenwich Park as they take a look at the sun and the unique role it ...

Measuring Tornadoes | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond measures the wind speed of a tornado.

Measuring Wind Speed | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains how the 'Dominator' measures the wind speed of a tornado.

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.

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...

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...

Tornado | Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond explains what causes a tornado.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

Climate change over time | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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

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 -...

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...

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...

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 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...

Impacts of climate change: sea level rise | Climate Change: The Facts

The impact that rising sea levels is having on the landscape and people in Louisiana.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

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.

Humans and climate change | Reporting from the Climate Frontlines

Climate change and rising oceans.

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...

Climate change impacts and adaptation measures | Reporting from the Climate Frontlines

Responding to climate change through adaptation.

07: Worlds of Wonder | Frozen Planet II

A journey through the world’s coldest realms with the most-loved animals from the series, including emperor penguins and one of the l...

07: On Thin Ice | Frozen Planet

David Attenborough journeys to the poles to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there, and f...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Views on COP26 | Climate Change: The Facts

COP26 delegates and climate scientist Hannah Cloke discuss their hopes for the COP26 conference.

Carbon capture in Iceland | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

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

BedZED Sustainable Housing | Climate Change: Britain Under Threat

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

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...

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...

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.

Big Brands' Green Claims Uncovered | Panorama

Panorama investigates the green projects that say they can help brands cancel out their carbon emissions. But do the claims sta...

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...

Challenges to increase use of sustainable energy | Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?

Challenges of trying to use more renewable energy.

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...

Episode 3 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

As the world is bought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, Greta has to put her plans on hold.

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 ...

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...

08: European Climates | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

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...

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...

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...

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

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

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...

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...

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.

Coastal erosion | Panorama

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

02: Deluge | Wonders of the Monsoon

From India to Thailand and Cambodia, the Asian monsoon makes its grand entrance, the bringer of life and the destroyer.

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 ...

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...

Coastal erosion at Hallsands causes and effects | Coast

An exploration of a coastal village that was completely destroyed by a storm.

Typhoon Haiyan: a year on | BBC News at One

Twelve months ago Typhoon Haiyan tore across the Philippines with its brutal winds and storm surges leaving more than 7,000 peopl...

The Day California Burned

The chilling account of the 2018 megafire that swept through northern California, containing moving interviews with the firemen, police and survivo...

01: Waiting for the Rains | Wonders of the Monsoon

From India to Australia, all life awaits the transforming power of the monsoon rains.

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...

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...

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 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...

Tornadoes and Lightning | Wild Weather

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

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 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...

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...

Heat in the UK | Wild Weather

An exploration of Britain's highest temperatures in Cheltenham.

Jet Stream | Wild Weather

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