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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Episode 2 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

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

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

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

Slums | Welcome to Lagos

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

Episode 1 | Welcome to India

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

02: Revolutionary Paris | Filthy Cities

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

03: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

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

Episode 2 | Welcome to Lagos

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

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...

01: 24 Hour Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr goes on a journey through a day in the life of Britain as seen from the skies.

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.

Rubbish Heap | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the Olusosun rubbis...

01: Lagos | Slum Survivors

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

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...

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...

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

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

Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

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

Surviving Haiti | This World

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

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...

Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon

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

Supervolcano

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

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...

Coastal Erosion | From Above

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

Pompeii: The Last Day

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

Boxing Day Tsunami | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart explains what caused the Boxing Day Tsunami and discusses its devastating impact.

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...

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...

04: Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

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

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 Bodies | Pompeii: The New Dig

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

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.

Highland Boundary Fault Line | The Great British Countryside

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

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...

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.

Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama

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

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...

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: 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...

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: 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...

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.

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...

Typhoon Haiyan | Review

Features the chaos and suffering caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

02: Savannah | Africa

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

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...

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...

05: Mountains - Life in Thin Air | Human Planet

Film exploring the ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes where nature becomes utterly unforgiving, from lush clou...

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.

S02E01: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II

From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Africa's ...

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.

03: Alaska | Arctic with Bruce Parry

Bruce travels to Alaska, America's last great wilderness, where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas.

06: Our Frozen Planet | Frozen Planet II

Our frozen planet is changing. We meet the scientists dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean for animals, p...

Sand dunes | Countryfile

Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.

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,...

Asia | Seven Worlds, One Planet

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

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

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

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

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

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

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

Captain Phillips (2013)

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

02: War | Welcome to Rio

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

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 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...

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...

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 ...

Slums | Welcome to Lagos

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

Clothes to Die For | This World

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

Episode 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...

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

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 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...

Breadline Kids

Sobering documentary following families in Dumfries, Glenrothes, Glasgow and Aberdeen who are struggling to make ends meet.

01: Gems | Blood, Sweat and Luxuries

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

Rubbish Heap | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the Olusosun rubbis...

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.

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 | 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...

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 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

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

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

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

Episode 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 | 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...

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.

04: Wind | Powering Britain

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

Episode 1 | 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...

Svalbard | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

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

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 ...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Highland Boundary Fault Line | The Great British Countryside

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

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

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

Geology of the Yorkshire Dales | The Great British Countryside

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

Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland's Landscape

An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.

01: Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles

David Attenborough celebrates the rich variety of habitats in our wild isles, the existence of which is critical for the survival of spec...

Yorkshire coast | The Great British Countryside

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

Malham Cove | The Great British Countryside

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

Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile

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

National Parks | Countryfile

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

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.

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 ...

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...

02: Woodland | Wild Isles

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

Hardraw Force | The Great British Countryside

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

04: Our Climate | Landmarks

Children in a North Yorkshire village explore the weather patterns that make up their changeable climate, and discover how their climate was diff...

03: Autumn and Winter - Against All Odds | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. How animals must e...

The Causeway Coast | Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes

Journeying along Northern Ireland's wonderful Causeway Coast, from the soaring heights of Mount Binevenagh down the ...

Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary

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

Drowning in Plastic

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

Episode 1 | War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

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

Life on the Edge

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

Coastal Erosion | The Geography Programme

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

Holderness coastline | Primary Geography

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

Holderness coastline | Countryfile

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

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.

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...

Shorts: Coastal Erosion | Coast

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

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...

Sand dunes | Countryfile

Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.

01: Coastal Erosion | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

A Changing Geography | Coast

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

S08E05: The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs | Coast

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

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...

02: Coastal Deposition | Geography in Animation

Series exploring key processes in physical geography.

Coast | World Physical

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

Torcross sea defence plan | Spotlight

Residents in Torcross, Devon, say they have celebrated with joy and relief after £19.8m was awarded to repair sea defences and protect ...

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.

03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet

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

03: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History

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

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.

How glaciers form | Earth: The Power of the Planet

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

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...

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...

S01E01 | The Mountain

Cairngorm is at the heart of Scotland's greatest winter wilderness. As the first storms of the winter blow in, the ski patrol is working hard to get th...

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

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

Ice | World Physical

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

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.

03: Winter | Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom

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

S01E02 | The Mountain

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

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...

Winter in Antarctica | Seven Worlds, One Planet

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

The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic | Natural World

Documentary looking at the neglected aspect of the Titanic story - the iceberg. Where did it come from, and what was it doi...

01: Extreme Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

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

04: Islands Apart | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. When the Ice Age ended and the s...

Glacier moving | The Secret Life of Ice

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

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...

Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

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

01: The City of the Future | Reggie in China

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

Episode 1 | 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...

03: Globalisation | World 2000

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

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...

Apple's Broken Promises | Panorama

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

Episode 1 | 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 ...

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...

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...

North Korea Undercover | Panorama

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

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’, ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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.

India's Supersize Kids | This World

Investigating the obesity epidemic engulfing India's growing middle class. Anita Rani travels to Mumbai to meet some of India's overweigh...

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.

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 ...

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?

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

S01E01 | Exodus: Our Journey

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

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...

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...

01: Population | World 2000

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Population growth prediction | This World

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

Xiao Di and Jiang Fen Gui | China Stories

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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, ...

The water cycle | How Earth Made Us

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

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 ...

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...

River Landscape | The Geography Programme

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

What causes flooding? | Bang Goes the Theory

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

River Landscapes: Part 2 | Physical Environments

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

S02E01: Zambezi | Earth's Great Rivers II

From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Africa's ...

Storm Desmond 2015 | Victoria Derbyshire

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

Bostcastle floods | Spotlight

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

River Severn | World Physical

A feature on the River Severn.

The River Leven through Time | Countryfile

Anita Rani and Joe Crowley explore the River Leven, which flows through Fife, uncovering how this once-hardworking industrial rive...

01: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

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

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...

Rivers | World Physical

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

The Amazon Basin | Earth's Great Rivers

In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sediments a...

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

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

02: War | Welcome to Rio

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

03: Ingenuity | Welcome to Rio

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

Rural to Urban Migration | Welcome to Lagos

Migration from rural environments to the Lagos slums.

The Megacity Project | Welcome to Lagos

Mapping Crime

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

Riverford organic food | Rick Stein's Food Stories

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

Slum Clearance | Welcome to Lagos

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

Lasting impacts of the Vietnam War | This World

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

01: KS2 | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

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

Episode 3 | Welcome to Lagos

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

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 ...

03: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above

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

Episode 1 | Who Owns Scotland?

Martin Geissler travels to towns and cities across Scotland to discover where responsibility lies – or should lie – when it comes to owning ur...

01: Extreme Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

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

02: Vast Wonders | Earth's Natural Wonders

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

Sustainable farm policies | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We discuss the Welsh Government's proposed sustainable policies for Welsh farmers.

2023: Episode 6 | Landward

Dougie's visiting Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairngorms to see how this vast landscape is regenerating for the future. Meanwhile, Cammy sets out to m...

Episode 3 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve comes to the end of his travels through the Lake District and Cumbria, exploring the rugged coast of Cumbria and learning ...

The coffee industry in Vietnam | This World

Simon Reeve visits a coffee farm in Vietnam.

Surviving Haiti | This World

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

04: India | Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

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

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 ...

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...

01: Africa | Equator

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

Episode 1 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

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

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...

Episode 3 | Russia with Simon Reeve

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

01: Honshu | Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

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

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...

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...

01: Bath | Hart-Davis on History

Adam Hart-Davis explores Roman Bath, and Jayne Constantinis tries Georgian dancing.

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

Series looking at Brazil from a geography perspective.

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 ...

Tourism and the Truth: Kenya | Stacey Dooley

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

S01E02: Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti head to the Andean Cloud Forest of Ecuador to work at Mashpi Lodge, a $1...

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...

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...

S04E05: Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti visit an extraordinary hotel built where people usually struggle t...

Episode 2 | The Lakes with Simon Reeve

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

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.

S06E05: Datai Langkawi, Malaysia | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Rob and Monica travel to the Malaysian rainforest to work at the Datai Langkawi hotel, where monkeys...

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...

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...

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...

06: Runways | World's Most Extreme

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational runways.

S02E03: Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

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

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

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

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...

Brighton | Sea Cities

The Brighton summer season is crucial for the tourist trade so when the crowds arrive for a blistering bank holiday, the seafront management team and l...

Surfing's Dirty Secrets

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

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.

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...

Introduction to the UK | Zig Zag

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

Geography - Human | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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

Geography - Global Issues | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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

Symbols on a map | Get Lost

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

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.

Using a map and a compass | Get Lost

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

Map reading skills | Get Lost

Three sixteen year olds navigate a route in West Yorkshire.

GPS tracker | Get Lost

How to locate GPS coordinates on a map.

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...

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.

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...

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...

03: Brave New World | Pandemic 2020

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

01: The Shock of the New | Pandemic 2020

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

Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola | This World

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

The Mystery of Anthrax Island

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

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...