2024-08-18
Physics professor Brian Cox observes a total solar eclipse in India and the northern lights over Norway in the opener of this documentary series, which explores how the laws of physics shaped the wonders in the solar system.
Frozen South takes us to the most hostile ice world of all – Antarctica, an entire continent covered in snow and ice full of surprises. Here hardy animals cling around its coastal fringes.
Frozen Lands takes us back to the far North of the planet where we enter the largest land-habitat on Earth, home to great Boreal forests and the barren tundra. This vast wilderness is governed by its seasonal extremes.
Today Earth's frozen regions are undergoing unprecedented change. In Our Frozen Planet we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to documenting these changes and understanding their impact, not just on the lives of the animals and people who live there, but on the planet as a whole.
From the Poles to the highest mountain peaks, there are surprising frozen worlds found on every continent, home to unique and remarkable animals.
A look at the Mackenzie River Delta.
Explore the wild blue Caribbean waters of Cozumel, a lush paradise packed with marine surprises. from the spectacular Paso del Cedral coral reef to the world's longest subterranean underwater cave system, go where only the bravest divers dare venture.
Narrated by Bill Nighy, the show escapes on a magical voyage through the green heart of South-West France. The show travels by traditional boats down a once-vital highway. AA balloon ride is taken high over fairy-tale castles, which hide a turbulent past.
Part the waters using satellite imagery to see what lies beneath. Discover a lost-lost Turkish basilica, a church spire amid toxic sludge in Romania, a ship hull in the North Sea, and a shocking underwater find that rivals the Great Barrier Reef.
A look at the Mackenzie River Delta.
Gregg Wallace follows 27 tonnes of potatoes from a farm in Hampshire through the largest crisp factory on earth, as they are peeled, sliced and fried to make more than five million packets of crisps every 24 hours. Once the crisps are flavored, they are put into bags in a room with over 100 machines that can fill hundreds of thousands of bags every hour.
Gregg Wallace helps to unload 27 tonnes of dried haricot beans from North America and follows them on a one and a half mile journey through the largest baked bean factory in the world, which makes more than 3 million cans of beans every 24 hours. Gregg discovers how a laser scrutinizes every single bean and how the spice recipe for the sauce is a classified secret known only by two people.
Chris Packham explores one of the darkest periods in Earth's history: the worst mass extinction the planet has ever seen, when as much as 90% of all species died 252 million years ago. This extraordinary moment in Earth's history took life to the brink, wreaking havoc and destruction on an unprecedented scale. But, somehow, life found a way to bounce back, and a new geological era ushered in the a
Earth's terrifying journey into the deep freeze starts with fire, not ice. 800 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, before there was even animal life, the giant supercontinent Rodinia breaks up. Earth's vast powerful tectonic forces rip the land apart, kicking off a series of events that results in huge amounts of carbon dioxide being sucked from the atmosphere and sending glob
Chris Packham tells the miraculous story of how plant life turned Earth from a barren rock into a vibrant green world - a four-billion year saga of extraordinary highs and lows that almost wiped out all life on the planet. Beginning as a water world without land masses, a giant asteroid bombardment triggered Earth's plate tectonics, leading to huge fungi, soil and giant swamp forests. But the earl
When Earth first formed from clouds of dust and gas 4.6 billion years ago, it was - like so many other lifeless worlds in the universe - devoid of an atmosphere, an inhospitable rock floating in the black void of space. But as the young planet is pummelled by asteroids, a period of extraordinary upheaval begins.
Today, Earth is a human world, home to eight billion people and counting. Humans now have a greater effect in shaping Earth's surface than many natural processes. Chris Packham explores how dramatic twists in Earth's story enabled humans to go from being part of nature to controlling it and what can be learnt from this epic tale before it's too late.
Chris Packham explores one of the darkest periods in Earth's history: the worst mass extinction the planet has ever seen, when as much as 90% of all species died 252 million years ago. This extraordinary moment in Earth's history took life to the brink, wreaking havoc and destruction on an unprecedented scale. But, somehow, life found a way to bounce back, and a new geological era ushered in the a
Earth's terrifying journey into the deep freeze starts with fire, not ice. 800 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, before there was even animal life, the giant supercontinent Rodinia breaks up. Earth's vast powerful tectonic forces rip the land apart, kicking off a series of events that results in huge amounts of carbon dioxide being sucked from the atmosphere and sending glob
Earth's terrifying journey into the deep freeze starts with fire, not ice. 800 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, before there was even animal life, the giant supercontinent Rodinia breaks up. Earth's vast powerful tectonic forces rip the land apart, kicking off a series of events that results in huge amounts of carbon dioxide being sucked from the atmosphere and sending glob
The remarkable animal drama in fresh water, the lifeblood of the planet.
Scientists find evidence of a final catastrophe for Earth's dinosaurs at North Dakota's Badlands.
Earth's terrifying journey into the deep freeze starts with fire, not ice. 800 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, before there was even animal life, the giant supercontinent Rodinia breaks up. Earth's vast powerful tectonic forces rip the land apart, kicking off a series of events that results in huge amounts of carbon dioxide being sucked from the atmosphere and sending glob
The remarkable animal drama in fresh water, the lifeblood of the planet.