BBC Earth HD

Michael examines 180 years of royal fascination with the railways, going all the way back to King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913.

Ben travels to Northumberland where he meets Kezz and Nathalie Petronelli-Stone. Their off-grid and environmentally sensitive approach to life means they don't even have a telly.

Sue collects firewood. Ricko and his son Skyler go beaver trapping. Jessie explores his newly purchased land. The Hailstones move up river.

Ben returns to New Zealand to visit the Long family, who live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle on the country's South Island that's two days' hike from the nearest road.

Becky braves sub-zero temperatures to fish a remote, frozen lake.

Starting in Alexandria, Alice searches for Cleopatra, discovers how the Romans and the Greeks reacted to the treasures of Ancient Egypt, and learns how a slave became a sultan and built his own caste.

Bettany heads to Santorini, the site of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history, before heading over to Naxos and then Siphos.

Ben travels to Northumberland where he meets Kezz and Nathalie Petronelli-Stone. Their off-grid and environmentally sensitive approach to life means they don't even have a telly.

Sue collects firewood. Ricko and his son Skyler go beaver trapping. Jessie explores his newly purchased land. The Hailstones move up river.

Ben returns to New Zealand to visit the Long family, who live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle on the country's South Island that's two days' hike from the nearest road.

Becky braves sub-zero temperatures to fish a remote, frozen lake.

Starting in Alexandria, Alice searches for Cleopatra, discovers how the Romans and the Greeks reacted to the treasures of Ancient Egypt, and learns how a slave became a sultan and built his own caste.

Bettany heads to Santorini, the site of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history, before heading over to Naxos and then Siphos.

Ben travels to Northumberland where he meets Kezz and Nathalie Petronelli-Stone. Their off-grid and environmentally sensitive approach to life means they don't even have a telly.

Michael examines 180 years of royal fascination with the railways, going all the way back to King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913.

The Alaskans embrace change as winter loosens its icy grip on the Arctic.

Ben visits snowboarding legend Mike Basich, who left professional sport to reconnect with nature in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Bettany heads to Santorini, the site of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history, before heading over to Naxos and then Siphos.

Ben travels to Northumberland where he meets Kezz and Nathalie Petronelli-Stone. Their off-grid and environmentally sensitive approach to life means they don't even have a telly.

Ben returns to New Zealand to visit the Long family, who live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle on the country's South Island that's two days' hike from the nearest road.

Becky braves sub-zero temperatures to fish a remote, frozen lake.

Devastating floods trap residents in Australia, a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures and a destructive hail storm batters Texas.

Ben Fogle meets Rhona Mitra who has swapped her home in Hollywood for a remote farmhouse in Uruguay.

Lessons are learned and personal battles are fought by Alaskans enduring winter's descent. Chip and Agnes hailstone dig their boat out of the ice and Ricko Dewilde takes his two daughters on a hunt.

A volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys a neighbourhood, and good Samaritans rescue residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

In Bodrum, Bettany gains unprecedented access to the tomb of a 4th century BCE dynasty leader. And she investigates exciting new developments at the world-famous site of Troy.

In the Savannah the crew witness lizards stealing flies from lions faces and vast dinosaur-like birds who stalk catfish through huge wetlands.

Arriving just as a sea storm hits, Bettany is lucky to reach Crete. She travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Knossos.

Starting in Alexandria, Alice searches for Cleopatra, discovers how the Romans and the Greeks reacted to the treasures of Ancient Egypt, and learns how a slave became a sultan and built his own caste.

Bettany uncovers a society which grew rich by selling copper, and visits the crowning glory of Bronze Age Oman.

Dara tells the story of how the first photograph of the far side of the moon left scientists baffled. And he tries a virtual reality headset to takes his very own giant leap on the 'moon's' surface.

Ben Fogle reunites with a man living in the swamplands of Georgia, who has experienced a life-changing accident in the six years since they first met.

Kim and Pierre's trapping season is complicated by a troublesome local resident.

Alice arrives in Cairo by train with a book she first read as a youth: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. Alice follows Edwards' footsteps to the Great Pyramids.

Arriving just as a sea storm hits, Bettany is lucky to reach Crete. She travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Knossos.

Bettany uncovers a society which grew rich by selling copper, and visits the crowning glory of Bronze Age Oman.

Dara tells the story of how the first photograph of the far side of the moon left scientists baffled. And he tries a virtual reality headset to takes his very own giant leap on the 'moon's' surface.

Ben Fogle reunites with a man living in the swamplands of Georgia, who has experienced a life-changing accident in the six years since they first met.

Kim and Pierre's trapping season is complicated by a troublesome local resident.

Alice arrives in Cairo by train with a book she first read as a youth: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. Alice follows Edwards' footsteps to the Great Pyramids.

Arriving just as a sea storm hits, Bettany is lucky to reach Crete. She travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Knossos.

Bettany uncovers a society which grew rich by selling copper, and visits the crowning glory of Bronze Age Oman.

Starting in Alexandria, Alice searches for Cleopatra, discovers how the Romans and the Greeks reacted to the treasures of Ancient Egypt, and learns how a slave became a sultan and built his own caste.

Lessons are learned and personal battles are fought by Alaskans enduring winter's descent. Chip and Agnes hailstone dig their boat out of the ice and Ricko Dewilde takes his two daughters on a hunt.

Ben Fogle meets Rhona Mitra who has swapped her home in Hollywood for a remote farmhouse in Uruguay.

Arriving just as a sea storm hits, Bettany is lucky to reach Crete. She travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Knossos.

Bettany uncovers a society which grew rich by selling copper, and visits the crowning glory of Bronze Age Oman.

Ben Fogle reunites with a man living in the swamplands of Georgia, who has experienced a life-changing accident in the six years since they first met.

Kim and Pierre's trapping season is complicated by a troublesome local resident.

A volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys a neighbourhood, and good Samaritans rescue residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

Ben heads to Australia where he meets Bette, who lives alone in a ramshackle property in northern Queensland. Fogle quickly becomes acquainted with her no-nonsense attitude.

The end of winter has arrived, and Alaskans venture out in search of survival necessities.

Bettany uncovers a society which grew rich by selling copper, and visits the crowning glory of Bronze Age Oman.

Bettany enjoys the breath-taking journey through the Tamil Nadu hills, between Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam (Ooty).

In the Congo, ingenious chimpanzees steal honey from hard-working sweat bees by engineering a large stick to smash open the nest.

Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.

Alice arrives in Cairo by train with a book she first read as a youth: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. Alice follows Edwards' footsteps to the Great Pyramids.

Martin explores the Philippines, from Manila's jeepneys to remote tribal burials.

Reza explores the possibility of human habitation in an impenetrable canyon system in Oman.

Ben reunites with a couple living off the coast of Australia, and discovers the logistical nightmares they overcome to make a home for themselves on a desert island.

Pike Mike tries to improvise a new source of bush power.

Alice takes the train to Luxor to see Tutankhamun's tomb and his mummified body in the Valley of the Kings. She also takes a walk along the Avenue of the Sphinxes.

Bettany arrives in the Peloponnese, home to some of ancient Greece's most legendary kings and vicious warriors.