BBC Earth HD

Starting from one of the world's most remote cities, Walvis Bay, in Namibia, we roll 1,500 miles through the Kalahari desert to Pretoria, South Africa's Executive Capital.

Jon and his wife Lally brave extreme arctic conditions as they attempt to secure food.

Ben meets Janey, a vet, who took it upon herself to rescue and nurse back to health hundreds of dogs in Sri Lanka.

Tea ceremonies of the past inform present day rituals - including a breath-taking outdoor tea ceremony for 100 people on the banks of a river in Taiwan.

Two sisters try out the Sirtfood diet and Mayr Method, two mates give intermittent fasting a go, and two pals try the fitness challenge and Yoga diet. Plus: how we all respond differently to food.

Ben travels to Sweden to meet Annalisa, the Italian chose a life on the streets of Europe as a teenager, and now is developing a forest hideaway on the fringes of Swedish society for her and her toddler.

With temperatures on the rise, Alaskans must ensure their survival in the hostile Arctic.

The deadly Tsunami is fuelled by an off shore earthquake or underwater volcanic eruption.

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

Native Glaswegian Susan rejected retirement for a remote region of Africa, where she has set up both a school and a mountain-top restaurant.

As the warm season continues, Alaskans contend with the annual environmental changes that shift the daily struggles and rewards of their environment.

Leaving chic 21st century Nice behind, the Train des Pignes, or the 'Pine Cone Train', takes us back to the Provence of the past.

A lone monk is on his life's mission to recreate the tea cakes of famous sage Lu Yu from the early Tang Dynasty. In an austere nunnery near Wuhan, the nuns experience every stage of tea-making.

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

Starting a mile above sea level in Colorado's state capital Denver, our train, the Rocky Mountaineer makes its way through the state of Utah.

Jon and his brother Lee search a vast expanse of tundra.

Ben learns to oyster pick, brew beer, trade fish and dance with the locals with voluntary castaway Dave Glasheen on a remote Australian island.

A lone monk is on his life's mission to recreate the tea cakes of famous sage Lu Yu from the early Tang Dynasty. In an austere nunnery near Wuhan, the nuns experience every stage of tea-making.

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

Native Glaswegian Susan rejected retirement for a remote region of Africa, where she has set up both a school and a mountain-top restaurant.

As the warm season continues, Alaskans contend with the annual environmental changes that shift the daily struggles and rewards of their environment.

There are about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place on Planet Earth at any given time. Despite their exhilarating beauty, they can be deadly.

Ben learns grizzly bear protection and storm navigation with a couple who live in a Mongolian-style yurt in the Alaskan wilderness.

More stories of the brave and hardy people who live below zero in Northern Canada.

This episode looks at the impact of wildfires and the deadly infernos they cause. Wildfires show no signs of stopping and their inexorability on this planet is truly terrifying.

The excavation begins with the discovery of a large brick-built oven. It's a mystery as it is too big to be just for a private residence.

Dr. Rebeca Atencia releases the first two chimps to their new semi-wild existence on the sanctuary's new islands, then sets out to rescue an illegally kept pet.

Starting on the treacherous Tea Horse Road stretching from southern China into Tibet, India and beyond. We discover the healing wonder of matcha tea in an ancient Japanese temple.

The dig continues and the all-Italian team of archaeologists discover the remains of a horse harness. As they cannot find any remains of the horse they wonder if it managed to escape Pompeii as the eruption began.

Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons covered in volcanoes. He encounters alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice - eruptions so violent they reach into space.

Ben meets Jaimie, an eccentric inventor originally from Vermont who lives with his family on a group of islands he has bought off the coast of Panama.

The last few weeks of summer are upon Alaskans, bringing the need for hunting, fishing and harvesting bounty in the Arctic.

Looping around Andalucía, the luxury Al Andalus train takes in some of the most staggeringly beautiful cities in Spain.

Starting on the treacherous Tea Horse Road stretching from southern China into Tibet, India and beyond. We discover the healing wonder of matcha tea in an ancient Japanese temple.