Series looking at places where nature is visible at its most primal, most powerful and most extraordinarily beautiful. Show more
In many of the earth's natural wonders, animals can be a threat to the people who live there or they can provide a means of survival. Show more
Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a focus for military conflict. Show more
Iain Stewart visits places that gave birth to the earth's oil riches, discovers the people who fought over its control and explores how the need for oil is changing the planet. Show more
The Stuarts in Exile
Episode 1
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
First of a two-part documentary in which Dr Clare Jackson tells the story of the exiled Stuarts and of the threat the Jacobites posed to the embryonic British state. Show more
Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth
Episode 1: Cutty Sark
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for years
Documentary series in which David Hayman explores the stories of four ships built on the river Clyde. This first programme features the story of the Cutty Sark. Show more
Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth
Episode 2: CS Mackay-Bennett
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for years
Series exploring four ships built on the river Clyde. David Hayman tells the story of CS Mackay-Bennett, a cable repair ship launched in 1884. Show more
Planet Oil
How Oil Made Us
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America
Professor Iain Stewart visits the places that gave birth to the Earth's oil riches, and explores how our insatiable thirst for oil is changing the very planet on which we depend. Show more
Planet Oil
The Carbon Wars
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America
In the second episode of Planet Oil, Professor Iain Stewart recalls the race to find alternative supplies of oil in the shallow, turbulent waters there and in America's Gulf coast. Show more
In some natural wonders, people push themselves to the limit to survive. Survival requires skill, ingenuity and bravery. Show more
City in the Sky
Episode 2: Airborne
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD
Dallas Campbell and Dr Hannah Fry explore how people are kept safe between take-off and landing. Dallas learns how pilots find their way across the sky at night. Show more
Richard Fortey explores the strange and surprising science of fungi, unlocking the story of their evolution, their mysterious life cycle and their value to both the planet and us. Show more
City in the Sky
Episode 3: Arrival
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD
Science broadcaster Dallas Campbell and Dr Hannah Fry explore just what it takes to bring the citizens of the sky back to the ground. Show more
City in the Sky
Episode 1: Departure
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
Dallas Campbell and Hannah Fry investigate what it takes to get a million people and their luggage up in the air. In this episode, they look at the story of departure. Show more