There are seven billion humans on Earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo Sapiens came to dominate the planet.
Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pol...
A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at th...
Geologist Dr Iain Stewart presents a series showing how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the h...
Australian host Steve Irwin and his wife Terri run a wildlife refuge. Their shared passion is educat...
Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects...
Revealing the extraordinary animals, astonishing landscapes and remarkable people who live alongside...
David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary seri...
BIWAK shows exciting adventure reports. Presenter Thorsten Kutschke takes you along on his adventure...
Narrated by former President Barack Obama, this stunning docuseries shines the spotlight on some of ...
This six part documentary draws attention to the most extraordinary — almost supernatural — accounts...
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-m...
The seven episodes explore North America: where civilization collides with untamed wilderness. Just ...
The tropical islands that lie between Asia and Australia are among the biologically richest on earth...
Nordic territories and their pristine wilderness have always nourished imagination and timeless tale...
Travel from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who pro...