In June 1940, a long hot summer lay ahead as a battle for national survival was fought in the skies over Britain. The programme explores the phases of the Battle of Britain and how it came to an end.Dan Snow and Kate Humble present a three-part guide to the critical aerial battle that changed the course of the Second World War, featuring personal stories of pilots, ground crews...
When she was a child, Kate Humble wanted to be a nomad. Living in some of the world's most remote wildernesses, cheek by jowl with nature, seemed like such a wildly romantic existence.
Kate Humble joins a team of geologists at the Vanuatu archipelago to investigate some of the most active volcanoes in the world - and to predict if another major eruption might be imminent.
如果你认为电视已经覆盖了整个星球的话，那么关上电视，加入到亚马逊雨林中没有电视的冒险生活环境，在遮天闭日的大雨中穿梭。但是这不能阻止Kate Humble和她的朋友。乘坐一条好象密西西比河上的明轮船（浅底、吃水很浅的船）的那种，他们启程去征服亚马逊幽灵般的野外生活。所有其他动物(从名字上)在这里看起来都很“巨大”：黄貂鱼，水獭，海棉，最糟糕的是威力巨大的拈鱼，着名的"jau"，许多生物都是首次上镜。
第一部分
食人鱼的水域表面上看好象很平静，但是意想不到的东西随时发生。同时在沿途我们惊讶的看见一些特殊的景象
第二部分
队伍已经开始寻求找到谈论的鱼，它是candiru一种声名狼籍的人体寄生鲶鱼。Kate带头深入丛林去拍摄希有的淡水海豚和追捕到难捉摸的大水獭
第三部分
Mike和他的队伍对抗装甲的鲶鱼，他们在河床上发现一个45米深...
BBC1 three-part series examining the mysteries of St Kilda in Scotland's Outer Hebrides - the only British World Heritage Site nominated for both its extraordinary history and its wildlife.
The archipelago of St Kilda, the remotest part of the British Isles, lies 41 miles (66 kilometres) west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.
Its islands with their exceptional cliffs a...
In this enthralling series, a team of intrepid scientists venture into the heart of two of the most explosive volcanoes on the planet, situated on the island chain of Vanuatu. They must collect rock samples and monitor the noxious gases emitted from the craters, in order to assess the current threat these volatile behemoths pose to the communities who live in their shadow. Moun...
It 2010, the ash cloud from an unpronounceable Icelandic volcano brought Europe to a standstill. In this Volcano Live special, Kate Humble heads for the source of the ash to ask whether we should now be preparing for more of the same.
On her journey Kate meets the scientists monitoring the country's most dangerous volcanoes, and investigates the biggest eruptions in Iceland's p...
After the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, her sister ship, the Britannic, ultimately suffered the fate. The Britannic sank in 1916 due to an explosion caused by an underwater mine.
In the wake of the Titanic disaster, Britannic was re-engineered to be even stronger. And yet she sank in just 55 minutes - three times faster than Titanic. It's one of Britain's greatest untol...
90 million miles away from us is the power that shapes our world - the Sun. We see it shine in the sky above us, but beyond our sight something dramatic is happening - the Sun is going into overdrive.
It's more active now that it's been for a decade, sending eruptions of super-heated plasma and vast waves of radiation towards our planet. With the potential to disrupt our lives ...
