BBC Earth

Gregg Wallace is in Stoke on Trent, at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day. He follows the production of cherry bakewells, from the arrival of 27 tonnes of flour right through to dispatch. Along the way he learns what makes a shortcrust pastry `sh...

Exploring the remarkable railway line that reaches the far north tip of mainland Britain. The Far North Line travels from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland to Wick in Caithness county, with a daily ScotRail service.

Sue hunts waterfowl. Andy and Denise fight the river breakup. Ricko and his kids hunt geese. The Hailstones hunt small game.

Away from the busy resorts of Ibiza is a side of this popular Mediterranean island that the partying holidaymakers have no idea exists. Ben travels into the wild, untamed interior to live in an ecological commune founded by a former merchant sailor.

The fragile ecosystems that have grown around the worlds coral reefs. The reefs take hundreds of years to develop and are adorned with spectacularly colourful life. However, this is not always an idyllic tropical paradise: one big storm can threaten the entire community.

Gregg Wallace is in Stoke on Trent, at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day. He follows the production of cherry bakewells, from the arrival of 27 tonnes of flour right through to dispatch. Along the way he learns what makes a shortcrust pastry `sh...

The magnificent steam train Tornado is coupled with 13 luxury vintage carriages on a six-hour journey through Yorkshire to Northumbria and the Borders. Travelling in style from York to Edinburgh on a 200-mile historic trip.

Sue expands her garden, Andy and Denise hunt waterfowl, Ricko teaches his kids to hunt and the Hailstones go on an egg hunt.

Ben meets Micky and Trina Cofer, who along with their four children, left behind the comforts of America to become missionaries in the freezing tundra of Outer Mongolia. In temperatures of below minus 20, Ben builds his own ger to sleep in, uses a freezing outhouse, attempts ice-fishing, joins a ...

All over the world tides create opportunities for marine life. Giant stingrays glide on currents for a rest, the fastest snail of all surfs waves in pursuit of dinner, crabs play football on the beach, and dolphins play a game of catch.

Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day. He follows the production of water-resistant jackets from the arrival of 500 metre long rolls of undyed cotton through to dispatch. Along the way he sees the fabric dipped into baths of wax heated ...

A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say.

Jessie Holmes heads to the high country on the quest for food. Ricko DeWilde takes his children out on the open waters for a vital lesson in bush survival.

French-Canadian Julien lives in a remote Buddhist monastery in the jungle-mountains of Thailand. Ben learns how and why he stripped away all complications of a life for a primitive Eastern and religious existence, and how it affected his family.

A 19 year-old girl and her father go face-to-face with a fast-moving inferno as wildfires rip through Victoria, Australia. In the French Alps, two British skiers are engulfed by an avalanche. Amidst the searing Texan heat, a skydiving training session ends in disaster when there's a major mid-air...

Romesh Ranganathan explores Uganda, its people and culture, its past and its modern complexity, to find out whether Brits should add this this visually stunning, landlocked country the size of the UK to their holiday bucket list.

The magnificent steam train Tornado is coupled with 13 luxury vintage carriages on a six-hour journey through Yorkshire to Northumbria and the Borders. Travelling in style from York to Edinburgh on a 200-mile historic trip.

Jessie Holmes heads to the high country on the quest for food. Ricko DeWilde takes his children out on the open waters for a vital lesson in bush survival.

French-Canadian Julien lives in a remote Buddhist monastery in the jungle-mountains of Thailand. Ben learns how and why he stripped away all complications of a life for a primitive Eastern and religious existence, and how it affected his family.

A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say.

A 19 year-old girl and her father go face-to-face with a fast-moving inferno as wildfires rip through Victoria, Australia. In the French Alps, two British skiers are engulfed by an avalanche. Amidst the searing Texan heat, a skydiving training session ends in disaster when there's a major mid-air...

Jessie Holmes heads to the high country on the quest for food. Ricko DeWilde takes his children out on the open waters for a vital lesson in bush survival.

French-Canadian Julien lives in a remote Buddhist monastery in the jungle-mountains of Thailand. Ben learns how and why he stripped away all complications of a life for a primitive Eastern and religious existence, and how it affected his family.

Steve gets strangled by a python on a night-time river expedition, climbs a 40-metre tree and finds out why our thirst for palm oil is threatening bears and orangutans.