Photographed by Frank Hurley and restored by the National Film and Television Archive, "South" records Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic but doomed 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica. This unique piece of history is also a visually stunning story of strength and survival.

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A mind boggling expose of what lurks in the salty wet stuff and, quite probably, the most comprehensive and beautifully filmed glimpse of our mysterious oceans that presently exists. find out more...

Seasonal Seas; the effects of the seasons on the world's temperate seas. Grey seals breed and the pups are marooned for weeks until they can swim. Spring heralds the bloom of phytoplankton, providing food for copepods, which, in turn, are prey to vast swarms of jellyfish. Giant kelp grows at a summer rate of a metre a day providing sanctuary for fish and sea otters. Late summer sees Pacific salmon waiting in the open sea, as the water level in their chosen river is too low, and falling prey to a find out more...

'Making Waves' is a 50 minute documentary about the making of The Blue Planet. find out more...

A ravishing journey across China; from the glittering peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe, the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands, through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold, to observe the mysterious, beautiful and rare creatures of this immense and environmentally diverse nation and the traditional customs of its different ethnic groups. find out more...