In Up Close With an Airport Fire Engine, presenter and motorbike racer Grace looks at an airport fire engine, which is designed to put out fires at airports. The engine is much larger than a normal fire engine. Grace puts out a fire with the large hose on top of the engine. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In Fire in the Great Plains, narrator Sir David Attenborough examines what happens in the Great Plains when there’s a fire. Gazelles can outrun the flames and burnt grass can repair and regrow. This video is excerpted from BBC's Planet Earth, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In How to Walk on Coals and Not Get Burned, host Greg Foot explores the chemical reactions that create fire, and the qualities of fire when it comes into contact with water that make it possible to walk across coals and not get burned. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Secrets of Everything, in which daredevil science geek Greg Foot is ready to try anything to get the answers to life’s weirdest questions.
In A Night in the Untamed Congo, host Simon Reeve and his guide, Addams, journey into the Congo Basin, one of the most unexplored places on Earth. After traveling by boat, they trek through the rainforest, facing swampy terrain and the challenges of the wild. As night falls, they set up camp and make a fire for safety, knowing the forest’s predators are afraid of it. Addams shares how the Baka people, who live here year-round, thrive in harmony with the forest, showing how different their survival skills are from outsiders. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.
In Hunting and Camping in the Kalahari, host Simon Reeve camps with the San people in the Kalahari, learning their survival skills. As night falls, he tries his hand at making fire with sticks, a skill the San men have mastered. Around the campfire, one man explains how coffee helps him stay alert to listen for predators like lions, sharing a gripping story of waking up to a pride nearby. He reflects on the courage it takes to hunt, reminding Simon that providing for family is worth the risks. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.
In How Controlled Burns Can Prevent Fire, conservationists use prescribed fires to prevent the spread of wildfires and to maintain a healthy forest. This video is excerpted from BBC's Natural World Florida: America's Animal Paradise, a series displaying Florida’s diverse wildlife and its resilience against increasing environmental threats.
In The Go Jetters Explore Iceland, The Land of Ice and Fire, the Go Jetters crew heads to see the amazing Strokkur Geyser! Even though Iceland is icy, it has fiery volcanoes and super-hot magma under the ground that heats water until it bursts into the air as a geyser. The Strokkur Geyser shoots water as high as ten elephants stacked up, and people from all over the world come to see it! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In The Industrious Insects of the Grasslands, narrator Sir David Attenborough explains that around the world, over one-third of the grass that grows will be harvested by insects. Grass cutter ants harvest grass to feed underground fungus that they feed upon. Termites can digest grass, and they in turn become food for the giant anteater. After a prairie fire, termites and anteaters must wait for living roots to regenerate grass. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Planet Earth II, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In The Gopher Tortoise, Hero of the Apalachicola Forest, the dry and sandy conditions of the Florida Panhandle make it susceptible to lightning strikes and forest fires. Fortunately, there is one remarkable creature that has helped hundreds of other species survive the flames. This video is excerpted from BBC's Natural World Florida: America's Animal Paradise, a series displaying Florida’s diverse wildlife and its resilience against increasing environmental threats.
In A Rancher’s Perspective on Patagonia, host Simon Reeve meets Taibo, a gaucho in Patagonia who shares how climate change has affected the region, with late winters, less snow, and drier conditions that make life harder for animals and ranchers. Taibo explains how since 2000, rainfall has dropped and forest fires and droughts have increased, showing how the global climate crisis is impacting even the most remote places on Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.
In Up Close With an Airport Fire Engine, presenter and motorbike racer Grace looks at an airport fire engine, which is designed to put out fires at airports. The engine is much larger than a normal fire engine. Grace puts out a fire with the large hose on top of the engine. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In Fire in the Great Plains, narrator Sir David Attenborough examines what happens in the Great Plains when there’s a fire. Gazelles can outrun the flames and burnt grass can repair and regrow. This video is excerpted from BBC's Planet Earth, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In How to Walk on Coals and Not Get Burned, host Greg Foot explores the chemical reactions that create fire, and the qualities of fire when it comes into contact with water that make it possible to walk across coals and not get burned. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Secrets of Everything, in which daredevil science geek Greg Foot is ready to try anything to get the answers to life’s weirdest questions.
In A Night in the Untamed Congo, host Simon Reeve and his guide, Addams, journey into the Congo Basin, one of the most unexplored places on Earth. After traveling by boat, they trek through the rainforest, facing swampy terrain and the challenges of the wild. As night falls, they set up camp and make a fire for safety, knowing the forest’s predators are afraid of it. Addams shares how the Baka people, who live here year-round, thrive in harmony with the forest, showing how different their survival skills are from outsiders. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.
In Hunting and Camping in the Kalahari, host Simon Reeve camps with the San people in the Kalahari, learning their survival skills. As night falls, he tries his hand at making fire with sticks, a skill the San men have mastered. Around the campfire, one man explains how coffee helps him stay alert to listen for predators like lions, sharing a gripping story of waking up to a pride nearby. He reflects on the courage it takes to hunt, reminding Simon that providing for family is worth the risks. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.
In How Controlled Burns Can Prevent Fire, conservationists use prescribed fires to prevent the spread of wildfires and to maintain a healthy forest. This video is excerpted from BBC's Natural World Florida: America's Animal Paradise, a series displaying Florida’s diverse wildlife and its resilience against increasing environmental threats.
In The Go Jetters Explore Iceland, The Land of Ice and Fire, the Go Jetters crew heads to see the amazing Strokkur Geyser! Even though Iceland is icy, it has fiery volcanoes and super-hot magma under the ground that heats water until it bursts into the air as a geyser. The Strokkur Geyser shoots water as high as ten elephants stacked up, and people from all over the world come to see it! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In The Industrious Insects of the Grasslands, narrator Sir David Attenborough explains that around the world, over one-third of the grass that grows will be harvested by insects. Grass cutter ants harvest grass to feed underground fungus that they feed upon. Termites can digest grass, and they in turn become food for the giant anteater. After a prairie fire, termites and anteaters must wait for living roots to regenerate grass. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Planet Earth II, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In The Gopher Tortoise, Hero of the Apalachicola Forest, the dry and sandy conditions of the Florida Panhandle make it susceptible to lightning strikes and forest fires. Fortunately, there is one remarkable creature that has helped hundreds of other species survive the flames. This video is excerpted from BBC's Natural World Florida: America's Animal Paradise, a series displaying Florida’s diverse wildlife and its resilience against increasing environmental threats.
In A Rancher’s Perspective on Patagonia, host Simon Reeve meets Taibo, a gaucho in Patagonia who shares how climate change has affected the region, with late winters, less snow, and drier conditions that make life harder for animals and ranchers. Taibo explains how since 2000, rainfall has dropped and forest fires and droughts have increased, showing how the global climate crisis is impacting even the most remote places on Earth. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Wilderness With Simon Reeve, an epic adventure into the heart of Earth’s last great wild areas, where nature is at its most beautiful and fragile.