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Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating seven extraordinary continents. Presented by Sir David Attenborough, we reveal how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there.

Australia is a beautiful land of beaches, mountains and open spaces, but it is also home to hostile bushland, giant predators and extreme weather.

In a quest to save Africa's most iconic species, what lessons learned from the rest of the world can we bring back to our ancestral homeland?

When two parents are arrested in a desperate search for a cure for their son's brain tumour, a new but dangerous medical discovery is brought to light. Bringing proton beam treatment to UK shores will take 250 million pounds. This documentary follows the NHS as they explore this supersized engineerning challenge.

This two part special explores how two of the most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe, thus changing the world.

This two part special explores how two of the most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe, thus changing the world.

Are there aliens in our backyard? We'll bring you to the seven places where scientists think alien life may be lurking.

South America, the most species-rich continent on Earth. From the volcanoes of the Andes to the world's largest rainforest, animals here must specialise to carve out a niche.

Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth.

From escaped cannibal convicts and bushrangers of early settlement through to modern day tuna cowboys, Australians have long chosen to venture out and take the road less travelled.

Asia: where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth.

Drones are transforming our world. We use them to deliver our medicines, clean our skyscrapers, and even fight fires. But there is a dark side to this airborne revolution, from a shocking rise in drone-plane near misses above our heads, to a sustained drone disruption at Gatwick - Britain's second largest airport - that ruined the Christmas plans of 140,000 people and cost millions.

Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with that comes an uncertain future.

Nothing says Australia quite like the outback, but what exactly is it, where does it even start, and why does it continue to capture our imagination?

Follow a team of scientists, journalists and undercover agents putting their lives on the line to save a species and bring a crime syndicate to justice.

Steve Backshall travels across the world to encounter the most charismatic supergiant animals and discovers the remarkable things that their size enables them to do.

Alex Prindiville and his engineers, Shane and Baruffo, get the call to make a luxury transporter capable of carrying supercars over any terrain.

Two ingenious engineers work on their biggest challenge yet - to create a Kahn inspired Jeep that's bigger and better than any that have gone before it.