BBC Earth

Wildfires ravage California, a tornado terrorises people trapped in a gas station, daredevils skydive over Antarctica, and a microburst causes chaos.

Gregg Wallace explores the Farrow & Ball factory in Dorset to learn how they produce up to 200,000 litres of paint and 10,000 metres of wallpaper a week. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey learns the art of hanging wallpaper at a DIY school.

Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of superglue. Some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space. Others form perfect spheres and escape from animal enemies by rolling. Where nutrients are washed away, plants turn into hunters of animals, laying traps and even counting to ensure their success.

Cameras focus on Austria's stunning Transalpine railway, which crosses the snowy peaks of the Tirol. The journey begins in the historic city of Graz and heads west through famous alpine beauty spots, including Zell am Zee.

Ben heads back to the stunning Saharan landscape of Morocco, where he first met Karen, an extraordinary artist who had turned her back on urban life to live in the middle of the desert. Ben learned how Karen had transformed her arid plot of desert into a stunning artist's retreat. They trekked into the sand dunes, built bamboo shelters and embraced Karen's life in her local Berber village.

Gregg Wallace explores the Farrow & Ball factory in Dorset to learn how they produce up to 200,000 litres of paint and 10,000 metres of wallpaper a week. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey learns the art of hanging wallpaper at a DIY school.

The changeover is underway in the Arctic, and Alaskans must prepare for the winter ahead.

Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of superglue. Some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space. Others form perfect spheres and escape from animal enemies by rolling. Where nutrients are washed away, plants turn into hunters of animals, laying traps and even counting to ensure their success.

Cameras focus on Austria's stunning Transalpine railway, which crosses the snowy peaks of the Tirol. The journey begins in the historic city of Graz and heads west through famous alpine beauty spots, including Zell am Zee.

Ben heads back to the stunning Saharan landscape of Morocco, where he first met Karen, an extraordinary artist who had turned her back on urban life to live in the middle of the desert. Ben learned how Karen had transformed her arid plot of desert into a stunning artist's retreat. They trekked into the sand dunes, built bamboo shelters and embraced Karen's life in her local Berber village.

Gregg Wallace explores the Farrow & Ball factory in Dorset to learn how they produce up to 200,000 litres of paint and 10,000 metres of wallpaper a week. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey learns the art of hanging wallpaper at a DIY school.

The changeover is underway in the Arctic, and Alaskans must prepare for the winter ahead.

The important and ultimately hopeful story of the future of the greatest wildlife continent on earth.

A new generation of spy creatures search the ocean for intelligent life and find ways of thinking that have to be seen to be believed. The most complex spy creature ever built films the owner of the largest brains on the planet - sperm whales. Spy Whale is the same size as a new-born whale calf and is equipped with an array of cameras.

Ben heads to northern England and stays with host Paul in Lincolnshire onboard his 30-year-old converted military truck. He discovers why Paul traded living in a house for life on the road.

The Alaskans look to the coming spring months as the Winter finally fades. In Kiwalik, the Hailstones begin their annual fur trapping expedition.

Simon Reeve journeys through the remote and little-visited northeast of the continent, from the tabletop mountain Mount Roraima in Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

Devastating floods trap residents in Australia, a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures and a destructive hail storm batters Texas.

The important and ultimately hopeful story of the future of the greatest wildlife continent on earth.

A new generation of spy creatures search the ocean for intelligent life and find ways of thinking that have to be seen to be believed. The most complex spy creature ever built films the owner of the largest brains on the planet - sperm whales. Spy Whale is the same size as a new-born whale calf and is equipped with an array of cameras.

Ben heads to northern England and stays with host Paul in Lincolnshire onboard his 30-year-old converted military truck. He discovers why Paul traded living in a house for life on the road.

The Alaskans look to the coming spring months as the Winter finally fades. In Kiwalik, the Hailstones begin their annual fur trapping expedition.

Simon Reeve journeys through the remote and little-visited northeast of the continent, from the tabletop mountain Mount Roraima in Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.