Video Documentaries

Part 1 : Life Stream In the wild North Atlantic, massive whale pods, giant turtles and monstrous jellyfish ride the Gulf Stream, a huge ocean current that becomes a migration superhighway and helps warm northern Europe. Meanwhile, fishermen battle for survival in mountainous seas as they try to reap the current's natural fertility. Powerful currents, fierce hurricanes and undersea volcanoes make the Atlantic incredibly rich in life, but only if you can survive its challenges. In this landmark series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal depths. Narrator, Cillian Murphy reveals the amazing, surprising and resilient inhabitants of the Atlantic, both animals and people, as they pit themselves against the world's wildest ocean.

Yorkshireman Frank Wild was the unsung hero of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. He was Sir Ernest Shackleton's loyal companion - following him to the very ends of the earth.   The Polar adventurer immersed himself in the world of Antarctic exploration and was Shackleton's right hand man. Presenter Paul Rose talks to his biographer Angie Butler who describes the "little white voices" which drew him back time and time again to the world of polar exploration.   Frank W. from Skelton, North Yorkshire was the unsung hero of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Wild was Sir Ernest Shackleton's loyal companion and 'right-hand man', following him to the ends of the Earth. Presenter and polar explorer, Paul Rose, looks back at Frank Wild's Nimrod expedition to Antarctica with Shackleton. The trip ended when the team had to turn back after a super-human effort to reach the south pole. Early life Frank Wild was born in Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Ridi