The Building of the Earth (E01)

David Attenborough examines the colossal forces that shape the earth's surface and the ways in which animals and plants adapt to the changing conditions. In this first episode David Attenborough visits the deepest gorge in the world - the Kali Gandaki in Nepal; a fire fountain from an erupting volcano in Ireland; America's Yellowstone National Park and the depths of the Pacific. (BBC)