Simon Campbell-Jones

A monthly series of highly personal documentary films in which individuals are given a platform to discuss issues close to their heart.

The story of the evolution of tropical rain forests, their recent and rapid destruction, and the intense efforts of scientists to understand them even as they disappear. This film gives viewers a better appreciation of the importance of tropical rain forests on a global scale.

Hosted by historian John Roberts, the series focuses on the origins and evolution of Western civilization, and the transformative challenges and influence it has exerted on the rest of the world, including the socio-economic, political, and cultural movements that helped shape history.

Scientists travel through Myanmar visiting elephants and their handlers, Oozies, who log forests sustainably. With unique access to logging camps and villages, the scientists find out how the Asian elephant can be saved from extinction.

Scientists now know where each continent was in relation to the Poles at any given time. These developments have come from discoveries in paleomagnetism, oceanography and seismology, and they are affecting every earth science from geochemistry to earthquake engineering.