Britain Rules the Waves

Britain Rules the Waves

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Introducing Rare Earth

Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment. 

Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

Steve Backshall lives in a new build house which is very energy efficient and almost totally off-grid. However, achieving this has been extremely time consuming, expensive and pretty stressful. For this episode of Costing the Earth, Steve explores why -- when the cost of heating ...  Show more

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