Young adventurers face the challenge of a lifetime - living deep in the Borneo jungle returning endangered orang-utans to the wild. Only eight of the sixteen contestants will get to go, so they must first face a few tests involving snakes and tarantulas.
After a week's intense training, the youngsters face their first night in the rainforest.
During survival training, the adventurers have to kill in order to have food.
Emotions run high as the team deal with biting spiders, marauding apes and their own fears.
Work on the orangutan project is hampered by scorpions, and homesickness is setting in.
The team are struggling to complete building their orangutan outpost.
Sixteen young adventurers compete to be part of a team trekking across the hostile Namibian desert, helping endangered black rhinos. To test their ability to cope with extreme conditions, the finalists confront their greatest fears, coming face to face with snakes and scorpions.
Freak rainstorms make the team's first night in the wild tougher than expected.
A chance to find out what's really going down in the desert, as the eight adventurers reveal all in their daily video diaries. Aimee and David are at loggerheads, and the spotlight falls on two of Perry's more unusual habits.
The team struggle to acclimatize to the heat, and a mountain trek almost leads to disaster.
A week of no washing starts to take its toll. And grub's up, as the team reflect on their survival-style lunch of local bugs.
The team have three days to build an enclosure for their camels.
The slaughter of a goat provokes strong feelings, and Chris explains why he feels he doesn't fit in with the team.
The team have a unique day helping dart white rhinos by helicopter. But morale plummets as the rhinos prove elusive and the blisters start appearing.
The strain shows as the great desert trek begins. Plus the 'wee' drinking exercise leaves a nasty taste.
With supplies getting low, time is running out for the team complete their mission.
Sixteen young adventurers compete to travel through the Canadian High Arctic to help endangered polar bears. The finalists spend a grueling weekend in the Scottish Highlands.
The thermometer drops to minus forty degrees as they face their first night in the wild, camping on the frozen sea.
Documentary finding out what's really going down in the Arctic, as the eight adventurers reveal all in their daily video diaries. In today's diaries the team share the horrors of life at minus forty degrees, and Lewis reveals his attraction for several female members of the expedition.
One lucky team member takes part in an aerial survey of rare whales.
The lowdown on sleeping in an igloo, and the strain of Arctic life leads to homesickness.
Tempers fray as the harshness of daily life in the Arctic starts to take its toll.
The expedition is hit by an Arctic blizzard, leaving the team stuck in their tent.
The adventurers fly by snow-plane onto a spectacular glacier.
Series following a group of children as they trek in the Amazon. The finalists confront their greatest fears, climbing up raging waterfalls and coming face to face with snakes and tarantulas.
The first night camping out in the heart of the rainforest proves much tougher than expected, and some adventurers reach breaking point.
Series following a group of children as they trek in the Amazon. Video diaries recorded by the young adventurers which offer a unique insight into their feelings about the expedition. The team share the horrors of the jungle toilet experience – and life among the tarantulas and mosquitoes.
Emergency survival training leads to serious arguments in the team as they are called on to slaughter some frogs.
There's a major row over slaughtering animals, and the strain of Amazon life leads to homesickness.
The team face a 20-mile journey by dug-out canoe to clear the river of illegal fishing nets which trap dolphins.
The pleasure and pain of travelling 20 miles by dug-out canoe, plus a scary encounter with one of the jungle's most lethal animals.
The team face a challenging final mission. They must build a breeding enclosure for endangered red uakari monkeys.
Team members give their views on attempts to heal a damaging split in the group, and reflect on a unique trip to visit a remote Amazon tribe.
Time is running out for the team to finish their huge monkey-breeding enclosure in the heart of the rainforest.
Sixteen finalists battle for one of eight places on the Serious Andes expedition. To test how they'd cope with the extreme adventure the finalists confront their greatest fears.
The adventurers struggle with the lack of oxygen as altitude training begins.
The video diaries of a group of children as they trek in the Andes. There are strong reactions to the slaughter of guinea pigs for supper; plus, the team let their hair down.
While building a huge bear enclosure, morale plummets as the icy rain lashes down.
Expect an emotional rollercoaster as the adventurers receive packages from home; plus, a dramatic confrontation.
Two lucky team members get a unique trip to help dart and collect the bears.
Video messages from parents cause embarrassment, and the team reveals who fancies who.
The team sees the heart-warming climax of a week of hard labor, as two endangered spectacled bears complete their journey to freedom.
In this episode, the team share their concerns about the attempt to climb to record heights.
The adventurers attempt to become the youngest team ever to climb Cotopaxi, one of the world's highest active volcanoes.
Behind the scenes in the making of Serious Andes.
Young adventurers go to extremes to help the planet. Sixteen finalists battle for one of eight places on the epic Serious Ocean expedition in a series of grueling auditions.
The Serious Ocean eight head to the icy waters at the southernmost tip of South America to begin their epic voyage of self-discovery. The young adventurers squabble constantly.
The adventurers explore the world below the waves, snorkeling and diving in freezing sub-Antarctic waters.
The explorers conduct a census of Magellanic penguins and get up close to Chile's only breeding colony of elephant seals.
The adventurers drop in on a rare colony of albatrosses and attach a satellite tag to a southern elephant seal pup.
The team kayak down a spectacular fjord to camp by a glacier. Charlotte takes a trip over the region by helicopter.
The adventurers head into open ocean for the first time in search of colonies of sea lions and fur seals. They camp in a cave where packages from home lead to an emotional night.
The young adventurers help scientists dart dolphins, and sail to the world's most southerly glacier outside Antarctica, which they survey to check on global warming.
Working in bitterly cold conditions, the Ocean Eight face a daunting environmental mission - carrying out a survey of one of the world's most southerly glaciers.
The explorers attempt to become one of the youngest teams in the world to sail around Cape Horn.
Seven young explorers relive the legend of Dr. David Livingstone. The epic expedition sets off down the tropical Tanzanian coast in the wake of the great Scottish explorer.
The explorers continue their journey down the stunning Tanzanian coast in a large Arab dhow.
The explorers travel to the remote Selous Game Reserve, learning the skills needed to survive in the African bush.
The explorers face a trek of more than 100 miles across the Mbarika mountains, where no expedition has gone before.
The moment of truth arrives as the leaders pick the three explorers who will trek across the Mbarika mountains.
Three adventurers continue their grueling quest to be the first team to cross Tanzania's remote Mbarika mountains.
Sixteen finalists battle for one of eight places on a unique expedition to South America in the footsteps of Sir Walter Raleigh.
The epic expedition sets sail from Trinidad and Tobago to South America in the wake of the Elizabethan adventurer.
The twelve-to-fourteen-year-old adventurers take on Mount Roraima, one of the natural wonders of the world.
Half of the team undertake a long horse ride in search of the legendary lost city of El Dorado.
Four of the explorers help herd 100 cattle on the plains of Guyana, before lassoing and branding calves.
The explorers head into Guyana's spectacular virgin rainforest for a week of intense jungle training, from paddling dug-out canoes to using bows and arrows. Several of the team are spooked by spiders and snakes, and in the hot, humid environment the adventurers have their first major bust-up.
The team's intense week of jungle training steps up a gear with lessons in emergency survival.
The team of twelve-to-fourteen-year-olds attempt to survive on their own in the rainforest for 24 hours.
The explorers undertake a marathon five-day journey by dug-out canoe down a remote jungle river.
The expedition builds to an astonishing climax, as the Serious Explorers reach the spectacular Kaieteur Falls.
Drawing on the comprehensive Serious archive, Ben Major and Polly Murray present invaluable tips for surviving the world's most remote and challenging environments.