Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
39 Episodes 2014 - 2025
Episode 1
110 mins
Episode 2
115 mins
Episode 3
122 mins
Episode 4
110 mins
Episode 5
90 mins
Episode 6
122 mins
Episode 7
116 mins
Episode 8
114 mins
Episode 9
113 mins
Episode 10
113 mins
Episode 11
121 mins
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
116 mins
Episode 16
Episode 17
116 mins
Episode 18
Episode 19
112 mins
Martin and Lothar have remained infamous. From December 26 to 28, 1999, these two storms crossed Europe: Lothar first blew squalls of unprecedented power. The forests of France, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark still bear the scars. Martin arrived via Brittany and reached Alsace before hitting Switzerland, the French Riviera and northern Italy. Twenty years after these disastrous meteorological phenomena, Jamy looks back on the ways of understanding these natural disasters today. With more than 4,000 km of coastline, France remains very exposed to storms. Are we safe from another disaster of this magnitude? Are we well prepared? Global warming appears to increase the risk.
Episode 20
110 mins
France does not experience the harshest winters on the planet. They are enough however, certain years, to paralyze the streets. Coping with the bite of the cold is not very complicated, however. Jamy delves into the matter and shows how to dress, eat and get around when winter is unleashed. In Canada, he sleeps in a tent by -35°C, digs the ice of a lake to find water or builds an igloo. It also recounts the great cold spells that paralyzed France in the past. Eglantine, she learns to keep control at the wheel and "Dr Ice", swimming champion in icy waters, shows that not everyone is equal in the face of the cold.
Episode 21
114 mins
Heatwaves, drought: when our thermometer explodes. Jamy explores the human body's physical limits. In the baking temperatures of the Sahara, he is subjected to a battery of tests to understand the extent to which heat disturbs both our body and our intellectual capacity. Meanwhile Églantine measures the temperature variations that result from using different building materials.
Episode 22
109 mins
A word from our animals: Did you know that cats meow to imitate our language, that a dog can learn approximately a hundred words and that monkeys communicate as human babies do? Thanks to the latest technical advances and unique experiments, Églantine and Jamy take us on a fascinating linguistic voyage to the animal world.
Episode 23
110 mins
Global warming: how to protect our mountains? From avalanches in winter to torrential mudslides in summer, what are the consequences of global warming for our mountains? What solutions could protect them? Jamy spent a year travelling the high massifs of France, with those who are trying to preserve them.
Episode 24
Episode 25
108 mins
When volcanoes explode . On Réunion Island, the Piton de la Fournaise is one of the world's most active volcanoes. In Nicaragua, volcanologists explore the Masaya Volcano, one of the few volcanoes with a lava lake. We also look back at one of the most deadly eruptions, that of Mount Pelée, Martinique, in 1902.
Episode 26
111 mins
Autumn 2020 in the Alpes-Maritimes: the Vésubie, Roya and Tinée valleys are devastated by a flash flood that ravages several municipalities. Result: 9 dead, 9 missing and 3,700 homeless. Nine months later, in northern Europe, floods cause the biggest natural disaster in recent decades in Germany, Austria and Belgium. They cause 220 deaths. In France, floods are the leading cause of natural disasters. One in four French people are exposed to this risk. Jamy Gourmaud and Eglantine Emeyé will travel across France and teach us the right behavior to adopt in the face of floods. Motorists are the first victims of flash floods.
Episode 27
106 mins
Animals, a family affair: Jamy and Églantine set out to explore the affective lives of animals. Do they have a sense of family? How do couples form? Do they have a maternal or paternal instinct? How is family life organised?
Episode 28
105 mins
Health, budget, environment: solutions on our plates. : What we put on our plates is a burning question: food production represents a quarter of our greenhouse gas emissions. Is our diet too rich? Do our fruits and vegetables contain pesticides? Should we eat less meat? Jamy gives us some solutions.
Episode 30
112 mins
Rising sea levels: how can we save our beaches? France has 5,800 kilometers of coastline, beaches taken over every summer by 30 million vacationers. The conquest of the coastline has been carried out at a rapid pace. In just a century, we have built hundreds of seaside resorts, ever closer to the water, without understanding the risks. Because beaches are not immutable. The sea retreats during ice ages and then rises again when the climate warms. And for the past 2,000 years, it has been advancing, eroding the shores a little more each year. Global warming, with rising sea levels, will accelerate this phenomenon. How can we cope?
Episode 31
109 mins
The final secrets of our brain: With some 86 billion interconnected neurones, the brain controls all our behaviours. Between today's frenetic consumption and ever-present screens, is our brain overheating? Can it tell the difference between what is virtual and what is real? Scientists explain the secrets of our little grey cells.
Episode 34
117 mins
Drought, heatwaves: will we run out of water this summer? Groundwater reserves are at their lowest and in certain French departments restrictions have already been place since last winter. How best to manage water supplies for the summer of 2023? From bathrooms to swimming pools, gardens to maize fields, Jamy's investigation takes him on a journey through France.
Episode 35
Episode 36
Episode 37
111 mins
Global warming: can the products from France's "terroirs" survive? Roussillon apricots, Tomme de Savoie cheese, Burgundy wine: how is global warming affecting France's traditional regional products? With increasingly regular droughts in the south of France and rapidly rising prices, an investigation into those who have already had to adapt to change, often over generations.
Episode 38
99 mins
Car, plane, climate: can we still travel? As transport is the leading contributor to global warming, will we still be able to travel? What solutions exist for our daily mobility? Jamy investigates an ongoing revolution.
Episode 39
99 mins
Plastic: How to Say Goodbye? Plastic is very useful, but it's urgent to get rid of it: each French person consumes 70 kg of it every year. On a national scale, that's over 5 million tons. And soon, it will outweigh fish in the oceans. Why is it indestructible?
Episode 40
97 mins
Climate Change: My House on the Front Line. There's danger at home. Floods, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires - Our homes are highly vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Jamy Gourmaud meets French citizens who are directly affected.
Episode 41
Episode 42