Britain from Above with Andrew Marr Britain from Above (BBC1) Geology expert in Episode 3 of Andrew Marr’s BBC1 series We took a pair of microlites over the Great Glen Fault and looked at the geology and landscape from above. Great to meet Andrew Marr and to fly in a modified washing machine [...]
Hottest Place on Earth
Martin Abel2016-11-09T12:38:20+00:00Afar Desert - The Hottest Place on Earth Hottest Place on Earth (BBC1, BBC World Wide, Discovery) 2x 1 hour BBC1, 3x 1hour BBC Worldwide, 1x 1hour Discovery Channel Co-presenter on Popular science expedition to see the volcanoes and people of the AFAR region in Ethiopia alongside Kate Humble, Steve Leonard and [...]
Super Continents – National Geographic
Martin Abel2016-11-09T12:01:50+00:00Super Continents - National Geographic Supercontinents (National Geographic) 2x 1hour 2010. On screen Earth Sciences Presenter including Vesuvius, Stromboli, Super-volcanoes and plate tectonics. Produced by NATURAL HISTORY NEW ZEALAND (Director – Mike Ibeji)
Birth of Britain
Martin Abel2017-02-11T12:03:42+00:00Birth of Britain with Tony Robinson Birth of Britain (Channel 4/Nat.Geo.UK) Volcano expert on ‘Volcanic Britain’ episode of Tony Robinson’s series 2010. Produced by PIONEER PRODUCTIONS (Director - William Hicklin) Never knew that Britain had such a volcanic history. Have been up Snowdon twice not knowing what lay beneath the surface [...]
The One Show
Martin Abel2016-11-09T11:52:16+00:00The One Show - Volcanic Crisis in Iceland The One Show (BBC1) Two Live appearances as ‘Dr Volcano’ reporting about volcanic crisis in Iceland. When a volcano erupts and shuts off the whole of Europe’s air space, who ya gonna call? Well I got the call up as the One Shows ‘Dr Volcano’ to [...]
The Birth of Europe
Martin Abel2016-11-09T11:48:42+00:00The Birth of Europe (National Geographic) BIRTH OF EUROPE (National Geographic) On screen earth scientist for water episode This was a really fun shoot involving a salt mine in Poland and some caves in Slovenia. Deep in the salt mine we explored how the sea’s dried up in earths past giving us this valuable [...]
Tonga Eruption on Newsround
Martin Abel2016-11-09T11:44:06+00:00Tonga Eruption on Newsround How pumice helps scientists. Following a big eruption in the Tonga islands of the Pacific, I explain to CBBC’s newsround about how pumice helps can help us ... View Newsround Episode
Explaining Volcanoes on Newsround
Martin Abel2017-02-11T11:56:55+00:00Explaining Volcanoes on Newsround During the recent large eruption on Iceland, I was lucky enough to get to go and see it up close and personal. I popped into the Newsround offices to show them some of the samples and to talk volcanoes... View Newsround Episode
Ancient X-Files – Bosnian Pyramids
Martin Abel2016-11-09T11:35:24+00:00Ancient X-Files - Bosnian Pyramids (National Geographic) ANCIENT X FILES – BOSNIAN PYRIMIDS (National Geographic) On-screen expert/presenter investigating reported pyramids in Bosnia. (Aired through 2012) Myself and archaeologist Henry Chapman (Birmingham Uni), went to Bosnia to investigate the claims that there are man-made pyramids there. We found some pointy hills, cool geology and a [...]
How the Earth was made
Martin Abel2016-11-09T12:04:22+00:00How the Earth was made (10 Episodes) How the earth was made (10 episodes) Earth Science expert (script advisor) and on-screen expert for Vesuvius episode (produced by PIONEER PRODUCTIONS). Advised and appeared on this series, with Liz Bonin, which looked at a number of aspects of the Earth. I helped with the Vesuvius/Herculaneum episode [...]