Exploration Volcano

Episode 2

The Smoker

Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupts and smothers the nearby city of Goma with lava, taking 33 lives and destroying 4,000 homes.

Episode 3

Mamma Etna

Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, is in the throes of her most violent eruption in recent years and hitting towns and cities below it.

Episode 4

The Mountain in the Beautiful Valley

A hill above the village of Grindavik in Iceland bursts open and the Fagradasfjall volcano is born - Chris Horsley helps predict its path.

Episode 5

The Commander

Chris Horsley returns to the Congo to investigate a huge 10-mile-long fracture that runs directly from the slopes of Nyiragongo volcano down to lake Kivu and visits a nearby farming village where a deadly phenomenon called Mazuku or "Evil Wind" is killing livestock?

Episode 6

The Ice Cauldron

Chris journeys to Iceland to install vital early-warning systems on one of the country's most dangerous volcanoes - the glacier covered monster, Katla. Katla's twin volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, infamously erupted in 2010, shutting down European airspace. But experts believe Katla is ten-times more explosive.

Episode 7

The World's First Volcano

In the South of Italy, Chris Horsley joins a mass-scientific effort to inspect Stromboli and install monitoring-systems as close to explosive craters as possible. Chris also travels to Vulcano where the entire island is emitting toxic gas, could this be a sign of an imminent eruption.

Episode 8

The Ridge of Fire Part 2

The volcanic eruption on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma has destroyed over three-thousand homes. Chris Horsley joins the fire brigade on a dangerous mission to scramble through destroyed towns and villages battling toxic gas and extreme temperatures to collect a fresh lava sample from the red-hot flow.