Natural World
TV-PG
8.6
1983
Documentary
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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- Cast:
- David Attenborough , John Hannah , Juliet Stevenson
Episode 15 : The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World
April. 30,1995
Filming in South Africa's Kruger National Park, looking at the lives of small creatures e.g dung beetle, ticks, termites etc.
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Episode 14 : Sulawesi: an Island Bewitched
April. 23,1995
Looks at some of the unusual fauna found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, including pig-like creatures which have curled tusks growing through their cheeks, punk-crested primates, the world's largest snake and birds that incubate their eggs in volcanic soil.
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Episode 13 : Survival of the Fittest: a Natural History of Sport
April. 16,1995
Looks at the aspects of nature with which sportsman come into contact.
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Episode 12 : Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
April. 02,1995
Delving deep into the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, this Emmy award-winning production celebrates the region’s bountiful life and impressive diversity. World-famous marine photographers Howard and Michele Hall explore this vast underwater world, their stunning cinematography bringing to light both the area’s radiant beauty, and that of its abundant wildlife population.
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Episode 10 : The Call of Kakadu
March. 05,1995
Follows a pair of kookaburras over the course of a year in the Kakadu National Park in Australia.
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Episode 9 : Ocean Drifters
February. 26,1995
Examines the weird planktonic animals that drift in the current of the Gulf Stream as it passes Florida and enters the Atlantic. Follows a baby loggerhead turtle which hatches on a Florida beach and heads out to the Atlantic.
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Episode 8 : Monkey in the Mirror
February. 19,1995
Observes some of the behaviour of the Bonobos, pygmy chimpanzees that inhabit a remote area of rainforest in Zaire. The species is considered to be man's closest living relative.
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Episode 7 : Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti
February. 12,1995
Focuses on a clan of spotted hyenas.
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Episode 6 : Ytene: England's Ancient Forest
January. 29,1995
Documentary, filmed over a two year period, exploring the wildlife found in the New Forest in southern England, which the Saxons called Ytene. The woodland, bogs and heaths of the area are home to wild ponies, fallow deer, badgers, foxes, wildfowl, and insects. Seasonal changes are shown, and some elusive species, such as firecrests, hawfinches, woodlarks and tadpole shrimps are pictured. The programme is interwoven with a history of land use in the area from mediaeval times.
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Episode 5 : Avenue of the Volcanoes
January. 22,1995
Records the rare and unusual wildlife that lives in a remote volcanic area of Ecuador
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Episode 4 : Parrots: Look Who's Talking!
January. 15,1995
Examines the parrot in the wild and sees how its natural behaviour is modified in a domesticated environment.
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Episode 3 : Hunters of the Sea Wind
December. 11,1994
Documentary showing life under the Pacific Ocean and the predatory life of the marlin, sailfish, sea snakes, dolphins and tuna, birds and turtles.
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Episode 2 : Badlands
December. 04,1994
Documentary on the prairie dog of the South Dakota Badlands.
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Episode 1 : Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers
November. 27,1994
Focusing on a pair of albatrosses during the year they produce and raise a chick, Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers is an engaging and atmospheric insight into the wildlife of the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands.
Delving into a previously unknown area, the film follows the intriguing work of French scientist Henri Weimerskirch as he uses satellite tracking and time-depth recorders to follow the ever changing population of these remote isles.
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