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 19 : The Forbidden Fruit
March. 22,1998
Following the success of David Attenborough's PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS, a further chance to see flora from unusual perspectives. Time-lapse technology and high-speed cameras show how plants use animals, humans and the elements to spread seeds.
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Episode 18 : The Otters of Yellowstone
March. 15,1998
Spanning three states, Yellowstone is America's most famous national park, with a cast of charming inhabitants set against stunning scenery. This film follows a family of river otters through the year as they learn to fish, fend off attacking coyotes and travel great distances around the beautiful park.
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Episode 17 : Metropolis
March. 08,1998
New York's concrete and steel plays host to fascinating wildlife, including falcons, raccoons and horseshoe crabs.
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Episode 16 : Fire and Ice: an Icelandic Saga
March. 01,1998
During filming in Iceland, a huge volcano exploded under Europe's largest icecap, melting billions of tons of ice. But foxes, skuas, puffins and other wildlife have learnt to turn such natural disasters to their advantage.
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Episode 15 : The Lost Lands of Scilly
February. 22,1998
Sharks, palm trees, shipwrecks and sandy shores are all vital ingredients for a sub-tropical paradise. Add sunken treasure, colourful corals, nectar sipping birds and exotic flowers and it sounds a long way from Britain. But the exotic Isles of Scilly are just beyond Land's End. Here Britain's biggest predator, the grey Atlantic seal, basks on the rocks and raucous colonies of nocturnal birds fill the midnight air.
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Episode 14 : Oman: Jewel of Arabia
February. 15,1998
Documenatary film looking at the geography, wildlife and peoples of Oman.
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Episode 13 : Borneo: Island in the Clouds
February. 01,1998
The wildlife of Borneo, home to a diverse array of creatures, including proboscis monkeys, forest elephants, rhinos and orang-utans. The island boasts the tallest peak in South-East Asia, Mount Kinabalu, and some of the world's largest cave systems, as well as mangrove swamps and a coral reef teeming with life.
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Episode 12 : Three Monkeys
January. 25,1998
How three species of monkey - howlers, red spiders and white-faced - use their different skills to fight for survival deep in the unpredictable and unforgiving tropical forests of Costa Rica.
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Episode 11 : The Dragons of Galapagos
January. 18,1998
A look at the iguanas of the Galapagos.
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Episode 10 : The Secret Garden
December. 27,1997
Timelapse and close-up photography reveals the natural lives of the plants and animals that inhabit an English garden.
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Episode 9 : On the Path of the Reindeer
December. 21,1997
This edition follows thousands of reindeer as they undertake a 400km migration through Lapland, guided by the Saami, the reindeer people. On the journey the reindeer give birth, evade predators, struggle over mountains and even swim across the sea to reach the lush summer pastures of the Arctic coast.
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Episode 8 : Beyond the Naked Eye
December. 07,1997
The hidden world of microscopic bugs, microbes, fungi and plants is revealed using special filming techniques. These tiny organisms can cause deadly diseases, but they also help to provide food and control the climate.
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Episode 6 : Komodo Dragon
November. 23,1997
A study of the world's largest lizard, the man-eating Komodo dragon of Indonesia, revealing the dinosaur-like creature to be far more than just a cold-blooded killer.
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Episode 5 : Paracas and the Billion Dollar Bird
November. 16,1997
Along the shores of the Paracas National Park on the coast of Peru, two very different worlds collide - the barren Atacama desert and the seas teeming with wildlife such as sea lions, penguins and pelicans as well as guanay cormorants, a bird that once created fortunes for the local people through the sale of their droppings, an excellent natural fertiliser.
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Episode 3 : Denali: the Great Alaskan Wilderness
November. 02,1997
An examination of the wildlife living around Mt McKinley, North America's highest peak.
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Episode 2 : The Temple Troop
October. 26,1997
In Sri Lanka's ruined city of Polonnaruwa lives the Temple Troop, the unruliest gang of monkeys around. This film follows an extraordinary year in the life of the troop.
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Episode 1 : Puma: Lion of the Andes
October. 19,1997
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