The Nature of Things
TV-PG
8.4
1960
Documentary
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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- Cast:
- Sarika Cullis-Suzuki , Anthony Morgan
Episode 18 : Hospital at the End of the Earth
March. 21,2001
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Episode 17 : Toxic Legacies
March. 14,2001
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Episode 16 : Maisin People In Papua New Guinea
February. 28,2001
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Episode 15 : Surgeons of the Future
February. 21,2001
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Episode 14 : The Price of Salmon
February. 14,2001
Salmon are considered an excellent source of nutrition. And farmed salmon provide it inexpensively. But at what cost? The Price of Salmon explores the complex issues involved with aquaculture.
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Episode 13 : Coastal Forest/Salmon Forest
February. 07,2001
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Episode 12 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Great Plains
January. 31,2001
Lost Worlds - A six-part series on the breath-taking natural world of South America takes viewers on a cross-continent grand tour - from the mighty Amazon to the spectacular Andean peaks and the world's driest desert - stopping to view the strange and wonderful array of animals, birds and other wildlife along the way. Produced by the BBC. Narrated by David Suzuki.
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Episode 11 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Penguin Shores
January. 24,2001
PENGUIN SHORES is part five of the magnificent six-part BBC series Lost Worlds, covering the amazingly diverse topography of South America, and its remarkable denizens. The world's longest mountain chain stretches from the tropics to the massive Patagonian Ice Sheet of sub-Antarctica. Its icy power dominates the lives of the hardy animals that dare to call it home, making living there one of nature's greatest challenges.
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Episode 10 : The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy
January. 17,2001
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Episode 9 : Amanda's Choice
January. 10,2001
Amanda is an insightful 19-year-old from Timmins, Ontario. She has a three-year-old son and a dilemma: whether or not to be tested for the faulty gene that will bring on Alzheimer's Disease by her mid-30s, as happened with her mother and other generations in her family. It is a disease that always leads to early death.
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Episode 8 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Andes
January. 03,2001
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Episode 7 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Mighty Amazon
December. 14,2000
South America is a land of extremes. It boasts the world's longest mountain chain, the Andes; the mightiest river, the Amazon; the largest rainforest, the driest desert and the richest sea.
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Episode 6 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Amazon Jungle
December. 07,2000
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Episode 5 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Monkey Jungles
October. 30,2000
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Episode 4 : Lost Worlds: Wild South America
October. 23,2000
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Episode 3 : Spare Parts
October. 19,2000
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Episode 2 : Breath of Life
October. 12,2000
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Episode 1 : Nuclear Dynamite
October. 05,2000
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Season 63
New hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan take on The Nature of Things, the world's longest-running science documentary series.
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