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Natural World
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.
- Cast:
- David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom, France
- Network:
- BBC Two
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 4
Episodes
Episode 1
Land of the Tiger
1985-09-15Land of the Tiger looks at the protected species of the Kanha and Ranthambore National Parks, celebrating these elusive and endangered big cats and exploring the delicately balanced ecosystem they inhabit. Interweaving footage of monkeys, deer and the tiger’s main competitor, crocodiles, the couple’s impressive cinematography brings the private world of tigers to life, as these magnificent creatures swim, play, mate, suckle their young and stalk their prey.
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Namaqualand - Diary of a Desert Garden
1985-09-22 · 50mIn all Africa there is no stranger riddle than the flowering of the land of the Nama. Those bushmen were the first to see their desert land burgeon into a blaze of color. But this paradise was always short-lived; a spectacular bloom that quickly withered away, not to be seen again for many years. RODNEY BORLAND filmed the most recent of these stupendous and mystifying displays. To a landscape already weird with huge halfmens plants, elephant ears and baboons' fingers, suddenly came vast arrays of nodding daisies and wave upon wave of mesembryanthemums, wild geraniums, gladioli and amaryllis. The landscape was bathed in brilliant hues, a natural garden whose glory may not shine again before the end of this century.
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Horns of Dilemma
1985-09-29Documentary on the illicit trade in Rhino horns, which is threatening the five kinds of rhinoceros with extinction.
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On the Verge of Life
1985-10-06Documentary about wildlife which lives around Britain's motorways.
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The Man Who Loves Frogs
1985-10-13Episode overview is not available yet.
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Emas - The High Plains of Brazil
1985-10-20Episode overview is not available yet.
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The Flight of the Whooping Crane
1985-10-27Episode overview is not available yet.
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White Rock, Black Water
1985-11-03Episode overview is not available yet.
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Never Stay In One Place
1985-11-10Episode overview is not available yet.
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City of Coral
1985-11-17Episode overview is not available yet.
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Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean
1985-11-24First in a three part series examining Arctic ecology, The Frozen Ocean focuses on the spring to summer months, providing an intimate portrayal of life in a land of relentless ice and intense cold.
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Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond
1985-12-01Hywel Bennett narrates the second of an award-winning trilogy of films about the Arctic. The winter is long and harsh, but for eight weeks of the year the midnight sun warms the frozen earth, nurturing lush vegetation and a rich variety of flowers, and transforming the barren wastelands into fecund breeding grounds so the life of the Arctic can renew itself.
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Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge
1985-12-08Documentary series about the Arctic and its inhabitants.
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Aspen - A Dance of Leaves
1985-12-22The wild life of the prairies of Canada during the winter months.
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The Plant Hunters
1985-12-29Episode overview is not available yet.
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Short Grass Country
1986-01-05Episode overview is not available yet.
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The Forgotten Garden
1986-01-12Episode overview is not available yet.
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Inside Stories
1986-01-19Episode overview is not available yet.
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Masked Monkeys
1986-01-26Documentary on Guenons, a species of African forest monkey, and their place in the evolutionary hierarchy.
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Sky Hunters
1986-02-02Episode overview is not available yet.
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David Attenborough
Self - Host
John Hannah
Narrator (voice)
Juliet Stevenson
Narrator (voice)
