Wild (2003)

Bill Oddie savours the delights and drama of autumn - from rutting deer to seal pups, from glorious colour to extraordinary fungi. He reveals the results of the first Autumnwatch survey ever carried out in Britain, as thousands of viewers have been out spotting the first signs of autumn to build a record of how the season is changing.

A very special family of Lowland gorillas are the only group in the world to allow humans within five metres. Primatologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels to the heart of the Congo to meet the family of silverback Kingo, who soon come to accept her as one of the family. Whilst getting to know this remarkable group, we find out about the many threats facing gorillas in the wild and their struggle to survive in the future.

World champion freediver Tanya Streeter plunges into the greatest whale-watching spectacle on the planet. For only a few weeks each year, humpbacks migrate to a remote corner of the Caribbean to flirt, fight and give birth. Tanya can hold her breath for over six minutes, but diving with whales is not without its risks. Rutting males are very protective of young mothers, so will Tanya be able to fulfil her dream and be accepted into the whales' world?

Simon Donald narrates a documentary about the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. A mountainous park where wolves, buffalo and beavers still roam, reminders of Scotland's Ice Age past, it is one of the wildest places in the UK, especially during winter. The people that live here work alongside some of Britain's rarest and most unusual wildlife, including capercaille and wildcats. However, there is a feeling that winters in the Cairngorms are changing.

Charlotte Uhlenbroek travels to Madagascar to follow the story of three mother ring-tailed lemurs struggling to survive one of the driest and hottest seasons in decades. One lemur has already lost her baby, the other two have a fight on their hands if their infants are to stand a chance, and matters are made even worse when neighbouring lemur tribes invade the mothers' territories.

An escapist portrait of the unexpectedly wild side of Provence, seen through the eyes of the people who live there. From French cowboys to an English cellist, we meet the people who live among some of the most exotic wildlife and rugged scenery in Europe. Among the fauna are chamois, griffon vultures, wild black bulls and tens of thousands of pink flamingos.

A unique island tour of the Mediterranean's Galapagos, seen through the eyes of local people and full of the rare wildlife they are helping to protect. Midwife toads still sing in mountain canyons, and black vultures are the emblem of the mountain people. Offshore, protected islets are release sites for rescued loggerhead turtles and home to friendly lizards and endangered Balearic shearwaters. And next to the high rise hotels is the Albufera swamp, home to purple swamp hens and egret colonies.

Documentary looking at Cornwall in summer, the perfect time to enjoy the dramatic landscape and spectacular wildlife of the south-western tip of Britain. Giant basking sharks arrive to filter the rich waters, dolphins frolic in sheltered coves and seals haul ashore to give birth to their snow white pups. Cornish fishermen, artists and lifeboatmen explain what makes this part of Britain unique.

World champion free diver Tanya Streeter visits the Galapagos Islands to discover how aquatic performance has evolved since the time of the dinosaurs. She encounters a flightless cormorant, a bunch of tiny penguins, sea lions and primitive lizards and turtles that can hold their breath for hours at a time. Show less