Natural World

  • : 1983
  • : 536
  • : 18
  • BBC Two
  • 21
  • Documentary

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8x1
Gorillas In The Midst Of Man
Episode overview
01, 1989
An intimate and touching glimpse into the lives of these gentle, highly intelligent creatures, it follows a team of scientists and volunteers as they continue the research of the late ethologist Dian Fossey.
8x2
Ivory Wars
Episode overview
08, 1989
Report on the threat to the African elephant population from ivory poachers.
8x3
Gran Paradiso
Episode overview
15, 1989
Documentary on the national park of Gran Paradiso in the Italian Alps, focusing on the imbalance in the fauna which inhabit the area.
8x4
Fear Of The Wild
Episode overview
22, 1989
Documentary on the ways man has devised of coping with a fear of dangerous animals. Questioning whether this reaction is a throwback to a time when they were a real threat.
8x5
Splashdown: A Diver's Natural History
Episode overview
29, 1989
Splashdown is a diver's natural history of Britain and Eire - showing the amazing abundance and variety of our often threatened, yet rarely seen marine flora and fauna. Auks that 'fly' .. show full overview
8x6
Island In The Air
Episode overview
05, 1989
Looks at the isolated Bale highlands in south-west Ethiopia, preserved as a National Park, considering some of the animals, foliage and humans that live there, and also its importance as .. show full overview
8x7
Amazon, the Flooded Forest (1)
Episode overview
19, 1989
The first of two films about the Amazon basin with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Every year for six months, the Amazon floodplain is entirely submerged, forcing .. show full overview
8x8
Amazon, the Flooded Forest (2)
Episode overview
26, 1989
The second of two films about the Amazon Basin, with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Looks at the species of wildlife that inhabit the region after the flood waters that .. show full overview
8x9
A Tramp In The Darien
Episode overview
03, 1989
Naturalist and writer Jonathan Maslow treks through one of South America's last great wildernesses, looking at the nature, wildlife, environment and indian tribes in the area.
8x10
The Taming Of The Ewe
Episode overview
10, 1989
Explores how man has exploited the natural behaviour of the dog to control sheep, examining the dog's instincts and ways of ensuring sheepdogs do not attack their flocks by bringing them .. show full overview
8x11
Under The Ice
Episode overview
17, 1989
Program looking at the world and life forms found under the ice in the seas of the Antarctic.
8x12
The Sisterhood
Episode overview
07, 1990
Richard Goss spent 18 months in the isolated heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana, sharing in the nocturnal lives of a clan of spotted hyaenas. The film documents the lives of these creatures, Africa's strangest but most successful carnivores.
8x13
Erin Through The Mists Of Time
Episode overview
14, 1990
From the arrival of the first people 9,000 years ago through the coming of Christianity and beyond, myths and legends have enriched the reality of Erin's wildlife. Seen through the eyes .. show full overview
8x14
The Serpent's Embrace
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21, 1990
Snakes: a look at the facts and fiction.
8x15
Haida Gwai - Islands Of The People
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28, 1990
An exploration of the seas, forests, and wildlife of Haida Gwai, the name given to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, by the Haida Indians, from the viewpoint of the Haida people. The .. show full overview
8x16
La Loire Sauvage
Episode overview
04, 1990
About the River Loire and the campaign for and against the government plans to build a dam across the Loire.

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