Wildlife Specials

  • : 1995
  • : 38
  • : 3
  • BBC One
  • Documentary

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Survival Island
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01, 1995
Along the Scotia Arc of the South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia Island is home to some of the most populated animal cities on the globe. This IMAX production visits this area, made .. show full overview
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Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws
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14, 1995
The first title from the exciting series made up from the BBC's natural history output. Just the sight of a shark's fin breaking the surface spells terror, but is this .. show full overview
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Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior
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26, 1997
A fascinating celebration of these powerful and formidable predators - majestic in their natural habitat. A land of ice and blizzards, bleak and desolate, there can be few places as .. show full overview
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Crocodile: The Smiling Predator
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03, 1997
Only now, by exploring their complete world, above and below water, by day and night, can we fully appreciate how sophisticated crocodiles are.
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Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
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10, 1997
This episode ventures into the night, and follows the lives of two leopards in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, to reveal the night-time secrets of the cat that walks on its own.
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Eagle: The Master of the Skies
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17, 1997
Few birds have captured the human imagination as deeply as the eagle and in this remarkable film, aerial photography captures the dramatic life of eagles as never seen before.
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Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
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24, 1997
From the Arctic to the Antarctic, amazing underwater footage reveals for the first time the successful hunting and spectacular social behaviour of the world's largest predator.
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Wolf: The Legendary Outlaw
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31, 1997
The definitive story of this much-maligned animal - filmed in habitats ranging from the high Arctic to the hill farms of Europe and monsoon-sodden India.
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Tiger: The Elusive Princess
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04, 1999
After 25 years of the Project Tiger Scheme operating in the Madhya Pradesh, these magnificent animals have become more trusting, permitting an extraordinary intimate film which follows .. show full overview
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Lions: Spy in the Den
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03, 2000
Edited from more than 3000 hours of footage, this documentary uses a remote camera disguised as a rock to observe cubs growing up into adult lions. It features their futile attempts to .. show full overview
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Grizzly: Face to Face
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08, 2001
Grizzly - a powerful predator and an animal to fear. But not for Jeff Turner, a Canadian photographer who has spent fifteen years getting face to face with bears. In this film he uses .. show full overview
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Gorillas: On the Trail of King Kong
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03, 2002
Over a century ago, the first explorers in the Congo forests sent back terrifying accounts of an aggressive ape, "half man, half beast," which inspired the myth of King Kong. Ever since .. show full overview
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Serpent: Through the Eyes of the Snake
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10, 2002
One of the most successful species on earth is also one of the least documented. Miniaturised cameras reveal the snakes' world for the first time from their point of view. Head-mounted .. show full overview
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Killer Whale
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09, 2003
This episode has no summary.
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Elephants: Spy in the Herd
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20, 2003
Elephants: Spy In The Herd provides the most intimate portrayal of the everyday life of an elephant herd. Narrated by David Attenborough and filmed over a year, throughout the program .. show full overview
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Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
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03, 2003
Attempts at charting shark behaviour using a 6ft, lifelike animatronic robot, complete with on-board camera and pre-programmed swimming patterns. In the waters around Bikini Atoll the .. show full overview
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Kea: The Smartest Parrot
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01, 2004
From the Wildlife on One series, already stored appropriately in thetvdb.
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Bears: Spy in the Woods
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30, 2004
Sir David Attenborough narrates this look at bears from across the globe through the use of spycams, camoflaged in a variety of disguises from logs, boulders, fish and dustbins.
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Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest (1)
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14, 2007
"The Journey" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara. Filmed using Dungcam, .. show full overview
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Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest (2)
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21, 2007
"The Crossing" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara. In part two, the migration .. show full overview
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Tiger: Spy in the Jungle (1)
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30, 2008
Elephants carrying Trunkcam, Tuskcam and other spy cameras tell the story of four cubs growing up in the Indian jungle. In the first programme, the elephants come upon the four .. show full overview
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Tiger: Spy in the Jungle (2)
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06, 2008
The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the skills they'll need as adults.
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Tiger: Spy in the Jungle (3)
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13, 2008
The cubs are now a year-and-a-half old and learning to hunt for themselves.
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Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice (1)
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29, 2010
Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Polar bears. This fantastic documentary gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity. Part one of two.
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Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice (2)
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29, 2010
Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Polar bears. This fantastic documentary gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity. Part two of two.
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Flying Monsters 3D
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06, 2011
220 million years ago dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth. But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap: pterosaurs were taking control of the .. show full overview
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle (1)
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11, 2013
"The Journey" - Emperor penguins cross a treacherous frozen sea to reach their breeding grounds.
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle (2)
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18, 2013
"First Steps" - Newborn penguins are caught taking their first unsteady steps.
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Penguins: Spy in the Huddle (3)
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25, 2013
"Growing Up" - As the chicks become increasingly independent, their parents continue to protect them.
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When Bjork Met Attenborough
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27, 2013
Award-winning musician Björk and legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough have admired each other's work for years but this is the first time they have discussed their .. show full overview
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Dolphins - Spy in the Pod (1)
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02, 2014
The award-winning team behind Penguins - Spy in the Huddle use hidden cameras to go into the heart of the dolphins' world, offering the chance to encounter dolphins up-close. The camera .. show full overview
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Dolphins - Spy in the Pod (2)
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09, 2014
Remote-controlled Spy Creatures reveal dolphins as never before. Meet the orca, king of the dolphins, and discover the intimacy of its remarkable family life. Find dolphins that wear .. show full overview
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Attenborough's Paradise Birds
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29, 2015
Sir David Attenborough's new documentary traces his lifelong passion for birds of paradise. For five centuries "birds from paradise" have captivated explorers, naturalists, artists, .. show full overview
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A David Attenborough Special on his 89th birthday
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28, 2015
This episode has no summary.
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Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
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24, 2016
Filmed over two years, Sir David Attenborough will tell the story of the fossil discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the largest known dinosaur, a new species of titanosaur. .. show full overview
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Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
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30, 2016
As Sir David Attenborough turns 90, this intimate film presents new interviews, eye-opening behind-the-scenes footage and extraordinary clips from some of his most recent films. The doc, .. show full overview
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Attenborough's Life That Glows
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09, 2016
Luminous beings, creatures with their own internal light, enchant and astonish us. Anyone who has seen a firefly or a glow-worm cannot help but fall under their spell. The sea at night .. show full overview
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
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07, 2018
A remarkable 200-million-year-old fossil - the bones of an ichthyosaur, a giant sea dragon - has been discovered on the Jurassic coast of Britain. David Attenborough joins the hunt to .. show full overview

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