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2017-2018: 8. Attenborough And The Empire Of The Ants
David Attenborough is in the Swiss Jura Mountains to discover the secrets of a giant. Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants ...
28-11-2020
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2011-2012: 7. Jungle Gremlins Of Java
The slow loris is the real-life gremlin, extremely cute but with a venom that can kill. Now it's also a YouTube superstar with millions of hits. Dr Anna Nekaris travels to ...
19-11-2020
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2019-2020: 1. Florida: America's Animal Paradise
Florida is famous for its beaches, blue water and year round sun – but it also has a surprising wild side. It is home to pine forests, coral reefs and the famous Everglade ...
15-11-2020
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2017-2018: 1. Puerto Rico: Island Of Enchantment
David Attenborough tells the revealing story of this Caribbean island's exotic but vulnerable wildlife. A team of conservation champions are making it their mission to save ...
08-11-2020
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2010-2011 - Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant
Wildlife documentary. World-famous elephant Echo died in 2009 aged 64 after a cruel drought - can her 38 relatives and descendants survive?
26-10-2020
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2018-2019: 3. Super Fast Falcon
The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth - it can reach speeds of over 200mph. But what does it take to be a high-speed record breaker? To find out, we follow a young ...
17-10-2020
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2017-2018: 2. Hotel Armadillo
David Attenborough looks at the giant armadillo and examines how this seldom-seen animal provides scores of other creatures with the hotel and restaurant services they need to t ...
12-10-2020
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2010-2011 - Chimps Of The Lost Gorge
Real-life drama about a family of chimps trapped in the lost world of the Kyumbara Gorge, which has been cut off from the rest of the jungle for 15 years.
23-09-2020
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2013-2014 - Killer Whales: Beneath The Surface
Revealing the social, intelligent side of the killer whale - a creature long feared as a sea monster until it was studied in captivity for the first time.
22-09-2020
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2013-2014 - Meet The Monkeys
Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson revisits a gang of crested black macaques on the paradise Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 25 years after his first encounter.
21-09-2020
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2011-2012: 1. My Life As A Turkey: Natural World Special
Biologist Joe Hutto was mother to the strangest family in the world, thirteen endangered wild turkeys that he raised from egg to the day they left home. \n\nFor a whole year his ...
16-09-2020
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2009-2010 - Bringing Up Baby
Natural World investigates the vital bond between animal mothers and their babies, and considers the tough choices faced by mothers as they raise their young.
15-09-2020
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2010-2011 - The Himalayas
Documentary looking at the variety of wild animals inhabiting the Himalayas, from monkeys, wolves and bears to foxes, snow leopards and pheasants.
12-09-2020
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2018-2019: 6. The Super Squirrels
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? There are squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes and s ...
05-09-2020
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2012-2013 - Tiger Island: Natural World Special
Wildlife documentary. Jungle tigers are turning into man-eaters in the exotic island of Sumatra. Now a maverick millionaire is catching the killers and releasing them on his land.
22-08-2020
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2012-2013 - Living With Baboons
Mat Pines has been studying the wild Hamadryas Baboons of Ethiopia for five years and hopes to broker a peace between the baboons and the Afar tribe.
12-08-2020
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2009-2010 - Bearwalker Of The Northwoods: Natural World
Wildlife documentary. In the forests of northern Minnesota, biologist Lynn Rogers gains the trust of wild black bears and studies their lives.
18-07-2020
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2010-2011 - Sea Otters - A Million Dollar Baby
Wildlife documentary. Among the yachts of a millionaires' marina on the coast of California, a sea otter mum teaches her pup to survive.
12-07-2020
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2013-2014 - Sri Lanka: Elephant Island
Sri Lanka is home to its own special elephants. Cameraman Martyn Colbeck, of Echo of the Elephants fame, has travelled to Sri Lanka to reveal their world.
14-06-2020
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2014-2015 - The Bat Man Of Mexico
David Attenborough narrates the story of Rodrigo Medellin, Mexico's very own 'Bat Man'. Having dedicated his life to saving bats, now the legendary drink tequila ...
07-06-2020
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A Bear With A Bounty
Wildlife documentary. Lily is an eight-year-old wild black bear, described by some as the world's most popular bear. But fame has come at a price, and some people want her ...
29-05-2020
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2011-2012 - Unnatural History Of London
A portrait of the capital's secret wildlife, from local badgers and foxes to more exotic species like pelicans and seals.
24-05-2020
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2014-2015 - The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life
Wildlife documentary. Little is known of the endangered pygmy hippo. In an attempt to save it, an ecologist in a West African rainforest sets about unravelling its secret life.
16-05-2020
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2009-2010 - A Highland Haven
Documentary revealing the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands, seen by filmmaker Fergus Beeley. Featuring rare black-throated divers and white-tailed sea eagles.
02-05-2020
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2018-2019: 5. Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal
The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally traffi ...
17-04-2020
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2014-2015 - Penguin Post Office
Welcome to the Penguin Post Office, a little bit of Britain in the heart of Antarctica where people and gentoo penguins live side by side.
29-03-2020
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2014-2015 - Beavers Behaving Badly
Nature documentary following Drew Reed, a wetland conservationist helping to keep the peace between beavers and people in Wyoming's Jackson Hole valley.
15-03-2020
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2014-2015 - Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs
Frogs were the first animals Sir David Attenborough kept as a boy. He explains why he is still passionate about these charismatic, colourful and frequently bizarre creatures.
01-03-2020
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2018-2019: 6. Humpback Whales: A Detective Story
On 12 September 2015, a 30-ton humpback whale breached and landed on Tom Mustill and his friend Charlotte Kinloch as they paddled a sea kayak in Monterey Bay, California. Incred ...
29-02-2020
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2018-2019: 1. Attenborough's Wonder Of Eggs
David Attenborough has a passion for birds' eggs. These remarkable structures nurture new life, protecting it from the outside world at the same time as allowing it to brea ...
27-01-2020
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2010-2011: 6. The Dolphins Of Shark Bay
A dolphin is about to be born in the treacherous waters of Shark Bay in Western Australia. Its mother must use all her skills to keep her newborn safe.
26-01-2020
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2018-2019: 2. Nature's Biggest Beasts
The world's biggest beasts have always captured the imagination. But whilst being big can have its advantages, it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world's ...
11-01-2020
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2018-2019: 8. Tasmania: Weird And Wonderful
David Attenborough reveals that the animal inhabitants of this vast wilderness are every bit as extraordinary as they are bizarre. Unearthly calls of the notorious Tasmanian dev ...
28-12-2019
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2018-2019: 4. Red Ape: Saving The Orangutan
For the last decade, a team of frontline medics has been fighting to save Borneo's critically endangered orangutans. Armed with cameras, International Animal Rescue has doc ...
11-11-2019
BBC 4
2013-2014 - Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
Sivuqaq is an 18-year-old, larger-than-life pacific walrus. Reproduction scientist Holley Muraco is taking on the biggest challenge of her life - trying to help him become a dad.
15-06-2019
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Cuba - Wild Island Of The Caribbean
Documentary revealing the spectacular wildlife of Cuba, home to the bee hummingbird - the world's smallest bird - Cuban crocodiles, swarms of purple land crabs, sea turtles ...
29-04-2019
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2014-2015 - Africa's Giant Killers
Wildlife documentary. Africa's largest herd of elephants and a fearless pride of young lions come face to face in an epic fight for survival.
06-04-2019
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2014-2015 - France: The Wild Side
Documentary about the wildlife of France, revealing the wolves, wild boar and bears that live amongst France's many mountains, valleys and forests.
02-04-2019
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2013-2014 - Vultures: Beauty In The Beast
Vultures are the birds that many people love to hate, but cameraman and naturalist Charlie Hamilton James reveals an intelligent and caring side to these characterful birds.
17-03-2019
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Kangaroo Dundee: 2. Part Two
Brolga is a tough Australian who lives in the desert outback with a mob of orphaned kangaroos. He is mum to three joeys that live in his tin shack with him. His hope is to raise ...
10-03-2019
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2014-2015 - Nature's Misfits
Bill Bailey introduces a delightfully eccentric cast of creatures that do things differently; unconventional and unusual, these animals turn oddness into opportunity.
23-02-2019
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2009-2010: 10. The Chimpcam Project
Wildlife documentary. How does a chimpanzee see the world? A research project at Edinburgh Zoo is designed to answer just that question in an innovative new way - by training ch ...
08-02-2019
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2012-2013: 10. Flight Of The Rhino
In South Africa there is a daring plan to save the rhino by moving a whole population to a secret location. But the only way out is by dangling them underneath a helicopter! Can ...
05-02-2019
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2007-2008: 4. Tiger Kill
Documentary. Simon King has filmed Africa's big cats for 20 years, but he has never seen a wild tiger. With so few remaining wild tigers, documenting a tiger making a kill ...
28-01-2019
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2012-2013 - A Wolf Called Storm: Natural World Special
Nature documentary. Cameraman Jeff Turner spends a year in Canada's frozen north following Storm, an extraordinary wolf whose pack was first featured in Frozen Planet.
26-01-2019
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2009-2010 - The Wild Places Of Essex
Wildlife documentary. Multi-award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane sets out on a journey to explore the unexpected landscapes and natural history of Essex.
19-01-2019
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2009-2010: 7. Radio Gibbon
In deepest Borneo, a remarkable young Frenchman called Chanee is combining his love of music and his passion for gibbons. These magical singing apes of the rainforest are in dan ...
08-12-2018
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2009-2010 - Black Mamba, White Witch
During the summer in Swaziland, black mamba snakes turn up everywhere. Thea Litschka-Koen and her husband are on call to rescue and release the snakes.
17-11-2018
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2009-2010 - Andrea - Queen Of Mantas
Documentary following marine biologist Andrea Marshall as she studies manta rays, one of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean.
10-11-2018
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2009-2010: 8. Birds Of Paradise
Living in the depths of the New Guinea rainforest are the spectacular birds of paradise - creatures so beautiful that the first Europeans believed they must have fallen from hea ...
03-11-2018
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2014-2015 - Honey Badgers: Masters Of Mayhem
Three enthusiasts in South Africa investigate the honey badger's fearsome reputation as nature's most aggressive and pugnacious fighter.
21-10-2018
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