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Natural World (1983)

7.4 39 seasons 543 episodes Ended

Documentary

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.

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Seasons & episodes

Plight of the Bumble-BeeMay 6, 1984 · 50m

The programme is about bumble bees in the forests of New England. We follow a queen bumble bee as she emerges from hibernation to find a su…

Salim Ali's IndiaMay 13, 1984

Documentary which tells the story of some of the discoveries made by Indian ornitholigist Salim Ali

The Kiwai - Dugong Hunters of DaruMay 20, 1984 · 50m

In their hunt for the dugong, the Kiwai people of Papua New Guinea still use magic to bewitch it and to charm their boats, whether they are…

Commandos of ConservationJun 3, 1984 · 1h 0m

Greenpeace fights in the front line of the conservation battle, where the whales or the seals are being killed, the toxic waste is being du…

Long PointJun 10, 1984 · 50m

Once a shooting reserve, now a rich wildlife preserve, Long Point on the north shore of Lake Erie is a testimony to the resilience of natur…

Beneath The KeelJun 17, 1984

This film looks at marine life off the Devon coast, as viewed by filmmakers Jeff Goodman & Laurie Emberson, who like to get close to and in…

Treasures of the GulfJul 1, 1984 · 50m

Pearls once brought wealth to the Arabian Gulf. Today it comes from oil that gushes from beneath the sea. The gulf's bounty of wildlife is…

Fragments of EdenJul 22, 1984 · 50m

Islands which time passed by, the Seychelles appeared out of the mists of legend only 300 years ago. These tiny granite islands are fragmen…

Cast

David AttenboroughSelf - Host

John HannahNarrator (voice)

Juliet StevensonNarrator (voice)