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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

Titus: The Gorilla KingNov 11, 2008

Abandoned as a baby, removed from normal gorilla family life as a youngster - so profound were the misfortunes that Titus suffered in his e…

Whale SharkNov 18, 2008

Beginning at the fabulous coral reef of Ningaloo in Western Australia, intrepid marine biologist Mark Meakin attempts to unravel the myster…

Clever MonkeysNov 25, 2008

David Attenborough's entertaining romp through the world of monkeys has a serious side: for when we look at monkeys we can see ourselves. F…

Crocodile BluesDec 2, 2008

Another stunning look at the wonders of wildlife as Natural World tonight seeks out the Gharial crocodile. This mighty reptile, which can g…

Cork - Forest in a BottleDec 9, 2008

Every time we weigh up which bottle of wine to buy, we hold the fate of nightingales, rare black storks, secretive wild cats and one of the…

Great White Shark: A Living LegendJan 2, 2009

Wildlife film. South African naturalist Mike Rutzen is crazy about great white sharks. He never saw Jaws, so he doesn't share the terror th…

CuckooJan 9, 2009

The sound of the cuckoo is to many the very essence of spring, yet behind the magical call is a bird that is a cheat, a thief and a killer.…

The Mountains of the MonsoonJan 16, 2009

This moving film reveals the differing fortunes of a mother polar bear and a mother grizzly bear, and their new-born cubs, in a rapidly-cha…

Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the WorldJan 23, 2009 · 49m

This moving film reveals the differing fortunes of a mother polar bear and a mother grizzly bear, and their new-born cubs, in a rapidly-cha…

Man-Eating Tigers of the SundarbansJan 30, 2009

Tiger experts in Bangladesh have a problem: how can they encourage local people to protect the beautiful and endangered Bengal tiger when t…

Elephants without BordersFeb 6, 2009

Botswana's elephants are doing very well, too well perhaps. People are worried that too many elephants will damage their fragile desert hom…

Snow MonkeysFeb 13, 2009

n 1970, a picture of a snow monkey bathing in a hot spring graced the cover of Life Magazine. Ever since, Japan's hot-tubbing primates have…

CassowariesFeb 19, 2009

This film follows the dramatic attempts to save these endangered giant birds, and reveals their fascinating natural history for the first t…

A Farm for the FutureFeb 20, 2009

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low-energy farm for the future. Last ye…

Iron Curtain: Ribbon of LifeMar 6, 2009 · 49m

When communism crumbled in 1989, it created an opportunity for wildlife. The Iron Curtain that divided communist Eastern Europe from the ca…

Uakari: Secrets Of The English MonkeyMar 26, 2009

In the flooded forests of the Peruvian Amazon lives one of the world's rarest and most mysterious primates, the red-faced uakari monkey. Lo…

Cast

David AttenboroughSelf - Host

John HannahNarrator (voice)

Juliet StevensonNarrator (voice)