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Natural World — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson

Natural World — Series Details

Natural World — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Save The Panda (1983-10-30) — Follows the great land migration in Africa, one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Wildebeests, numbering in the millions, run for their lives on a-mile trek to find food a
• E2: From Aadvark To Zebra (1983-11-06) — Impalas move with the great migration on the Serengeti plains of Africa. A new fawn is on his way, but so is danger for the herds.
• E3: Programmed For Flight (1983-11-13) — On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies against predators in the sky and on the ground. Discover the secret way that crocodiles have survived fo
• E4: Jungle (1983-11-20) — The animal kingdom in the Serengeti is in constant competition for resources. The essence of competition is for the hunt and those who can't cut it are left behind.
• E5: Secret Weapons (1983-11-27) — Two mother cheetahs, able to reach top speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour, are in a race to protect and feed their new cubs. Predators close in on the families, who must work to pr
• E6: Birds of Paradox (1983-12-04) — Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of their young. Watch as mother hippos in Africa risk everything to keep their newly born calves away from
• E7: Jet Set Wildlife (1983-12-11) — A newborn wildebeest befriends a fierce lioness, and a rare meeting between two river monsters, a hippopotamus and a Nile crocodile.
• E8: Pelican Delta (1983-12-18) — The wildlife of the Danube delta in the Black Sea, especially the white pelicans.
• E9: Winter Days (1983-12-25) — There are only two seasons in the Serengeti, dry and wet. As the long dry season ends, the clouds begin to darken as the rain signals new life on the Serengeti Plains.
• E10: God's Acre (1984-01-02) — The wildebeest path on their endless migration is impeded several times by rivers. The waterways have certain dangers that can can result in death for the wildebeest, mainly the Ni

Season 2

• E1: Plight of the Bumble-Bee (1984-05-06) — 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 suitable nest site and establish a colony f
• E2: Salim Ali's India (1984-05-13) — Documentary which tells the story of some of the discoveries made by Indian ornitholigist Salim Ali
• E3: The Kiwai – Dugong Hunters of Daru (1984-05-20) — 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 powered by sail or outboard motor. The d
• E4: Commandos of Conservation (1984-06-03) — Greenpeace fights in the front line of the conservation battle, where the whales or the seals are being killed, the toxic waste is being dumped, the bombs are being exploded. Their
• E5: Long Point (1984-06-10) — 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 nature and to the benefits of the sport of wil
• E6: Beneath The Keel (1984-06-17) — 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 interact with these creatures. Sparkling je
• E7: Treasures of the Gulf (1984-07-01) — 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 a part of its natural riches too. Migrati
• E8: Fragments of Eden (1984-07-22) — Islands which time passed by, the Seychelles appeared out of the mists of legend only 300 years ago. These tiny granite islands are fragments of a long-lost continent, and even tod

Season 3

• E1: Among The Wild Chimpanzees (1984-11-04) — As a child Jane Goodall dreamt of going to Africa and living with the animals. In 1960 her dream became reality: she began a study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park.
• E2: One Man's Island (1984-11-11) — Documentary programme on Keith Brockle who spent twelve months painting and drawing the bird life on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.
• E3: Invaders Of The Truk Lagoon (1984-11-18) — Truk Lagoon in the western Pacific is a peaceful tropical atoll. In 1944 its tranquillity was shattered when the US Navy surprised and sank a fleet of 60 Japanese ships. Within 40
• E4: The Desire Of The Moth (1984-11-25) — The largest known moth in the world has wings the size of a dove, the smallest lives inside a leaf. Although they are creatures of darkness, the bizarre designs and garish colors o
• E5: A Question Of Space (1984-12-02) — Five hundred miles above the parched African landscape a satellite seeks clues to the problem of space on the ground. In Kenya, fueled by a rapidly rising population, the competiti
• E6: Peacocks, Parasites And The Puzzle Of Sex (1984-12-09) — What's the purpose of sex? To protect us from disease! Brian Leith unravels the intricate puzzle of sex and finds that: Males seem to be a waste of time and energy – many of the su
• E7: Land Of Ice And Fire (1984-12-16) — The first explorers to penetrate beyond the headwaters of the Missouri brought back tales of a strange land. They spoke of valleys that seemed to smoke and burn perpetually, and of
• E8: The Lost World Of Medusa (1984-12-23) — On a remote Pacific island a mysterious lake lies hidden by dense jungle. Below the surface a gigantic shimmering phantom swims, tracking the sun. This weird life form is composed
• E9: Kinabalu – Summit Of Borneo (1985-01-06) — The highest peak in south-east Asia, Kinabalu, was once a mountain of legend and fable. To Chinese adventurers it was the abode of a dragon, rumored to guard a pearl by a lake at t
• E10: Wild Ireland (1985-01-13) — Time, climate and the needs of the Irish have fashioned a magical island. Cast free when the ancient bridge from Britain sank, it still holds within its saucer of ice-scoured rocks
• E11: Water – A Fresh Look (1985-01-20) — Shooting rapids without a kayak, playing with some hefty manatees and feeding piranhas by hand! These are the extraordinary activities of an ordinary German businessman Walter Sigl
• E12: Battle Of The Leaves (1985-01-27) — Leaves are nature's pacifists -or so it seems. Leaves hang there green and uncomplaining, while animals chew them to death, birds tear them from their stems for nest building, and
• E13: The Year Of The Rat (1985-02-03) — Rats – should we like them? Some people hate and despise these rodents. As the Chinese Year of the Rat draws to a close, down on the farm the rats' year goes on. Resourceful and ad
• E14: Through Animal Eyes (1985-02-10) — Is your dog color blind? How do cats and owls see so much at night and high-flying kestrels spot tiny mice scuttling in the grass below? Do insects tune in to colors invisible to u
• E15: Within A Garden Wall (1985-02-17) — A Cotswold dry-stone wall, built 400 years ago, is a haven for wildlife. The cracks, crevices and man-made crags of a Cotswold dry-stone wall form one of the harshest places for wi

Season 4

• E1: Land of the Tiger (1985-09-15) — Land of the Tiger looks at the protected species of the Kanha and Ranthambore National Parks, celebrating these elusive and endangered big cats and exploring the delicately balance
• E2: Namaqualand – Diary of a Desert Garden (1985-09-22) — In all Africa there is no stranger riddle than the flowering of the land of the Nama. Those bushmen were the first to see their desert land burgeon into a blaze of color. But this
• E3: Horns of Dilemma (1985-09-29) — Documentary on the illicit trade in Rhino horns, which is threatening the five kinds of rhinoceros with extinction.
• E4: On the Verge of Life (1985-10-06) — Documentary about wildlife which lives around Britain's motorways.
• E5: The Man Who Loves Frogs (1985-10-13)
• E6: Emas – The High Plains of Brazil (1985-10-20)
• E7: The Flight of the Whooping Crane (1985-10-27)
• E8: White Rock, Black Water (1985-11-03)
• E9: Never Stay In One Place (1985-11-10)
• E10: City of Coral (1985-11-17)
• E11: Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean (1985-11-24) — First in a three part series examining Arctic ecology, The Frozen Ocean focuses on the spring to summer months, providing an intimate portrayal of life in a land of relentless ice
• E12: Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond (1985-12-01) — Hywel Bennett narrates the second of an award-winning trilogy of films about the Arctic. The winter is long and harsh, but for eight weeks of the year the midnight sun warms the fr
• E13: Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge (1985-12-08) — Documentary series about the Arctic and its inhabitants.
• E14: Aspen – A Dance of Leaves (1985-12-22) — The wild life of the prairies of Canada during the winter months.
• E15: The Plant Hunters (1985-12-29)
• E16: Short Grass Country (1986-01-05)
• E17: The Forgotten Garden (1986-01-12)
• E18: Inside Stories (1986-01-19)
• E19: Masked Monkeys (1986-01-26) — Documentary on Guenons, a species of African forest monkey, and their place in the evolutionary hierarchy.
• E20: Sky Hunters (1986-02-02)

Season 5

• E1: Leopard – A Darkness In The Grass (1986-10-05)
• E2: Where The Parrots Speak Mandarin (1986-10-12) — Documentary, exploring the Chinese attitudes to mythological and real animals.
• E3: The Mystery Of Laguna Baja (1986-10-19)
• E4: Have Fish Had Their Chips? (1986-11-16)
• E5: Why Dogs Don't Like Chilli But Some Like It Hot (1986-11-23)
• E6: The Elephant Challenge (1986-11-30)
• E7: Ichkeul – Between The Desert And The Deep Blue Sea (1986-12-07) — Report on Tunisia's Lake Ichkeul, a vital source of water for wild birds in the middle of the desert. Conservation plans are now in progress to presere this wa ter resource for bot
• E8: Man-Eaters Of Kumaon (1986-12-14)
• E9: A Cactus Called Saguaro (1986-12-21)
• E10: A Wilderness Like Eden (1987-01-11) — First of a two part look at the wildlife of the Holy land – the Negev Desert.
• E11: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea (1987-01-18) — Second of a two-part look at the natural history of the Holy Land – the Judaean Desert and the Dead Sea.
• E12: Bats Need Friends (1987-01-25)
• E13: Cockatoos At Three Springs (1987-02-01)
• E14: The Volcano Watchers (1987-02-08) — The work of volcanologists, Maurice and Katia Krafft, who travel around the world examining and filming volcanoes in action.
• E15: The Deciding Factor (1987-02-15)
• E16: Reflections Of A River Keeper (1987-02-22)
• E17: Towers Of Wax And Paper Palaces (1987-03-01)

Season 6

• E1: Spirits Of The Forest (1987-09-20)
• E2: Land Of The Kiwi (1987-09-27)
• E3: Lions Of The African Night (1987-10-04)
• E4: Forest Of Fear (1987-10-11)
• E5: Icebird (1987-10-18) — Documentary on the penguins of Antarctica, as they travel 80km to their spring nesting sites.
• E6: Ticket To The Wild (1987-10-25)
• E7: Grizzly! (1987-11-01) — Documentary on the complex relationship between grizzly bear and man in North America.
• E8: Islands Of The Fire Goddess (1987-11-15) — Documentary on the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in the Hawaiian Islands.
• E9: Paradise Reclaimed (1987-11-22) — Documentary on American biologist, Dan Janzen, who is reconstructing a tropical, dry forest park in Costa Rica.
• E10: Battle For The Eagles (1987-11-29) — Documentary on different species of Eagle, their population and habitat in Europ e and North America.
• E11: Okavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: Search for the Jewel (1987-12-06) — The first installment of the epic series Okavango:Jewel of the Kalahari, Search for the Jewel is an intriguing and visually stunning portrayal of wildlife in the Okavango delta, ex
• E12: Okavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: The Living Jewel (1987-12-13)
• E13: Okavango, Jewel of the Kalahari: A New Challenge (1987-12-20)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Natural World have? 39 season(s) with 543 episodes.

Where can I watch Natural World? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.