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- A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.
- Meet adorable young chimp Oscar and his fellow mayhem-creating buddies, who see the world as their playground. Full of curiosity, joy and a love for mimicking others, these are some of the most extraordinary personalities in the jungle.
- Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
- Stop-motion animated satire of modern man on the street and documentary interviews, responding to unseen questioners. The voices of the characters are supplied by everyday people speaking varied regional accents.
- An extinct species or subspecies of the genus Homo which is closely related to modern humans. They are known from fossils, dating from the Pleistocene period, which have been found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia.
- From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humour, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendour, Earth: One Amazing Day highlights how every day is filled with more wonders than you can possibly imagine- until now.
- Travel to the wildest corners of the planet as five courageous animals tackle the very first challenges of their young lives. With a little guidance from sage family members, each must figure out how to find food and recognize danger.
- Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.
- Embark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed us to go further into the unknown than we ever thought possible.
- The adventures of a team of divers as they explore and film the depths of the Amazon river system.
- Rose longs to see mum, but nobody will take her. Ever. Dad disappears to work. Sister waits for a boy on a damp golf course while their brother communes with spirits online. But Rose reckons a familys like a constellation - connected up there in the infinite. Stars feel each other, even if they've died millions of years ago, even if theyre light years apart. Taking destiny into her hands, Rose slips out at dawn into Englands forgotten edge lands. Her departure provokes a family to change, to search for Rose and each other, until discovering the truth of their own awesome inheritance.
- This is a compelling 8 part documentary that examines the evolution of the British Isles - its landscape and wildlife that have evolved through climatic, geological and human change.
- A look at the portrayals of courtroom trials in film history.
- The Friends' award winning Richmond Park film featuring Sir David Attenborough calls for visitors to help protect the park's wildlife, from it's iconic deer herds to it's population of insects.
- An ex-military man refusing to see what's right in front of him is confronted by a mime artist whose life evolves around invisible barriers, who shows him the way to the door to get help he so obviously needs.
- View the Okavango Delta, after the rains, from the point of view of the crocodile and the eagle.
- The continents only come into existence as a temporary result of tectonic plates slowly shifting over the planet's surface. Europe is one of the pieces into which Gondwana was divided and rejoined with Asia. This colossal journey contributed also to its orography, as mountains and volcanoes resulted from such clashes.
- The natural long-term cycle of ice ages and interglacial periods greatly contributes to geological and resulting changes, especially in the relatively rapid transition periods. Coasts are redrawn completely by sea water level changes, sometimes enough to turn the north Sea into a dry pasture. On land, glaciers cover vast surfaces while their retreat drastically reshapes them and moves vast quantities of soil and stone.
- Early man had mainly adapted to his environment, but civilization meant technology and demography enabling him to reshape it, deliberately and accidentally. The Roman empire widely introduced roads, imported crops etcetera, but also depleted the wild predators populations for circus games in every garrison town. Land kept being claimed for agriculture during the Middle Ages, also by monasteries, until the Black Death more then halved the human population, allowing wildlife to recover for about 250 years. The building of wooden fleets resulted in unprecedented deforestation. yet industrialization was the worst European nature ever experienced. Victorian romantic nature loving flourished just in time to help protect the last wild tracts.
- What makes a bird stay in the air? How does the homing instinct work, and what happens when a pigeon falls through a skylight? All this and more, as our feathered friends reveal the ups and downs of life in the sky.
- How does an arthritic seagull get into a bag of crisps? What do oysters do to a bloodhound's brain? Is pet food as tasty as it looks, and if a pigeon ate chicken, would that make it a cannibal? Peel back the lid to discover who visited your dustbin last night.
- A Piranha with toothache, a pig with sunstroke, a performing dog with an aversion to feet, and a monkey who loves intrusive injections. Take a peek behind the surgery door, as under the weather pets vent spleen in the waiting room.
- What do starfish think of noise pollution? Can an octopus eat ice creams in a strong wind? Do sea anemones enjoy sharing their pool with strangers, and why do sea lions prefer Whitby to Scarborough? Pull up a deckchair, don the kiss me quick, and let our coastal creatures soothe away the winter blues.
- Have you ever wondered what it's like to be fired out of a cannon? Or how an elephant combats stage fright or a performing seal masters the art of the French horn? Well, here's your chance to find out, as a motley crew of circus animals lift the lid on life under the big top.
- Why don't worms like fresh air? Where does a woodpecker go for contemplation? What do slugs think about organic gardening, and when does a pond become a singles bar for frogs? All is revealed when the garden dwellers discuss life in their urban turf.
- Are squeaky toys degrading to dogs? How much does a goldfish think its worth? Do chameleons suffer from self image problems, and why do stick insects make better conversationalists than spaniels? Potential pets face their fear of being left on the shelf.
- What does a shark do when it's scared of the deep? How does a plankton ride with waves? Can a shrimp hold its breath longer than a jellyfish, and what happens when a walrus gets the bends? Swimming lessons from the experts.
- What came first, the diplodocus, or the sparrow? Did slugs emerge from volcanos, and how does a domestic cat feel about crawling from the primordial ooze? Join a grab bag of nature's finest as they try to work out where they came from.
- How does a cockroach multi-task? Where does an owl go to find clerical work? How do guard dogs cope when their timetables are re-arranged, and why do lab rats fear retirement? Find out what our animal friends really think about life under the hand of man.
- Topics covered in Episode 2 are: Hadrian's Wall, Rafting on The River Tay, The Sundew Flower, Gaping Gyll, Isles of Scilly, Jurassic Coastline, Dinosaurs, Seven Sisters - Sussex, Giant's Causeway.
- Topics covered in Episode 3 are: Ben Nevis Range, Britain's Ice Age, Beaches in the Air, Glaciers, Kilarney, Fishing for Fossils, Neanderthal Man, Hunting Mammoths, Climate Swings.
- Topics covered in Episode 4 are: Newtondale Valley, Arctic Char, Caledonian Forests, Gulf Stream Effect, Mighty Oaks, Cast Adrift, Tidal Estuaries, Ireland's Mammals, Sea Birds.
- Topics covered in Episode 7 are: Red squirrels, Allotments, MOD land, Modern farming methods, River clean-up, Floods and defences, The Norfolk Broads, Cars and kestrels, London Wetlands.
- Topics covered in Episode 8 are: Seasonal changes, Nesting birds, The Eden Project, Search for beetles, Japanese knotweed, Changing weather, London floods, The next Ice Age.
- Topics covered in Episode 6 are: The "Potteries", Canals, Waterway wildlife, Cornish tin mines, Steam engines, Irish potatoes, Ogwen Valley, London's pollution, Garden cemeteries.
- Topics covered in Episode 5 are: Tree-felling, West Kennet Long Barrow, Stonehenge, Roman roads, Hay meadows, Castles, Skomer Island, Rats and plague, Wetlands and windmills.
- 2004–TV EpisodeTopics covered in Episode 1 are: Garden clues, Bluebells, Capercaillies, An Ice Age, The French Connection, Whisky, Rocks, Salt Mines, Edinburgh.
- What do dogs think about crufts? Do cats like cuddles, and who makes the better burglar alarm? Take a ringside seat as the two most popular pets go head to head in a battle that's raged for centuries.
- Who are the little green men and why do they want to holiday here? Take a journey into the unexpected, as our interstellar friends wrestle with postman etiquette, and the weather.
- Why does a guide dog pursue a caretaker, and what do reindeer think of Santa? Why do hamsters dread chemistry sets, and what do mice think of mince pies? Christmas is for all animals not just for dogs!
- Animal Fight Night takes us on an amazing, edge-of-your-seat journey across the globe to witness firsthand some of the biggest and bloodiest battles in nature. From Australia to the rivers and savannas of Africa, creatures of all sizes and savagery clash with other species and each other for the rights to food, land and their bloodline.
- Danny Glover and his wife Asake Bomani travel from St. Louis in Senegal to the Dogon Country in Mali.