Episode guide
Natural World: Season 15
17 episodes · premiered Oct 6, 1996
TMDB has no overview for this season.
- Episode 1: Sperm Whales: Back From the Abyss Oct 6, 1996 Wildlife film about sperm whales, revealing the secret lives led by these often misunderstood ocean giants. Scientists all over the world are now learning about the secret lives of sperm…
- Episode 2: Mara Nights Oct 13, 1996 The first ever production to record animal behaviour at night without the use of lights, Mara Nights is an intriguing insight into a whole host of unseen nocturnal antics in Kenya's Masai…
- Episode 3: Penguins In and Out of Water Oct 20, 1996 Documentary on penguins- not looking at their traditionally viewed habitat Antartica, but at those penguins who have adapted to life in the deserts of Peru, and the cities of New Zealand.
- Episode 4: Mandrills: Painted Faces of the Forest Oct 27, 1996 A look at the complex social behaviour of a mandrill troop in Gabon, West Africa and associated rainforest species - many of which are relatively unknown.
- Episode 5: Beetlemania Nov 3, 1996 Documentary investigating beetles - which account for a quarter of all animals on earth.
- Episode 6: The World in a Wood Nov 10, 1996 An investigation into Wytham Wood outside Oxford, which has been studied by biologists for more than fifty years to examine the dependence between plants and animals.
- Episode 7: Himalaya Nov 17, 1996 Documentary about the geological and natural history of the Himalayas, the highest and youngest mountain range in the world. The landscape is home to a remarkable diversity of wildlife…
- Episode 8: Wolves and Buffalo: an Ancient Alliance Jan 19, 1997 Documentary on the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta in Canada. Follows the buffalo herds in the last place where they roam freely and the timber wolves who prey on them.
- Episode 9: Benguela and the Burning Shore Jan 26, 1997 Documentary looking at the wildlife found in the Namib Desert in Africa- where baking sand dunes lie beside an ocean cooled by an icy current - The Benguela.
- Episode 10: A Lemur's Tale Feb 2, 1997 A touching and intimate portrayal of the ring-tailed lemur, award-winning wildlife filmmaker Adrian Warren spent five months in Madagascar's Berenty forest exploring the fascinating world…
- Episode 11: Grand Canyon: From Dinosaurs to Dam Feb 16, 1997 Looks at the wildlife that inhabits the Grand Canyon today, and how the ecology of the area has been affected by the building of two huge dams. Originally home to dinosaurs, it is now…
- Episode 12: Wings Over the Serengeti Feb 23, 1997 Documentary on the vultures who live on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa.
- Episode 13: New Guinea: An Island Apart Mar 2, 1997 New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and is home to one of the most unusual collections of animals and plants on earth.
- Episode 14: The Wild Dog's Last Stand Mar 9, 1997 Looks at the wilderness existence of packs of African wild dogs, filmed in Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and Kruger National Park in South Africa. Shows their hunting techniques…
- Episode 15: Postcards From the Past Mar 16, 1997 Examines the landsacpe of the British isles and how it has been affected by its journey from the South Pole where it was located 600 million years ago.
- Episode 16: People of the Sea Mar 30, 1997 Documentary about Newfoundland and the centuries-old reliance of its inhabitants on harvesting cod, whales and seals from the surrounding seas. Argues that increasing pressure from…
- Episode 17: Echo of the Elephants: Africa's Forgotten Elephants Apr 6, 1997 Following film-maker Cynthia Moss in her search for the unknown elephants of Africa.