Episode guide
Natural World: Season 18
17 episodes · premiered Oct 3, 1999
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- Episode 1: Riddle of the Right Whale Oct 3, 1999 A dramatic film about Right Whales, the rarest of all the great whales. There's a race on to save them and even US nuclear submarines are part of the effort. Dramatic footage above and…
- Episode 2: Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods Oct 10, 1999 A look at the unique wildlife of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and the island's few remaining members of the ancient Ainu race, who see all animals as sacred. Swept by winds from…
- Episode 3: Elephants of the Sand River Oct 17, 1999 Beneath the forested flanks of an extinct volcano lies a cave with a mysterious secret. Kitum Cave on the slopes of Mt Elgon in Kenya is the only place on earth where elephants venture…
- Episode 4: In the Company of Bears Oct 24, 1999 Insight into Canada's black bears, mountain-dwelling creatures which have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the local human population comprising skiers and snow-boarders
- Episode 5: The Millennium Oak Dec 30, 1999 Documentary charting 1,000 years in the life of an English oak, which would have existed from before the Norman Conquest, during the Black Death, Civil War and Industrial Revolution right…
- Episode 6: The Temple Troop Dec 12, 1999 Remarkable film following an eventful year in the life of an unruly troop of macaque monkeys in Sri Lanka's ruined city of Polonnaruwa, tracing the audacity, resourcefulness and sheer…
- Episode 7: Wild Indonesia: Island Castaways Jan 23, 2000 Shrouded in mystery,Indonesia is a bizarre and beautiful place,home to dinosaur-like komodo dragons and tree kangaroos,tropical beaches and snowy mountain peaks.Indonesia is nicknamed "the…
- Episode 8: Wild Indonesia: Underwater Worlds Jan 30, 2000 Indonesia is one of the worldís natural wonders.In its underwater wonderland,flamboyant reef fish,huge manta rays and shimmering schools of barracudas ride the strong currents that flow…
- Episode 9: Wild Indonesia: Magical Forests Feb 6, 2000 Kangaroos in trees and flying foxes - nowhere else on the planet are their animals as weird and wonderful as in the forests of Indonesia.Despite all the destruction,two thirds of Indonesia…
- Episode 10: The Tiger's Tale Feb 20, 2000 Insight into the daily lives of a family of Bengal tigers inhabiting the Bandhavgarh National Park in India. Sita's newborn cubs find their feet in the jungle, learning how to clean and…
- Episode 11: The Wolf's Return May 8, 2000 Documentary reporting on an ambitious plan to reintroduce wild wolves into America's Yellowstone National Park. The animals were virtually hunted out of existence 100 years ago and this…
- Episode 12: Monkey Warriors May 15, 2000 The monkeys of Jodhpur, India, held in great reverence by the Hindu townsfolk, squabble over territory with a troop from out of town : and finally engage in a full-scale battle to settle…
- Episode 13: Dangerous Australians May 22, 2000 Footage of the lethal wildlife which makes living in Australia a hazardous undertaking. Venomous red-back spiders inhabit garages, funnel-webs stalk houses and gardens looking for mates…
- Episode 14: The Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise Jun 5, 2000 Documentary about the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, which has the highest concentration of predators anywhere in the world. A huge natural bowl inhabited by over 25,000 wildebeest, it is…
- Episode 15: Salmon: The Silver Tide Jun 19, 2000 The salmon that fill the rivers of the Pacific coast of North America have one of the most miraculous and mysterious life-cycles in the entire animal kingdom. After years feeding in the…
- Episode 16: Claws Jul 10, 2000 Insight into the lives of crabs, whether they are climbing trees, travelling over mountains, scuttling across deserts or surviving in crushing pressure near super-heated water on deep…
- Episode 17: The Story of an African Wild Dog At home among the woodlands and floodplains is an African Wild Dog pack - fourteen adults and a bundle of boisterous pups. Part of the few viable remaining wild dog populations left in…