Episode guide
Natural World: Season 23
14 episodes · premiered Oct 14, 2004
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- Episode 1: Cheetahs: Fast Track to Freedom Oct 14, 2004 For two years Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu, orphaned when their mother was killed by a lion.
- Episode 2: Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp Oct 21, 2004 The Norfolk Broads is one of the last fragments of a vast swamp where ancient Britons hunted wildfowl and fished for perch and giant pike. Over the centuries most of the marsh and its…
- Episode 3: Typhoon Island Nov 18, 2004
- Episode 4: Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat Nov 25, 2004 A stunningly photographed portrait of the wildlife and landscape of the Mississippi River seen through the eyes of 'River Rat' Kenny Salwey, a legendary hunter, trapper and author who…
- Episode 5: Hammerhead Dec 2, 2004 Profile of the hammerhead shark, which has until now been shrouded in mystery as no-one could understand why its head is such a strange shape, or how it might help the creature's survival…
- Episode 6: The Wild Wood Dec 9, 2004 An ancient oak wood in the heart of England is as full of beauty and drama as anywhere on Earth. Philippa Forrester spends a year witnessing its secret life - the sparrow-hawk terrorising…
- Episode 7: Andes: The Dragon's Back Dec 16, 2004 · 49m The Andes is one of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges with one of the richest environments on Earth and a diverse and unique mix of plants and animals existing nowhere else in…
- Episode 8: Land of the Falling Lakes Jan 5, 2005 Documentary about Plitvice National Park in Croatia, Europe's oldest and one of its most beautiful national parks - a network of crystal clear lakes connected by thousands of waterfalls…
- Episode 9: Echo of the Elephants - The Final Chapter? Jan 19, 2005 Documentary following the latest chapter in the story of Echo the female elephant and her family in the Kenyan National Park of Amboseli. Scientist Cynthia Moss believes she is charting…
- Episode 10: Shark Coast Jan 26, 2005 David Attenborough travels along the coast of Southern Africa which has an incredible variety of sharks, over 140 species, from massive great whites and tiger sharks to dozens of tiny…
- Episode 11: Serengeti 24 Feb 3, 2005 Documentary chronicled the maternal behavior of a cheetah and a leopard as they cared for their cubs in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.
- Episode 12: Secrets of the Maya Underworld Feb 9, 2005 Beneath the jungle-clad temples of Mexico's Yucatan, a startling discovery has been made: the largest network of flooded caves and underground rivers in the world. The intrepid cave divers…
- Episode 13: A Boy Among Polar Bears Feb 15, 2005 Documentary following Inuit boy Apak Taktu as he takes his first trip out onto the frozen Arctic with his father to be taught esssential and traditional survival and hunting skills.
- Episode 14: Wolf Pack Sean Pertwee narrates this documentary exploring the passions and intrigues - from families torn asunder to jealous plots and sibling rivalries - that drive members of the world's largest…