Episode guide
Natural World: Season 24
18 episodes · premiered Oct 19, 2005
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- Episode 1: The Orangutan King Oct 19, 2005 Documentary about Kusasi, the world's most famous orangutan. His rise to power was meteoric, from orphaned baby to 20 stone king of the swingers - the fearless ruler of the orangutans in…
- Episode 2: Eagle Island Oct 26, 2005 Wildlife documentary about the Hebridean island of Mull, home to the most spectacular wildlife of any stretch of our coastline - sea eagles, golden eagles, otters, seals, dolphins, whales…
- Episode 3: The Queen of Trees Nov 2, 2005 Ian Holm narrates the extraordinary story of the African sycamore fig tree and its symbiotic relationship with a tiny insect partner, the fig wasp. Neither could exist without the other…
- Episode 4: The King Cobra and I Nov 9, 2005 Documentary following the work of Rom Whitaker as he organises the fight to save the threatened king cobra, the world's largest venomous snake, from extinction. Whitaker is attemping to…
- Episode 5: Return Of The Eagle Owl Nov 16, 2005 Raptor expert Roy Dennis investigates the remarkable comeback of the eagle owl. The fearsome predator is spreading rapidly across the continent and now looks set to invade Britain
- Episode 6: Cuba: Wild Island Of The Caribbean Nov 23, 2005 Cuba is home to spectacular wildlife, from the bee hummingbird - the world's smallest bird - to crocodiles, swarms of purple land crabs, sea turtles and giant iguanas. Natural World…
- Episode 7: Flying with Condors Nov 30, 2005 With a ten-foot wingspan, the Andean Condor is nature's most accomplished glider, soaring unchallenged in the cold mountain air. This is the story of a British hang-gliding expedition that…
- Episode 8: Ella: A Meerkat's Tale Dec 7, 2005 Documentary about Ella, a two-year-old meerkat. She's just given birth to three pups, but their arrival brings her into conflict with her mother, the group's tyrannical leader. If evicted…
- Episode 9: Wild Harvest Dec 14, 2005 Britain's countryside is undergoing a revolution. For decades our farmland wildlife has been in serious decline - a depressing tale of hedges ripped out, marshes drained and fields…
- Episode 10: Australia: Taking The Heat Dec 28, 2005 An insight into the remarkable wildlife in Australia, the hottest and driest continent on Earth - once a wet territory covered in lush rainforest. The animals' survival is attributed to…
- Episode 11: Penguins of the Antarctic Jan 11, 2006 Documentary charting the struggle for survival facing Antarctica's penguins. While some rely on thick down coats and fat reserves, others migrate north for the winter or stay on…
- Episode 12: Portillo Goes Wild in Spain Jan 18, 2006 Documentary in which ex-politician Michael Portillo returns home to discover the wilder side of his Spanish heritage. On his journey from the Pyrenees to the Straits of Gibraltar, he finds…
- Episode 13: Ant Attack Jan 25, 2006 Documentary that looks at the world of the African driver ant, a sinister army of 20 million sisters. It thrives by ravaging the forest, killing every living thing it can pin down and…
- Episode 14: Stalking the Jaguar Feb 1, 2006 Big cat specialists Owen Newman and Amanda Barrett head for Brazil's Pantanal, the world's biggest wetland, to film jaguars in their natural habitat. Equipped with amphibious buggies, they…
- Episode 15: Big Sky Bears Feb 8, 2006 A black bear is seen raising her two cubs in Montana's Rocky Mountains. The forest appears to be an idyllic playground, but the mother has to teach the pair to fend for themselves if they…
- Episode 16: The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic Mar 1, 2006 An insight into the origins of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Created 15,000 years before the ill-fated ship, its development in the heart of the Greenland ice sheet is charted, from…
- Episode 17: Bonobo: Missing In Action Mar 8, 2006 Dr Frances White takes a journey back to the Democratic Republic of Congo to find out if the bonobo apes have survived the war that has overtaken their jungle home. The peace-loving…
- Episode 18: Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden Jul 27, 2006 In the heart of rural Japan lies Satoyama, a landscape of lakes and rivers home to an incredible variety of fish, water birds, snakes and dragonflies. This poetic documentary follows…