Episode guide
Natural World: Season 3
15 episodes · premiered Nov 4, 1984
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- Episode 1: Among The Wild Chimpanzees Nov 4, 1984 · 50m As a child Jane Goodall dreamt of going to Africa and living with the animals. In 1960 her dream became reality: she began a study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Today…
- Episode 2: One Man's Island Nov 11, 1984 · 50m Documentary programme on Keith Brockle who spent twelve months painting and drawing the bird life on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.
- Episode 3: Invaders Of The Truk Lagoon Nov 18, 1984 · 50m Truk Lagoon in the western Pacific is a peaceful tropical atoll. In 1944 its tranquillity was shattered when the US Navy surprised and sank a fleet of 60 Japanese ships. Within 40 years a…
- Episode 4: The Desire Of The Moth Nov 25, 1984 · 50m The largest known moth in the world has wings the size of a dove, the smallest lives inside a leaf. Although they are creatures of darkness, the bizarre designs and garish colors of moths…
- Episode 5: A Question Of Space Dec 2, 1984 · 50m Five hundred miles above the parched African landscape a satellite seeks clues to the problem of space on the ground. In Kenya, fueled by a rapidly rising population, the competition for…
- Episode 6: Peacocks, Parasites And The Puzzle Of Sex Dec 9, 1984 · 50m What's the purpose of sex? To protect us from disease! Brian Leith unravels the intricate puzzle of sex and finds that: Males seem to be a waste of time and energy - many of the successful…
- Episode 7: Land Of Ice And Fire Dec 16, 1984 · 50m The first explorers to penetrate beyond the headwaters of the Missouri brought back tales of a strange land. They spoke of valleys that seemed to smoke and burn perpetually, and of a river…
- Episode 8: The Lost World Of Medusa Dec 23, 1984 · 50m On a remote Pacific island a mysterious lake lies hidden by dense jungle. Below the surface a gigantic shimmering phantom swims, tracking the sun. This weird life form is composed of…
- Episode 9: Kinabalu - Summit Of Borneo Jan 6, 1985 · 50m The highest peak in south-east Asia, Kinabalu, was once a mountain of legend and fable. To Chinese adventurers it was the abode of a dragon, rumored to guard a pearl by a lake at the very…
- Episode 10: Wild Ireland Jan 13, 1985 · 50m Time, climate and the needs of the Irish have fashioned a magical island. Cast free when the ancient bridge from Britain sank, it still holds within its saucer of ice-scoured rocks the…
- Episode 11: Water - A Fresh Look Jan 20, 1985 · 50m Shooting rapids without a kayak, playing with some hefty manatees and feeding piranhas by hand! These are the extraordinary activities of an ordinary German businessman Walter Sigl , whose…
- Episode 12: Battle Of The Leaves Jan 27, 1985 · 50m Leaves are nature's pacifists -or so it seems. Leaves hang there green and uncomplaining, while animals chew them to death, birds tear them from their stems for nest building, and dusky…
- Episode 13: The Year Of The Rat Feb 3, 1985 · 50m Rats - should we like them? Some people hate and despise these rodents. As the Chinese Year of the Rat draws to a close, down on the farm the rats' year goes on. Resourceful and adaptable…
- Episode 14: Through Animal Eyes Feb 10, 1985 · 50m Is your dog color blind? How do cats and owls see so much at night and high-flying kestrels spot tiny mice scuttling in the grass below? Do insects tune in to colors invisible to us? Is a…
- Episode 15: Within A Garden Wall Feb 17, 1985 · 50m A Cotswold dry-stone wall, built 400 years ago, is a haven for wildlife. The cracks, crevices and man-made crags of a Cotswold dry-stone wall form one of the harshest places for wildlife…