Episode guide
Natural World: Season 8
16 episodes · premiered Oct 1, 1989
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- Episode 1: Gorillas In The Midst Of Man Oct 1, 1989 An intimate and touching glimpse into the lives of these gentle, highly intelligent creatures, it follows a team of scientists and volunteers as they continue the research of the late…
- Episode 2: Ivory Wars Oct 8, 1989 Report on the threat to the African elephant population from ivory poachers.
- Episode 3: Gran Paradiso Oct 15, 1989 Documentary on the national park of Gran Paradiso in the Italian Alps, focusing on the imbalance in the fauna which inhabit the area.
- Episode 4: Fear Of The Wild Oct 22, 1989 Documentary on the ways man has devised of coping with a fear of dangerous animals. Questioning whether this reaction is a throwback to a time when they were a real threat.
- Episode 5: Splashdown: A Diver's Natural History Oct 29, 1989 Splashdown is a diver's natural history of Britain and Eire - showing the amazing abundance and variety of our often threatened, yet rarely seen marine flora and fauna. Auks that 'fly'…
- Episode 6: Island In The Air Nov 5, 1989 Looks at the isolated Bale highlands in south-west Ethiopia, preserved as a National Park, considering some of the animals, foliage and humans that live there, and also its importance as a…
- Episode 7: Amazon, the Flooded Forest (1) Nov 19, 1989 The first of two films about the Amazon basin with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Every year for six months, the Amazon floodplain is entirely submerged, forcing residents…
- Episode 8: Amazon, the Flooded Forest (2) Nov 26, 1989 The second of two films about the Amazon Basin, with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Looks at the species of wildlife that inhabit the region after the flood waters that…
- Episode 9: A Tramp In The Darien Dec 3, 1989 Naturalist and writer Jonathan Maslow treks through one of South America's last great wildernesses, looking at the nature, wildlife, environment and indian tribes in the area.
- Episode 10: The Taming Of The Ewe Dec 10, 1989 Explores how man has exploited the natural behaviour of the dog to control sheep, examining the dog's instincts and ways of ensuring sheepdogs do not attack their flocks by bringing them…
- Episode 11: Under The Ice Dec 17, 1989 Program looking at the world and life forms found under the ice in the seas of the Antarctic.
- Episode 12: The Sisterhood Jan 7, 1990 Richard Goss spent 18 months in the isolated heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana, sharing in the nocturnal lives of a clan of spotted hyaenas. The film documents the lives of these…
- Episode 13: Erin Through The Mists Of Time Jan 14, 1990 From the arrival of the first people 9,000 years ago through the coming of Christianity and beyond, myths and legends have enriched the reality of Erin's wildlife. Seen through the eyes of…
- Episode 14: The Serpent's Embrace Jan 21, 1990 Snakes: a look at the facts and fiction.
- Episode 15: Haida Gwai - Islands Of The People Jan 28, 1990 An exploration of the seas, forests, and wildlife of Haida Gwai, the name given to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, by the Haida Indians, from the viewpoint of the Haida people. The…
- Episode 16: La Loire Sauvage Feb 4, 1990 About the River Loire and the campaign for and against the government plans to build a dam across the Loire.