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25 documentaries
Africa: Earth's Wild Home captures four years of unprecedented wildlife encounters across nearly 30 countries, revealing Africa's breathtaking landscapes alongside the frontline conservationists fighting to preserve the continent's wild future.
From the Emmy-Award-winning Northern Pictures, Ages of Ice follows the brave scientists pushing the boundaries of exploration and human endeavour in Earth's coldest corners to understand the changes of ice and what this means for our planet's future. In the unforgiving grip of our planet's polar regions, the series will follow these modern-day explorers as they try to understand how the fate of every place and every creature on our planet is tied to these frozen extremes.
Baby Animals Down Under takes you on a spectacular trek around Australia to meet a wide variety of delightful youngsters that hop, climb, fly and swim through its wilds. In Forests, go piggybacking with Koala joeys and enjoy the rare sight of a Tree Kangaroo joey popping its head out of the pouch. On the Waterways, see baby Saltwater crocodiles emerge from their eggs, and go for a paddle with fluffy baby Black Swans. In the Outback, bound around with Red Kangaroo joeys and Emu chicks. Visit the Islands to catch baby Quokkas and Tasmanian Devils at play. In the Bush, be intrigued by baby…
A BBC natural-history series exploring ocean life through a collection of habitats and animal stories, from tropical waters to the poles.
Divers, scientists and photographers work to document changes to coral reefs, bringing an underwater investigation into public view.
Lloyd and Alice venture to Australia to work with its unique animals! Kangaroos, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils: their journey will take them to various sanctuaries to treat the injured and care for orphans.
Across Europe, world-famous heritage sites such as Mont-Saint-Michel, Bran Castle, the Alhambra and Duart Castle draw visitors for their history and beauty. Yet beneath their grand façades lies a lesser-known story. Shaped by centuries of human activity, these sites and their surrounding landscapes are now home to a surprising range of wildlife, from harbour seals and red deer to black storks and elusive amphibians. This two-part series explores how Europe's most celebrated landmarks and the animals that live among them have become closely intertwined, using specialist wildlife filming to…
Force of Nature is a groundbreaking series filmed over three years, revealing how nature is fighting back against today's extreme weather. Witness the scale and ferocity of nature's most powerful forces - from hurricanes and flash floods to droughts and bushfires - and discover the ingenious ways nature endures, adapts and prevails against these new extremes. Through the eyes of heroic animal characters, this heartfelt, dramatic and inspiring series shows how the natural world is rising to the challenge. There has never been a more pressing and relevant natural history series.
Join Ranger Hamza on an epic African adventure! Visiting animal sanctuaries and exploring the wild, he discovers incredible animals, each with their very own story to tell.
In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers , a heart-pounding ride into nature at its most extreme. The series follows twelve teams of certified weather spotters and professional storm chasers as they self-shoot their close encounters with dangerous tornadoes. With no producers or camera crews, each team ventures into America's Tornado Alley, risking everything to spot tornados, warn people in harm's way, and help save lives when disaster strikes. The series captures raw, harrowing encounters as storm chasers, outfitted with their own camera rigs and advanced weather tech, race into the American…
European wildlife is threatened like never before, but in the Carpathian Mountains it has found its last great refuge. Home to Europe's most extensive primeval forests and the continent's largest populations of bears, wolves and lynx, the Carpathians are a stronghold of biodiversity. Follow the lives of this remarkable wildlife over the course of a year to reveal how each species is connected to the wider ecosystem. Together, they sustain a landscape that protects biodiversity, stores carbon and safeguards life-giving water, making the Carpathians one of Europe's most vital natural treasures.
Japan is famous for its rich traditions and futuristic cities, but it is also a nation bursting with unbelievable wildlife. On this journey from the archipelago's harsh winters through the summer mating season, meet endemic species like bears, raccoons, crabs, flying squirrels, foxes and eagles. Witness never-before-seen footage of Japanese cranes' courting ritual, the spawning of the endangered Japanese giant salamander, battles between Ezo sables, and the flight of the Sika deer.
