This breathtaking blue-chip series showcases Asia’s most
spectacular National Parks and the enormous natural variety
of the world’s largest continent. Each park features
fascinating, beautiful and often endangered animals, as well
as a wealth of seductive landscapes.
The series takes us on a journey to some of the last
remaining wildernesses in Asia. These jewels are...
This is the story of an eccentric British couple who give up
the comforts of retired life in England and travel to India
on a mission. They want to save the working donkey. For the
slum dwellers in Delhi, the donkey is a work machine, put
into back-breaking labour 7 days a week, 8...
This documentary follows Stig Aavall Severinsen, current
World Champion in freediving, as he lives out his dream to
interact with killer whales and explore their memerising
underwater world, diving only wih a mask and snorkel. The
film takes viewers on an unforgettable journey north of the
Polar Circle, to Tysfjorden, Norway, where killer whales
come each...
In Antarctica, where the world’s largest glacier meets the
sea, a team of biologists has set up a primitive base camp.
They have come to study the phenomenon of ‘penguin
cities’, giant living laboratories where tens of thousands
of Adélie penguins converge in raucous colonies to breed
and rear their young.
For Grant Ballard and...
Gone Wild discovers intimate and touching stories about
once-domesticated animals now gone feral who have made
themselves at home in surprising places, often with
unimaginable consequences. Having been abandoned by – or
escaped from – their owners, millions of domestic animals
around the world roam free. These resourceful stray animals
have managed to survive in spaces...
The great white shark is one of the world’s most vilified
predators. Its maligned public image arises from
occasionally attacking humans, but more importantly by its
popular portrayal as a man-eater by media.
White sharks permit only small glimpses into their lives,
much of which is still shrouded in mystery. However, recent
technologies are allowing scientists...
From the depths of the African bush comes a heartwarming
tale of survival and a scientific journey. . . the story of
a huge herd of elephants condemned to death by a government
decree. Today there are more than 350 elephants in South
Africa's Addo Elephant National Park - descendants of the
handful that not...
This is the story behind the multibillion dollar fever that
has led internationally renown geologists to the most
unlikely place on earth – a land package the size of Texas
in the empty, remote and vast barren lands of the Artic.
Fueled by the fever of the hunt for that rare and precious
find and...
The owl's huge, night-piercing eyes are like a radar,
constantly surveying the environment. Once nature’s
stealth fighter focuses, its unique first strike capability
allows the owl to swoop in for the kill on swift, silent
wings in the dark of night. For most, there is no defense
against the owl. Shot on film and employing...
Animal House Secrets looks at an average suburban home owner
from the perspective of the pet, among the other creatures
who share, visit and borrow our kitchen, bedrooms and the
spaces in between. From the roof to the basement, Animal
House Secrets blends animal behaviour and environmental
science with a sense of humour as we...
Bear CSI takes two bear experts back to the crime scene of
four bear attacks to investigate what went wrong. Blending
expert interviews, stock footage, reenactments and special
effects with a forensic science approach, Bear CSI unravels
the mystery of bear attacks and teaches new lessons of a
fearsome animal.
Three teams, one goal: create a nutritious three-course meal
using only wild foods found in the woods. At the end of
the show, the three teams gather at a northern resort where
they prepare and enjoy their wild meal outside. Eating
Wild is ‘Survivor’ meets ‘Emerald’. Who knew nature
tasted so good?
Featuring exclusive footage of a species never before filmed
in the wild, Searching For A Monster chronicles an
incredible four year scientific quest to find and explore
one of nature's most reclusive, little-known creatures; the
Greenland Shark.
In the towering rain forests along the northern shores of
the Pacific, scientists recently discovered a new subspecies
of the gray wolf. Unlike its genetic kin anywhere else in
the world, this wolf swims, fishes for salmon and roams
great distances from island to inlet across both water and
rough terrain. Secrets of the Coast...
Massive in scale and scope, oceanic weather bombs are an
unpredictable and deadly force of nature to be reckoned
with. Blending storm science with an exhilarating and
dangerous adventure on the high seas, this is the study of
mother nature’s newest, most destructive power.
Two visually provocative programmes exploring underwater
marine life and phenomena. Rainforests of the Ocean examines
the creation of both the accidental and intentional
artificial reefs in Barbados, Bermuda and Qatar. Nomads of
the Ocean looks at the efforts being taken to protect the
nomadic lifestyles of marine turtles.
450 miles from the North Pole stands Horizontal Everest, the
mountainous jewel of the remote north. It boasts the
highest peaks of the Western Hemisphere, east of the
Rockies. While many have climbed vertical Everest, only
explorer Jerry Kobalenko has climbed Horizontal Everest.
Using exclusive photography, Kobalenko shares this world of
enchanted beauty as we travel...
The Pacific coast of North America is the largest laboratory
on earth where on-going studies into the state of the Killer
Whale reveal startling new information about the oceans we
inhabit. Killer in Peril is a sobering report on our
planet’s heath told from the unique perspective of an
extraordinary animal.
This is the story of Nature’s Extreme Machine. We study
the beavior of the Beaver from Argentina to Alberta and
reveal insights into the role Beavers play in a larger
ecosystem.
This is the story of how the coyote - at once revered and
reviled - has learned to adapt across diverse landscapes.
While grizzlies and wolves narrowly missed extinction, the
coyote has earned its status today as top dog.
In the exotic tundra of eastern Siberia a bizarre Canadian
experiment is delivering extraordinary natural and human
dividends. Featuring original footage of Muskox in the
Siberian Badlands, The Soviet Muskox is the epic journey of
the returning Muskox and the secret world into which they
were placed and includes the dramatic new discovery of the
spectacular...
This the exciting story of how scientists employ cutting
edge technology on land, sea and in the air,
to study the natural environment in amazing and heretofore
impossible ways.
The dugong, the animal that is believed to have spawned the
famous legend of the mermaid, is now the most endangered
mammal in East Africa. In this documentary, Daniel Prior, a
young filmmaker, travels with two close friends to the
remote and beautiful Lamu archipelago, the tip of Kenya's
most northern coast, where they embark...
Follow the separate journeys of two captive polar bears, as
they travel from their northern hemisphere homes to Sea
World, on the Gold Coast of Australia. Drawing upon years of
experience in the care and exhibition of marine mammals, Sea
World took on their most ambitious project when they set out
to create a living...
No one has ever found a bowhead whale that died of old
age. Biologists share their new research techniques as
they confirm that bowhead’s may live longer than 200
years. We also join Alaskan Inupiat on a traditional hunt
to discover new insights about the planet's eldest statesman
In the winter of 2001, a team of high altitude balloonists
embarked on a rare and dangerous expedition over the
world’s largest in-land sea – the Hudson Bay. Polar
Safari is an adventure across virtually uncharted territory,
rarely seen at this time of year and never traversed before
by balloon. Along the way, the team...
The North American west was once a wild horse dominion. In
fact, as late as the 19th century, huge herds roamed the
prairies alongside the buffalo. Today, only a few hundred
remain wild. In captivity they literally will themselves to
die. We photograph that rare sight of a wild mustang
running free.
The sea otter's deft aquatic acrobatics are truly befitting
of nature's prima ballerina. After a century of extinction
on Canada's remote West Coast, the sea otter's
re-introduction into the wild has forced it to share the
stage with another species that dances to a different tune.
Three of the world's leading experts share their intimate
understanding of wolf behavior. John and Mary Theberge and
Michael Runtz have spent a lifetime studying wolves and in
particular, wolf language. Against the magnificent natural
backdrop of one of the worlds greatest parks, we learn the
nuances of wolf language and, in turn, perhaps better
understand...
This is the story of studying Mars on Earth at Devon Island,
the largest uninhabited island in the world located 500
kilometres southwest of the Magnetic North Pole. Devon
Island is an analogue to Mars which has made it extremely
interesting to NASA. Mars on Earth follows the largest
scientific mission on Earth known as...
A series that gets under the skin of a culture most of us
couldn't face. This is Vets in Practice on speed. It's an
arresting fly-on-the-wall series featuring the hassled vets,
demanding pet owners and exotic animals of Hong Kong. The
series features the SPCA Hong Kong - one of the largest and
busiest veterinary...
In Canada, more people are killed or injured in vehicular
collisions with moose than by all other wildlife species
combined. In Newfoundland, where moose densities are the
highest in the world, there is proof that it is indeed
Canada’s most dangerous animal.
Numbering less than three hundred, The Northern Right Whale
is the world's most endangered whale species. Every summer
half the population migrates into the Bay of Fundy where,
although whaling is long gone, fishing still poses a deadly
threat to the future of the species.
From the high Arctic, to the Columbia ice fields, from the
Yukon's Mount Logan, to the Pacific coast, the glaciers of
Canada are the planet's most diverse frozen repository of
secrets, telling the tale of our past, present and future in
magnificent detail.
The Thelon Game Sanctuary, located hundreds of kilometers
north of the tree line, is a boreal oasis that should not
exist. Rich with wildlife unparalleled on the Arctic
barrens, it is both one of the world's oldest and largest
wildlife preserves and in First Nation's legends revered as
the place where God began.
'Wildlife Sanctuary' discovers seven different animal havens
whose workers have a passion for rescuing animals and
nursing them back to health. The series covers a wide range
of animals from abandoned seal pups to neglected horses and
hedgehogs.
Heathrow airport's Animal Quarantine Station (AQS) is the
largest in the world. With the capacity to hold hundreds of
animals at any one time, it's the channel through which over
a thousand different species pass each year. This docu-soap
follows the everyday workings of the AQS as they interact
with every animal story, from fashionable...
Fifty years ago, pet shop owner Molly Badham spotteda monkey
in a rival shop's window, sparking a life-long crusade. Now
her shop has evolved into one of the largest zoos in the UK,
with an international reputation for breeding success in
endangered primates. Molly, now in her eighties, is still
very much at the helm....
Dog Of The Midnight Sun, is the story of an icon, the
Canadian Inuit Dog; from ancient roots in the Arctic as the
working sled dog of the Inuit to its confrontation with
modern technological society and sadly, it's potential
demise as a species.
Wandering along a misty creek bed in northwestern British
Columbia, appears a pure white bear the Tsimshian First
Nation calls, the 'Ghost Of The Rain Forest'. But this
ghost is real; one of the rarest animals on earth, and one
of the rarest experiences in nature.
This series documents the work of a very special wildlife
rescue centre where the helpers are dedicated to the rescue,
treatment and shelter of injured or orphaned wild animals
and their rehabilitation back to the wild. The
'fly-on-the-wall' style of the series is filmed with urgency
and energy.
This programme is a snapshot glimpse into a typical week in
Paul Henery's life. Paul is a naturalist and a wildlife
artist. He is also a cop who will not hesitate to protect
the wildlife of Northumberland, England's largest and most
northerly county.
Citizens of remote areas of the West Country in England have
reported sightings of large non-native wild animals. These
have been variously described as pumas, leopards or
panthers. This film follows the search over one late summer
for the 'beast' of these moors.
This series examines the big league of wildlife vets - the
men and women whose work takes them to far corners of Africa
to deal with some of the world's wildest creatures. The
everyday routine of small dogs, domestic tabby cats and
caged rabbits is a far cry from this work, where gored
rhinos, savage...
