Natural World

Natural World

1983 - 2020DocumentaryTV-PG39 Seasons543 Episodes

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

10 Episodes • 1983

Season 2

Season 2

8 Episodes • 1984

Season 3

Season 3

15 Episodes • 1984

Season 4

Season 4

20 Episodes • 1985

Season 5

Season 5

17 Episodes • 1986

Season 6

Season 6

13 Episodes • 1987

Season 7

Season 7

14 Episodes • 1988

Season 8

Season 8

16 Episodes • 1989

Season 9

Season 9

14 Episodes • 1991

Season 10

Season 10

13 Episodes • 1991

Season 11

Season 11

16 Episodes • 1993

Season 12

Season 12

14 Episodes • 1994

Season 13

Season 13

15 Episodes • 1994

Season 14

Season 14

12 Episodes • 1996

Season 15

Season 15

17 Episodes • 1996

Season 16

Season 16

19 Episodes • 1997

Season 17

Season 17

18 Episodes • 1998

Season 18

Season 18

17 Episodes • 1999

Season 19

Season 19

18 Episodes • 2000

Season 20

Season 20

16 Episodes • 2001

Season 21

Season 21

15 Episodes • 2002

Season 22

Season 22

17 Episodes • 2003

Season 23

Season 23

14 Episodes • 2004

Season 24

Season 24

18 Episodes • 2005

Season 25

Season 25

17 Episodes • 2006

Season 26

Season 26

11 Episodes • 2007

Season 27

Season 27

17 Episodes • 2008

Season 28

Season 28

16 Episodes • 2008

Season 29

Season 29

14 Episodes • 2009

Season 30

Season 30

14 Episodes • 2010

Season 31

Season 31

14 Episodes • 2011

Season 32

Season 32

10 Episodes • 2012

Season 33

Season 33

10 Episodes • 2013

Season 34

Season 34

10 Episodes • 2014

Season 35

Season 35

10 Episodes • 2015

Season 36

Season 36

9 Episodes • 2016

Season 37

Season 37

8 Episodes • 2017

Season 38

Season 38

8 Episodes • 2018

S39

Season 39

9 Episodes • 2019

Episodes - Season 1

E1

1. Save The Panda

50m

Follows the great land migration in Africa, one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Wildebeests, numbering in the millions, run for their lives on a-mile trek to find food and water, battling predators along the way.

E2

2. From Aadvark To Zebra

50m

Impalas move with the great migration on the Serengeti plains of Africa. A new fawn is on his way, but so is danger for the herds.

E3

3. Programmed For Flight

50m

On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies against predators in the sky and on the ground. Discover the secret way that crocodiles have survived for millions of years.

E4

4. Jungle

50m

The animal kingdom in the Serengeti is in constant competition for resources. The essence of competition is for the hunt and those who can't cut it are left behind.

E5

5. Secret Weapons

50m

Two mother cheetahs, able to reach top speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour, are in a race to protect and feed their new cubs. Predators close in on the families, who must work to prevail on the Serengeti Plains of Africa.

E6

6. Birds of Paradox

50m

Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of their young. Watch as mother hippos in Africa risk everything to keep their newly born calves away from predators, both in and out of the water.

E7

7. Jet Set Wildlife

50m

A newborn wildebeest befriends a fierce lioness, and a rare meeting between two river monsters, a hippopotamus and a Nile crocodile.

E8

8. Pelican Delta

50m

The wildlife of the Danube delta in the Black Sea, especially the white pelicans.

E9

9. Winter Days

50m

There are only two seasons in the Serengeti, dry and wet. As the long dry season ends, the clouds begin to darken as the rain signals new life on the Serengeti Plains.

E10

10. God's Acre

50m

The wildebeest path on their endless migration is impeded several times by rivers. The waterways have certain dangers that can can result in death for the wildebeest, mainly the Nile crocodile.

Top Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self - Host

John Hannah

John Hannah

Narrator (voice)

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Narrator (voice)

Available on: BBC Two

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