Natural World Season 13

(1994) November - April | # of Episodes : 15

Ratings

8.7

Series Details

Seasons: 39

Total Episodes: 543

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Networks: BBC Two

Status: Returning Series

First Air Date: Oct 30, 1983

Recent Air Date: Mar 20, 2020

Run Time: m

In Production: Yes

Original Language: English

Age Rating: TV-G

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Production Companies: BBC Studios , BBC Studios Natural History Unit , BBC

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Episode 1

27 November 1994 - Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers

Focusing on a pair of albatrosses during the year they produce and raise a chick, Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers is an engaging and atmospheric insight into the wildlife of the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands. Delving into a previously unknown area, the film follows the intriguing work of French scientist Henri Weimerskirch as he uses satellite tracking and time-depth recorders to follow the ever changing population of these remote isles.

Episode 2

04 December 1994 - Badlands

Documentary on the prairie dog of the South Dakota Badlands.

Episode 3

11 December 1994 - Hunters of the Sea Wind

Documentary showing life under the Pacific Ocean and the predatory life of the marlin, sailfish, sea snakes, dolphins and tuna, birds and turtles.

Episode 4

15 January 1995 - Parrots: Look Who's Talking!

Examines the parrot in the wild and sees how its natural behaviour is modified in a domesticated environment.

Episode 5

22 January 1995 - Avenue of the Volcanoes

Records the rare and unusual wildlife that lives in a remote volcanic area of Ecuador

Episode 6

29 January 1995 - Ytene: England's Ancient Forest

Documentary, filmed over a two year period, exploring the wildlife found in the New Forest in southern England, which the Saxons called Ytene. The woodland, bogs and heaths of the area are home to wild ponies, fallow deer, badgers, foxes, wildfowl, and insects. Seasonal changes are shown, and some elusive species, such as firecrests, hawfinches, woodlarks and tadpole shrimps are pictured. The programme is interwoven with a history of land use in the area from mediaeval times.

Episode 7

12 February 1995 - Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti

Focuses on a clan of spotted hyenas.

Episode 8

19 February 1995 - Monkey in the Mirror

Observes some of the behaviour of the Bonobos, pygmy chimpanzees that inhabit a remote area of rainforest in Zaire. The species is considered to be man's closest living relative.

Episode 9

26 February 1995 - Ocean Drifters

Examines the weird planktonic animals that drift in the current of the Gulf Stream as it passes Florida and enters the Atlantic. Follows a baby loggerhead turtle which hatches on a Florida beach and heads out to the Atlantic.

Episode 10

05 March 1995 - The Call of Kakadu

Follows a pair of kookaburras over the course of a year in the Kakadu National Park in Australia.

Episode 11

19 March 1995 - The Riddle of the Sands

Documentary on the wildlife found through the four seasons in the estuary of the River Ythan in north-east Scotland, a five-mile stretch of marshes, mud flats and sand banks situated some ten miles north of Aberdeen. The waters of the estuary are home to waders, wildfowl, shellfish, small crustaceans, fish and otters. The estuary is a nature reserve and, since the 1950s, the University of Aberdeen has been running a research project to examine its complex ecosystem.

Episode 12

02 April 1995 - Jewels of the Caribbean Sea

Delving deep into the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, this Emmy award-winning production celebrates the region’s bountiful life and impressive diversity. World-famous marine photographers Howard and Michele Hall explore this vast underwater world, their stunning cinematography bringing to light both the area’s radiant beauty, and that of its abundant wildlife population.

Episode 13

16 April 1995 - Survival of the Fittest: a Natural History of Sport

Looks at the aspects of nature with which sportsman come into contact.

Episode 14

23 April 1995 - Sulawesi: an Island Bewitched

Looks at some of the unusual fauna found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, including pig-like creatures which have curled tusks growing through their cheeks, punk-crested primates, the world's largest snake and birds that incubate their eggs in volcanic soil.

Episode 15

30 April 1995 - The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World

Filming in South Africa's Kruger National Park, looking at the lives of small creatures e.g dung beetle, ticks, termites etc.

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