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Natural World

Season 8 1989 - 1990
TV-G

  • 1989-10-01T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 16h (16 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Expeditions that take the viewer far away from the urban jungle to present the life of animals that live in the real jungle.

16 episodes

Season Premiere

1989-10-01T20:00:00Z

8x01 Gorillas In The Midst Of Man

Season Premiere

8x01 Gorillas In The Midst Of Man

  • 1989-10-01T20:00:00Z1h

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 ethologist Dian Fossey.

1989-10-08T20:00:00Z

8x02 Ivory Wars

8x02 Ivory Wars

  • 1989-10-08T20:00:00Z1h

Report on the threat to the African elephant population from ivory poachers.

1989-10-15T20:00:00Z

8x03 Gran Paradiso

8x03 Gran Paradiso

  • 1989-10-15T20:00:00Z1h

Documentary on the national park of Gran Paradiso in the Italian Alps, focusing on the imbalance in the fauna which inhabit the area.

1989-10-22T20:00:00Z

8x04 Fear Of The Wild

8x04 Fear Of The Wild

  • 1989-10-22T20:00:00Z1h

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.

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' underwater, a giant whirlpool, scallop farms and Fungie the dolphin are among the sights seen in this marine safari.

1989-11-05T21:00:00Z

8x06 Island In The Air

8x06 Island In The Air

  • 1989-11-05T21:00:00Z1h

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 vital water catchment zone for thousands of people in southern Ethiopia and the desert nation of Somalia to the east.

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 (plants, animals and man) to adapt to an environment half in, half out of water. The first film reveals some of the wildlfie species of the area during the flooded half of the year, including dolphins, fruit-eating fish and the white-furred, bald-headed uakari monkey.

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 cover it for six months of the year recede to reveal for forest floor. Fish, concentrated into small pools, attract a host of predators, and on sandy beaches giant turtles hurry to lay and hatch their eggs before the foods return.

1989-12-03T21:00:00Z

8x09 A Tramp In The Darien

8x09 A Tramp In The Darien

  • 1989-12-03T21:00:00Z1h

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.

1989-12-10T21:00:00Z

8x10 The Taming Of The Ewe

8x10 The Taming Of The Ewe

  • 1989-12-10T21:00:00Z1h

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 up from pups alongside sheep. The future of sheep farming and experiments are also considered.

1989-12-17T21:00:00Z

8x11 Under The Ice

8x11 Under The Ice

  • 1989-12-17T21:00:00Z1h

Program looking at the world and life forms found under the ice in the seas of the Antarctic.

1990-01-07T21:00:00Z

8x12 The Sisterhood

8x12 The Sisterhood

  • 1990-01-07T21:00:00Z1h

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 creatures, Africa's strangest but most successful carnivores.

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 Ireland's leading wildlife film-maker Eamon de Buitlear, this is a story in which the country's natural and human history are intertwined.

1990-01-21T21:00:00Z

8x14 The Serpent's Embrace

8x14 The Serpent's Embrace

  • 1990-01-21T21:00:00Z1h

Snakes: a look at the facts and fiction.

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 special relationship between the indians and the natural world is explained and their attempts to prevent the destruction of forests by logging companies.

Season Finale

1990-02-04T21:00:00Z

8x16 La Loire Sauvage

Season Finale

8x16 La Loire Sauvage

  • 1990-02-04T21:00:00Z1h

About the River Loire and the campaign for and against the government plans to build a dam across the Loire.

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