Natural World - Season 15

Natural World - Season 15

Season 15

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Episodes16
DatesOct 6, 1996 - Mar 30, 1997
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Episodes

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Season 15Episode 160 min

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss

Wildlife film about sperm whales, revealing the secret lives led by these often misunderstood ocean giants. Scientists all over the world are now learning about the secret lives of sperm whales, the world's largest hunters that spawned the legendy of Moby Dick. Although Mellville painted them as fearsome beasts of the sea, they are actually shy creatures, and cameraman Rick Rosenthal needed patience and persistence to film them at close quarters. They turn out to be efficient hunters with a close family network involving sophisticated and vocal social lives.
Oct 6, 1996
Mara Nights
Season 15Episode 260 min

Mara Nights

The first ever production to record animal behaviour at night without the use of lights, Mara Nights is an intriguing insight into a whole host of unseen nocturnal antics in Kenya's Masai Mara National Park. The normally astute hunting techniques of the lion are replaced by complete reliance on scent and sound, and in the words of the filmmaker Martin Dohrn "bumping into things then jumping on them".
Oct 13, 1996
Penguins In and Out of Water
Season 15Episode 360 min

Penguins In and Out of Water

Documentary on penguins- not looking at their traditionally viewed habitat Antartica, but at those penguins who have adapted to life in the deserts of Peru, and the cities of New Zealand.
Oct 20, 1996
Mandrills - Painted Faces of the Forest
Season 15Episode 460 min

Mandrills - Painted Faces of the Forest

A look at the complex social behaviour of a mandrill troop in Gabon, West Africa and associated rainforest species - many of which are relatively unknown.
Oct 27, 1996
Beetlemania
Season 15Episode 560 min

Beetlemania

Documentary investigating beetles - which account for a quarter of all animals on earth.
Nov 3, 1996
The World in a Wood
Season 15Episode 660 min

The World in a Wood

An investigation into Wytham Wood outside Oxford, which has been studied by biologists for more than fifty years to examine the dependence between plants and animals.
Nov 10, 1996
Himalaya
Season 15Episode 760 min

Himalaya

Documentary about the geological and natural history of the Himalayas, the highest and youngest mountain range in the world. The landscape is home to a remarkable diversity of wildlife, including red pandas, snow leopards and iridescent pheasants.
Nov 17, 1996
Wolves and Buffalo, An Ancient Alliance
Season 15Episode 860 min

Wolves and Buffalo, An Ancient Alliance

Documentary on the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta in Canada. Follows the buffalo herds in the last place where they roam freely and the timber wolves who prey on them.
Jan 19, 1997
Benguela and the Burning Shore
Season 15Episode 960 min

Benguela and the Burning Shore

Documentary looking at the wildlife found in the Namib Desert in Africa- where baking sand dunes lie beside an ocean cooled by an icy current - The Benguela.
Jan 26, 1997
A Lemur's Tale
Season 15Episode 1060 min

A Lemur's Tale

A touching and intimate portrayal of the ring-tailed lemur, award-winning wildlife filmmaker Adrian Warren spent five months in Madagascar's Berenty forest exploring the fascinating world of these distinctive animals. Providing a captivating glimpse into a year in the life of a lemur, the production starts just after the birthing season, focusing on fragile new arrival, Sapphire, an unusual pure white lemur. Capturing the troop's daily struggle to survive, the film offers an interesting insight into their evolution, behaviour and incredible teamwork.
Feb 2, 1997
Grand Canyon - From Dinosaurs to Dam
Season 15Episode 1160 min

Grand Canyon - From Dinosaurs to Dam

Looks at the wildlife that inhabits the Grand Canyon today, and how the ecology of the area has been affected by the building of two huge dams. Originally home to dinosaurs, it is now occupied by a strange mixture of species from bighorn sheep to ravens, lizards and tarantulas.
Feb 16, 1997
Wings Over the Serengeti
Season 15Episode 1260 min

Wings Over the Serengeti

Documentary on the vultures who live on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa.
Feb 23, 1997
New Guinea: An Island Apart
Season 15Episode 1360 min

New Guinea: An Island Apart

New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and is home to one of the most unusual collections of animals and plants on earth.
Mar 2, 1997
The Wild Dog's Last Stand
Season 15Episode 1460 min

The Wild Dog's Last Stand

Looks at the wilderness existence of packs of African wild dogs, filmed in Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and Kruger National Park in South Africa. Shows their hunting techniques, peculiar social lives and co-operative behavioural habits. They are considered to be one of the world's most endangered species.
Mar 9, 1997
Postcards from the Past
Season 15Episode 1560 min

Postcards from the Past

Examines the landsacpe of the British isles and how it has been affected by its journey from the South Pole where it was located 600 million years ago.
Mar 16, 1997
People of the Sea
Season 15Episode 1660 min

People of the Sea

Documentary about Newfoundland and the centuries-old reliance of its inhabitants on harvesting cod, whales and seals from the surrounding seas. Argues that increasing pressure from international fishing and advances in technology have had a profound effect on the marine wildlife of the area, pushing them to the edge of extinction. Considers what conservation methods have been taken or need to be implemented to retrieve the situation.
Mar 30, 1997

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