
Natural World — Season 25

A compelling portrait unfolds of Asiatic lions, creatures distinct from their African counterparts in both form and habit, and flourishing within India’s borders. Their sanctuary is the Gir forest in Gujarat, where, over the past century, t…

Charlie Hamilton-James and Philippa Forrester ventured onto a short, evocative stretch of the River Torridge in Devon, a landscape made famous eighty years prior by Henry Williamson’s celebrated novel, *Tarka the Otter*. Through months of d…

For fifteen years, Martyn Colbeck has traversed Africa in pursuit of definitive images of the world's largest land creature: the African elephant. In that time, he has learned to interpret their subtle cues, cultivate an extraordinary level…

This is the remarkable story of Charlie Russell, a man who has dedicated his life to the grizzly bears of Kamchatka. When the Russian mafia tragically decimated his beloved bear population, Charlie returned with four new cubs, determined to…

The film journeys into Iguacu National Park, straddling the border between Brazil and Argentina, and showcasing some of the planet’s most magnificent waterfalls. It tells the story through the lives of the animals that call this Atlantic ra…

The film documents a remarkable, fleeting spectacle. Each spring, a hundred kilometers inland from South Africa’s west coast, a desolate expanse is briefly reborn as the world's most extraordinary flower display. Thousands of vibrant specie…

The future for India’s tigers is precarious. Three decades ago, India established more than thirty tiger reserves under the auspices of Project Tiger. Though initially celebrated as a triumph, recent years have seen hundreds of tigers illeg…

The Giant Japanese Hornet stands as perhaps the most formidable insect on Earth, and certainly one of its deadliest. This film chronicles the extraordinary life of a single queen, from her emergence from hibernation to the painstaking const…

This documentary explores the vibrant wildlife inhabiting Hawaii’s renowned surf zone, alongside the surfers and scientists dedicated to its preservation. Sea turtles, dolphins, endangered monk seals, and albatrosses navigate an increasingl…

Australia’s formidable saltwater crocodiles are experiencing a striking resurgence. Their numbers are rising rapidly throughout the billabongs, rivers, and beaches of the Northern Territory. Last year alone, more than 300 had to be captured…

Two years have passed since Simon King created *Cheetahs – Fast Track to Freedom*, a documentary chronicling his efforts to reintroduce two orphaned cheetah cubs into their natural habitat. The earlier film concluded with heartbreak, as you…

For millennia, dogs served as working animals—not merely companions—meticulously bred for tasks like hunting, guarding, herding, or retrieving. Today, these deeply ingrained instincts sometimes manifest as behavioral challenges in domestic …

Britain boasts remarkable colonies of puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes, and skuas; however, recently many have been failing to reproduce successfully. In the summer of 2006, ornithologist Roy Dennis embarked on a journey to uncover the reaso…

Lions once flourished within the stark deserts of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, a presence erased by human hands. Just six years ago, the unconventional biologist Flip Stander stumbled upon a small, vibrant population surviving in the nearby mo…

Anchorage, Alaska’s capital city, earns its reputation as the wildest urban environment on Earth, largely due to its remarkable wildlife. Alongside a population of 260,000 residents live as many as one thousand moose, two hundred black bear…

Amidst a part of Africa frequently marked by hardship and conflict, Gabon stands as a stable democracy committed to safeguarding its natural world. More than ten percent of the nation’s rainforest is now shielded within a network of nationa…

This documentary explores a year within the Wye Valley, following the rhythm of the river and the lives intertwined with it. It focuses on four individuals—cider maker Mike, beekeeper Gareth, salmon fisherman Lyndon, and sheep farmer Derek—…


