Natural World - Season 23

Natural World - Season 23

Season 23

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Episodes14
DatesMar 28, 2004 - Mar 28, 2004
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Episodes

Cheetahs - Fast Track to Freedom
Season 23Episode 160 min

Cheetahs - Fast Track to Freedom

For two years Simon King takes on the role of mother to two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu, orphaned when their mother was killed by a lion.
Oct 14, 2004
Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp
Season 23Episode 260 min

Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp

The Norfolk Broads is one of the last fragments of a vast swamp where ancient Britons hunted wildfowl and fished for perch and giant pike. Over the centuries most of the marsh and its wildlife were destroyed. The swamp is now recovering, and spectacular birds like avocets, marsh harriers, and cranes are back. Can the Broads be restored or will they be destroyed by rising sea levels?
Oct 21, 2004
Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat
Season 23Episode 360 min

Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat

A stunningly photographed portrait of the wildlife and landscape of the Mississippi River seen through the eyes of 'River Rat' Kenny Salwey, a legendary hunter, trapper and author who lives off the land and shares his watery haunts with beavers, snapping turtles, sturgeons, pelicans and eagles.
Nov 25, 2004
Hammerhead
Season 23Episode 460 min

Hammerhead

Profile of the hammerhead shark, which has until now been shrouded in mystery as no-one could understand why its head is such a strange shape, or how it might help the creature's survival. Marine biologists in Hawaii explain how the fish utilises the unusual shape to give it a unique, deadly weapon in the oceans. Narrated by Ian Holm
Dec 2, 2004
The Wild Wood
Season 23Episode 560 min

The Wild Wood

An ancient oak wood in the heart of England is as full of beauty and drama as anywhere on Earth. Philippa Forrester spends a year witnessing its secret life - the sparrow-hawk terrorising blue tits, fox cubs learning to stalk rabbits and a buzzard looking for love.
Dec 9, 2004
Andes - The Dragon's Back
Season 23Episode 660 min

Andes - The Dragon's Back

The Andes is one of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges with one of the richest environments on Earth and a diverse and unique mix of plants and animals existing nowhere else in the world. Andes: The Dragon's Back so named because of the spines along its ridge travels through this range of mountains stretching from Cape Horn to the Equator, uncovering the largest ice field outside the poles, the Torres del Paine mountain region and the Atacama desert. The Andes is a perfect example of animals adapting to their environment, penguins manage to thrive in the desert, flamingos cluster around hot geysers and the spectacled bear which originated in North America subsists on South American flowers which now grow in the Andes. Take a tour of the world's longest and most geologically active mountain range in Andes: The Dragon's Back
Dec 16, 2004
Echo of the Elephants - The Final Chapter?
Season 23Episode 760 min

Echo of the Elephants - The Final Chapter?

Jan 19, 2005
Serengeti 24
Season 23Episode 860 min

Serengeti 24

Feb 3, 2005
Secrets of the Maya Underworld
Season 23Episode 960 min

Secrets of the Maya Underworld

Feb 9, 2005
A Boy Among Polar Bears
Season 23Episode 1060 min

A Boy Among Polar Bears

Feb 15, 2005
Shark Coast
Season 23Episode 1160 min

Shark Coast

Jan 26, 2005
Land of the Falling Lakes
Season 23Episode 1260 min

Land of the Falling Lakes

Jan 5, 2005
Wolf Pack
Season 23Episode 1460 min

Wolf Pack

Sean Pertwee narrates this documentary exploring the passions and intrigues - from families torn asunder to jealous plots and sibling rivalries - that drive members of the world's largest wolf pack, living in Yellowstone National Park.
Mar 28, 2004

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