Natural World - Season 8

Natural World - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes16
DatesOct 1, 1989 - Feb 4, 1990
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Episodes

Gorillas in the Midst of Man
Season 8Episode 160 min

Gorillas in the Midst of Man

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.
Oct 1, 1989
Ivory Wars
Season 8Episode 260 min

Ivory Wars

Report on the threat to the African elephant population from ivory poachers.
Oct 8, 1989
Gran Paradiso
Season 8Episode 360 min

Gran Paradiso

Documentary on the national park of Gran Paradiso in the Italian Alps, focusing on the imbalance in the fauna which inhabit the area.
Oct 15, 1989
Fear of the Wild
Season 8Episode 460 min

Fear of the Wild

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.
Oct 22, 1989
Splashdown
Season 8Episode 560 min

Splashdown

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.
Oct 29, 1989
Island in the Air
Season 8Episode 660 min

Island in the Air

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.
Nov 5, 1989
Amazon The Flooded Forest - 1
Season 8Episode 760 min

Amazon The Flooded Forest - 1

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.
Nov 19, 1989
Amazon The Flooded Forest - 2
Season 8Episode 860 min

Amazon The Flooded Forest - 2

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.
Nov 26, 1989
A Tramp in the Darien
Season 8Episode 960 min

A Tramp in the Darien

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.
Dec 3, 1989
The Taming of the Ewe
Season 8Episode 1060 min

The Taming of the Ewe

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.
Dec 10, 1989
Under the Ice
Season 8Episode 1160 min

Under the Ice

Program looking at the world and life forms found under the ice in the seas of the Antarctic.
Dec 17, 1989
The Sisterhood
Season 8Episode 1260 min

The Sisterhood

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.
Jan 7, 1990
Erin Through the Mists of Time
Season 8Episode 1360 min

Erin Through the Mists of Time

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.
Jan 14, 1990
The Serpent's Embrace
Season 8Episode 1460 min

The Serpent's Embrace

Snakes: a look at the facts and fiction.
Jan 21, 1990
Haida Gwai, Islands of the People
Season 8Episode 1560 min

Haida Gwai, Islands of the People

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.
Jan 28, 1990
La Loire Sauvage
Season 8Episode 1660 min

La Loire Sauvage

About the River Loire and the campaign for and against the government plans to build a dam across the Loire.
Feb 4, 1990

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