Natural World - Season 13

Natural World - Season 13

Season 13

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Episodes15
DatesNov 27, 1994 - Apr 30, 1995
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Episodes

Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers
Season 13Episode 160 min

Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers

Focusing on a pair of albatrosses during the year they produce and raise a chick, Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers is an engaging and atmospheric insight into the wildlife of the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands. Delving into a previously unknown area, the film follows the intriguing work of French scientist Henri Weimerskirch as he uses satellite tracking and time-depth recorders to follow the ever changing population of these remote isles.
Nov 27, 1994
Badlands
Season 13Episode 260 min

Badlands

Documentary on the prairie dog of the South Dakota Badlands.
Dec 4, 1994
Hunters of the Sea Wind
Season 13Episode 360 min

Hunters of the Sea Wind

Documentary showing life under the Pacific Ocean and the predatory life of the marlin, sailfish, sea snakes, dolphins and tuna, birds and turtles.
Dec 11, 1994
Parrots - Look Who's Talking!
Season 13Episode 460 min

Parrots - Look Who's Talking!

Examines the parrot in the wild and sees how its natural behaviour is modified in a domesticated environment.
Jan 15, 1995
Avenue of the Volcanoes
Season 13Episode 560 min

Avenue of the Volcanoes

Records the rare and unusual wildlife that lives in a remote volcanic area of Ecuador
Jan 22, 1995
Ytene, England's Ancient Forest
Season 13Episode 660 min

Ytene, England's Ancient Forest

Documentary, filmed over a two year period, exploring the wildlife found in the New Forest in southern England, which the Saxons called Ytene. The woodland, bogs and heaths of the area are home to wild ponies, fallow deer, badgers, foxes, wildfowl, and insects. Seasonal changes are shown, and some elusive species, such as firecrests, hawfinches, woodlarks and tadpole shrimps are pictured. The programme is interwoven with a history of land use in the area from mediaeval times.
Jan 29, 1995
Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti
Season 13Episode 760 min

Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti

Focuses on a clan of spotted hyenas.
Feb 12, 1995
Monkey in the Mirror
Season 13Episode 860 min

Monkey in the Mirror

Observes some of the behaviour of the Bonobos, pygmy chimpanzees that inhabit a remote area of rainforest in Zaire. The species is considered to be man's closest living relative.
Feb 19, 1995
Ocean Drifters
Season 13Episode 960 min

Ocean Drifters

Examines the weird planktonic animals that drift in the current of the Gulf Stream as it passes Florida and enters the Atlantic. Follows a baby loggerhead turtle which hatches on a Florida beach and heads out to the Atlantic.
Feb 26, 1995
The Call of Kakadu
Season 13Episode 1060 min

The Call of Kakadu

Follows a pair of kookaburras over the course of a year in the Kakadu National Park in Australia.
Mar 5, 1995
The Riddle of the Sands
Season 13Episode 1160 min

The Riddle of the Sands

Documentary on the wildlife found through the four seasons in the estuary of the River Ythan in north-east Scotland, a five-mile stretch of marshes, mud flats and sand banks situated some ten miles north of Aberdeen. The waters of the estuary are home to waders, wildfowl, shellfish, small crustaceans, fish and otters. The estuary is a nature reserve and, since the 1950s, the University of Aberdeen has been running a research project to examine its complex ecosystem.
Mar 19, 1995
Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Season 13Episode 1260 min

Jewels of the Caribbean Sea

Delving deep into the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, this Emmy award-winning production celebrates the region’s bountiful life and impressive diversity. World-famous marine photographers Howard and Michele Hall explore this vast underwater world, their stunning cinematography bringing to light both the area’s radiant beauty, and that of its abundant wildlife population.
Apr 2, 1995
Survival of the Fittest - A Natural History of Sport
Season 13Episode 1360 min

Survival of the Fittest - A Natural History of Sport

Looks at the aspects of nature with which sportsman come into contact.
Apr 16, 1995
Sulawesi, An Island Bewitched
Season 13Episode 1460 min

Sulawesi, An Island Bewitched

Looks at some of the unusual fauna found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, including pig-like creatures which have curled tusks growing through their cheeks, punk-crested primates, the world's largest snake and birds that incubate their eggs in volcanic soil.
Apr 23, 1995
The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World
Season 13Episode 1560 min

The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World

Filming in South Africa's Kruger National Park, looking at the lives of small creatures e.g dung beetle, ticks, termites etc.
Apr 30, 1995

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