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Natural World

BBC Two · 1983–2020 · Ended · Nature

BBC Two's classic wildlife series which tells in-depth stories of incredible animals, featuring award-winning photography in some of the most extraordinary places in the world.

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Season 1 · 10 episodes · Oct 30, 1983 – Jan 2, 1984
  1. Save the Panda
  2. From Aadvark to Zebra
  3. Programmed for Flight
  4. Jungle
  5. Secret Weapons
  6. Birds of Paradox
  7. Jet Set Wildlife
  8. Pelican Delta
  9. Winter Days
  10. God's Acre
Season 2 · 8 episodes · May 6, 1984 – Jul 22, 1984
  1. Plight of the Bumble-Bee
  2. Salim Ali's India
  3. The Kiwai
  4. Commandos of Conservation
  5. Long Point
  6. Beneath the Keel
  7. Treasures of the Gulf
  8. Fragments of Eden
Season 3 · 15 episodes · Nov 4, 1984 – Feb 17, 1985
  1. Among the Wild Chimpanzees
  2. One Man's Island
  3. Invaders of the Truk Lagoon
  4. The Desire of the Moth
  5. A Question of Space
  6. Peacocks, Parasites and the Puzzle of Sex
  7. Land of Ice and Fire
  8. The Lost World of Medusa
  9. Kinabalu, Summit of Borneo
  10. Wild Ireland
  11. Water - A Fresh Look
  12. Battle of the Leaves
  13. The Year of the Rat
  14. Through Animal Eyes
  15. Within a Garden Wall
Season 4 · 20 episodes · Sep 15, 1985 – Feb 2, 1986
  1. Land of the Tiger
  2. Namaqualand, Diary of a Desert Garden
  3. Horns of Dilemma
  4. On the Verge of Life
  5. The Man Who Loves Frogs
  6. Emas, The High Plains of Brazil
  7. The Flight of the Whooping Crane
  8. White Rock, Black Water
  9. Never Stay in One Place
  10. City of Coral
  11. Kingdom of the Ice Bear - The Frozen Ocean
  12. Kingdom of the Ice Bear - The Land of Beyond
  13. Kingdom of the Ice Bear - The Final Challenge
  14. Aspen, A Dance of Leaves
  15. The Planet Hunters
  16. Short Grass Country
  17. The Forgotten Garden
  18. Inside Stories
  19. Masked Monkeys
  20. Sky Hunters
Season 5 · 17 episodes · Oct 5, 1986 – Mar 1, 1987
  1. Leopard, A Darkness in the Grass
  2. Where the Parrots Speak Mandarin
  3. The Mystery of Laguna Baja
  4. Have Fish Had Their Chips?
  5. Why Dogs Dont Like Chilli But Some Like It Hot
  6. The Elephant Challenge
  7. Ichkeul, Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea
  8. Man-Eaters of Kumaon
  9. A Cactus Called Saguaro
  10. A Wilderness Like Eden
  11. Sweet Water, Bitter Sea
  12. Bats Need Friends
  13. Cockatoos at Three Springs
  14. Volcano Watchers
  15. The Deciding Factor
  16. Reflections of a River Keeper
  17. Towers of Wax and Paper Palaces
Season 6 · 13 episodes · Sep 20, 1987 – Dec 20, 1987
  1. Spirits of the Forest
  2. Land of the Kiwi
  3. Lions of the African Night
  4. Forest of Fear
  5. Icebird
  6. Ticket to the Wild
  7. Grizzly!
  8. Islands of the Fire Goddess
  9. Paradise Reclaimed
  10. Battle for the Eagles
  11. Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari - Search for the Jewel
  12. Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari - The Living Jewel
  13. Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari - A New Challenge
Season 7 · 14 episodes · Sep 18, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989
  1. Ice Pack
  2. Beyond Timbuktu
  3. Nighthunters
  4. Twilight of the Dreamtime
  5. Search for the Yeti
  6. A Passion for Grouse
  7. Nuts in Brazil
  8. Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
  9. The Journey of Gerald Through Wales
  10. Coral Triangle
  11. Wild Waterfalls
  12. Atlantic Realm: Island Arks
  13. Atlantic Realm: Ocean Of Light
  14. Atlantic Realm: Into The Abyss
Season 8 · 16 episodes · Oct 1, 1989 – Feb 4, 1990
  1. Gorillas in the Midst of Man
  2. Ivory Wars
  3. Gran Paradiso
  4. Fear of the Wild
  5. Splashdown
  6. Island in the Air
  7. Amazon The Flooded Forest - 1
  8. Amazon The Flooded Forest - 2
  9. A Tramp in the Darien
  10. The Taming of the Ewe
  11. Under the Ice
  12. The Sisterhood
  13. Erin Through the Mists of Time
  14. The Serpent's Embrace
  15. Haida Gwai, Islands of the People
  16. La Loire Sauvage
Season 9 · 13 episodes · Jan 6, 1991 – Apr 14, 1991
  1. Running for Their Lives
  2. Scandinavia, Lands of the Midnight Sun
  3. Scandinavia, Fresh Waters, Salt Seas
  4. The Cat That Came In from the Cold
  5. Portrait of the Planet
  6. Two Weeks to Save the Planet
  7. Cranes of the Grey Wind
  8. Even the Animals Must Be Free
  9. Marathon Birds
  10. The Great Karoo, A Secret Africa
  11. Big Oil, In the Wake of Exxon Valdez
  12. Wings Over the Holy Land
  13. Hawaii, Beyond the Feathered Gods
Season 10 · 13 episodes · Nov 24, 1991 – May 3, 1992
  1. Vietnam, The Country Not the War
  2. Arctic Wanderers
  3. The Wonderful World of Dung
  4. Monkeys on the Edge
  5. Sounds of the Islands
  6. Sharks, On Their Best Behaviour
  7. Land of Wild Freedom
  8. The Monk, the Princess and the Forest
  9. New Guinea, An Island Apart 1 - Beyond the Unknown Shore
  10. New Guinea, An Island Apart 2 - Other Worlds
  11. Birds Nuts, The Magnificent Obsession
  12. For Queen and Colony
  13. Mpingo, The Tree That Makes Music
Season 11 · 16 episodes · Jan 3, 1993 – Apr 25, 1993
  1. Echo of the Elephants
  2. Shadows in a Desert Sea
  3. Cougar, Ghost of the Rockies
  4. Kimberley, Land of the Wandjina
  5. Journey to the Dark Heart
  6. Ice Fox
  7. The Great Bears of Alaska
  8. The Little Creatures Who Run the World
  9. Strandwolf, Survivor of the Skeleton Coast
  10. Ibera, The Land of Shining Water
  11. The Ghosts of Ruby
  12. Sanctuaries of Defence
  13. Treasure of the Andes
  14. Cheetahs and Cubs in a Land of Lions
  15. The Burning Question
  16. Secrets of the Golden River
Season 12 · 14 episodes · Feb 20, 1994 – May 29, 1994
  1. Sex, Hot Eruptions and Chili Peppers
  2. Firebird
  3. Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
  4. Toadskin Spell
  5. Island of the Ghost Bear
  6. Webs of Intrigue
  7. Vampires, Devilbirds and Spirit Tales of the Calypso Isles
  8. Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon
  9. The Witness Was a Fly
  10. Untangling the Knot
  11. Snowdonia Realm of Ravens
  12. Race for Life - Africa's Great Migration
  13. Islands in the African Sky
  14. Comrades of the Kalahari
Season 13 · 15 episodes · Nov 27, 1994 – Apr 30, 1995
  1. Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers
  2. Badlands
  3. Hunters of the Sea Wind
  4. Parrots - Look Who's Talking!
  5. Avenue of the Volcanoes
  6. Ytene, England's Ancient Forest
  7. Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti
  8. Monkey in the Mirror
  9. Ocean Drifters
  10. The Call of Kakadu
  11. The Riddle of the Sands
  12. Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
  13. Survival of the Fittest - A Natural History of Sport
  14. Sulawesi, An Island Bewitched
  15. The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World
Season 14 · 12 episodes · Jan 14, 1996 – Apr 8, 1996
  1. Echo of the Elephants - The Next Generation
  2. Incredible Suckers
  3. Arctic Kingdom - Life at the Edge
  4. Fifi's Boys, A Story of Wild Chimpanzees
  5. Last Feast of the Crocodiles
  6. Rhythms of Life
  7. Lions: Pride in Peril
  8. Monsoon
  9. Crossroads of Nancite
  10. Bowerbird: Playboy of the Australian Forest
  11. Hightops of Scotland
  12. Attenborough in Paradise
Season 15 · 16 episodes · Oct 6, 1996 – Mar 30, 1997
  1. Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
  2. Mara Nights
  3. Penguins In and Out of Water
  4. Mandrills - Painted Faces of the Forest
  5. Beetlemania
  6. The World in a Wood
  7. Himalaya
  8. Wolves and Buffalo, An Ancient Alliance
  9. Benguela and the Burning Shore
  10. A Lemur's Tale
  11. Grand Canyon - From Dinosaurs to Dam
  12. Wings Over the Serengeti
  13. New Guinea: An Island Apart
  14. The Wild Dog's Last Stand
  15. Postcards from the Past
  16. People of the Sea
Season 16 · 18 episodes · Oct 26, 1997 – Mar 22, 1998
  1. The Temple Troop
  2. Denali - The Great American Wilderness
  3. Jungle Nights
  4. Paracas and the Billion Dollar Bird
  5. Komodo Dragon
  6. At the Edge of the Sea
  7. Beyond the Naked Eye
  8. On the Path of the Reindeer
  9. The Secret Garden
  10. The Dragons of Galapagos
  11. Three Monkeys
  12. Borneo - Island in the Clouds
  13. Oman: Jewel of Arabia
  14. The Lost Lands of Scilly
  15. Fire and Ice - An Icelandic Saga
  16. Metropolis
  17. The Otters of Yellowstone
  18. The Forbidden Fruit
Season 17 · 18 episodes · Oct 11, 1998 – Mar 28, 1999
  1. South Georgia, An Island All Alone
  2. Capybara: Swamp Hogs
  3. Secret Sharks
  4. Mountain of the Sea
  5. Orangutans, The High Society
  6. The Fatal Flower
  7. Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi
  8. Manu: Amazon Paradise
  9. Impossible Journeys
  10. Cheetahs in a Hot Spot
  11. Dolphins: The Wild Side
  12. Year of the Jackal
  13. Everglades - To Hell and Back
  14. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
  15. Tough Ducks
  16. Islands of the Vampire Birds
  17. The Farm That Time Forgot
  18. Iran: Secrets of the North
Season 18 · 16 episodes · Oct 3, 1999 – Jul 10, 2000
  1. Riddle of the Right Whale
  2. Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods
  3. Elephants of the Sand River
  4. In the Company of Bears
  5. The Temple Troop
  6. The Millennium Oak
  7. Wild Indonesia: Island Castaways
  8. Wild Indonesia: Underwater Worlds
  9. Wild Indonesia: Magical Forests
  10. The Tiger's Tale
  11. The Wolf's Return
  12. Monkey Warriors
  13. Dangerous Australians
  14. The Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise
  15. Salmon: The Silver Tide
  16. Claws
Season 19 · 18 episodes · Oct 8, 2000 – Jul 31, 2001
  1. Otters in the Stream of Life
  2. Camels Down Under
  3. Deadly Vipers
  4. The Tigers' Fortress
  5. Big Red Roos
  6. Killer Whales: Up Close and Personal
  7. Madagascar - Land of Lemurs
  8. Seychelles - Jewels of a Lost Continent
  9. Bower Birds - The Art of Seduction
  10. The Last Tusker
  11. Seals - Invaders of the Sea
  12. Killer Bees and Magic Trees
  13. Hippo Beach
  14. Timeless Thames
  15. Coyote - The Ultimate Survivor?
  16. Transylvania - Living with Predators
  17. Danube Delta - Europe Untamed
  18. Buffalo - The African Boss
Season 20 · 16 episodes · Oct 7, 2001 – Mar 24, 2002
  1. The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu
  2. Yellowstone - America's Sacred Wilderness
  3. Wild Nights
  4. Hotel Heliconia
  5. Night Stalkers
  6. Treasure Islands
  7. Leopard Hunters
  8. War Wrecks of the Coral Sea
  9. The Alps
  10. A Wild Dog's Story
  11. Killer Whales of Monterey Bay
  12. The Canine Conspiracy
  13. The Cat Connection
  14. Top Bat
  15. Amazon: Super River
  16. Rhinos - Built to Last?
Season 21 · 14 episodes · Oct 13, 2002 – Mar 2, 2003
  1. Meerkats: Part of the Team
  2. Danger in Tiger Paradise
  3. Falklands: Flying Devils
  4. The Crossing
  5. Death Trap
  6. My Halcyon River
  7. Killer Ants
  8. A Life with Cougars
  9. Cats Under the Serengeti Stars
  10. Wild Women of Viramba
  11. Killer Bees - Taming the Swarm
  12. Highgrove: A Prince's Legacy
  13. Flying Home
  14. The Elephant, The Emperor and Butterfly Tree
Season 22 · 13 episodes · Oct 12, 2003 – Apr 11, 2004
  1. Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs
  2. Elephant Cave
  3. White Shark/Red Triangle
  4. Tigers of the Emerald Forest
  5. Five Owl Farm
  6. The Eagle Has Landed
  7. Swamp Cats
  8. A Moose Named Madeline
  9. The Amber Time Machine
  10. Five Big Cats and a Camera
  11. Ice Age Death Trap
  12. Ireland: Sculpted Isle
  13. Lion: Out of Africa?
Season 23 · 13 episodes · Oct 14, 2004 – Mar 28, 2004
  1. Cheetahs - Fast Track to Freedom
  2. Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp
  3. Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat
  4. Hammerhead
  5. The Wild Wood
  6. Andes - The Dragon's Back
  7. Echo of the Elephants - The Final Chapter?
  8. Serengeti 24
  9. Secrets of the Maya Underworld
  10. A Boy Among Polar Bears
  11. Shark Coast
  12. Land of the Falling Lakes
  13. Wolf Pack
Season 24 · 18 episodes · Oct 19, 2005 – Jul 27, 2006
  1. The Orangutan King
  2. Eagle Island
  3. The Queen of Trees
  4. King Cobra...and I
  5. Return of the Eagle Owl
  6. Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean
  7. Flying with Condors
  8. Ella: A Meerkat's Tale
  9. Wild Harvest
  10. Australia: Taking the Heat
  11. Penguins of the Antarctic
  12. Portillo Goes Wild in Spain
  13. Ant Attack
  14. Stalking the Jaguar
  15. Big Sky Bears
  16. The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic
  17. Bonobo, Missing in Action
  18. Satoyama, Japan's Secret Water Garden
Season 25 · 8 episodes · Oct 18, 2006 – Nov 25, 2004
  1. The Last Lions of India
  2. On the Trail of Tarka
  3. Eye for an Elephant
  4. Bear Man of Kamchatka
  5. The Falls of Iguacu
  6. Africa's Desert Garden
  7. Desert Lions
  8. Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat
Season 26 · 14 episodes · Apr 4, 2007 – Sep 1, 2007
  1. Toki's Tale
  2. Battle to Save the Tiger
  3. Moose on the Loose
  4. Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen
  5. Hawaii - Message in the Waves
  6. Invasion of the Crocodiles
  7. The Bloodhound and the Beardie
  8. Saving Our Seabirds
  9. Desert Lions
  10. Rainforests for the Future
  11. Wye - Voices from the Valley
  12. Land of the Falling Lakes
  13. Meerkats: Part of the Team
  14. Shark Coast
Season 27 · 17 episodes · Jan 4, 2008 – Aug 10, 2008
  1. Snow Leopard - Beyond the Myth
  2. Raising Sancho
  3. Earth Pilgrim - A Year on Dartmoor
  4. Tiger KIll
  5. White Falcon, White Wolf
  6. Saved by Dolphins
  7. Badgers - Secrets of the Sett
  8. Spacechimp
  9. Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert
  10. Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America
  11. Reindeer Girls
  12. Moose in the Glen
  13. Naabi - A Hyena Princess
  14. Spectacled Bears - Shadows of the Forest
  15. Superfish
  16. A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
  17. Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters
Season 28 · 16 episodes · Nov 11, 2008 – Mar 26, 2009
  1. Titus: The Gorilla King
  2. Whale Shark
  3. Clever Monkeys
  4. Crocodile Blues
  5. Cork - Forest in a Bottle
  6. Great White Shark
  7. Cuckoo
  8. The Mountains of the Monsoon
  9. Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World
  10. Man-Eating Tigers of the Sundarbans
  11. Elephants Without Borders
  12. Snow Monkeys
  13. Cassowaries
  14. A Farm for the Future
  15. Iron Curtain, Ribbon of Life
  16. Uakari: Secrets of the English Monkey
Season 29 · 14 episodes · Oct 28, 2009 – Mar 4, 2010
  1. Bearwalker of the Northwoods
  2. Victoria Falls - The Smoke That Thunders
  3. Andrea - Queen of Mantas
  4. Black Mamba, White Witch
  5. Bringing Up Baby
  6. A Highland Haven
  7. Radio Gibbon
  8. Birds of Paradise
  9. A Killer Whale Called Luna
  10. The Secret Leopards
  11. The Chimpcam Project
  12. Prairie Dogs - Talk of the Town
  13. The Wild Places of Essex
  14. Forest Elephants - Rumbles in the Jungle
Season 30 · 14 episodes · Jul 8, 2010 – Mar 1, 2011
  1. The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco
  2. Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant
  3. Sea Otters - A Million Dollar Baby
  4. The Himalayas
  5. Africa's Dragon Mountain
  6. The Dolphins of Shark Bay
  7. Panda Makers
  8. Butterflies: A Very British Obsession
  9. Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq
  10. Elsa: The Lioness That Changed the World
  11. Chimps of the Lost Gorge
  12. A Tiger Called Broken Tail
  13. One Million Snake Bites
  14. The Last Grizzly of Paradise Valley
Season 31 · 14 episodes · Aug 1, 2011 – Jun 18, 2012
  1. My Life as a Turkey
  2. Empire of the Desert Ants
  3. Heligan - Secrets of the Lost Gardens
  4. Komodo - Secrets of the Dragon
  5. The Woman Who Swims with Killer Whales
  6. Animal House
  7. Jungle Gremlins of Java
  8. Tiger Dynasty
  9. Grizzlies of Alaska
  10. Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies
  11. Zambezi
  12. Queen of the Savannah
  13. The Real Jungle Book Bear
  14. Unnatural History of London
Season 32 · 10 episodes · Jul 19, 2012 – Feb 16, 2013
  1. Living with Baboons
  2. Tiger Island
  3. Queen of Tigers
  4. A Wolf Called Storm
  5. Attenborough's Ark
  6. Jaguars - Born Free
  7. Kangaroo Dundee - Part One
  8. Kangaroo Dundee - Part Two
  9. Giant Otters of the Amazon
  10. Flight of the Rhino
Season 33 · 10 episodes · May 17, 2013 – Jan 31, 2014
  1. Leopards: 21st Century Cats
  2. Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible - Natural World Special
  3. The Mating Game
  4. Sri Lanka: Elephant Island
  5. Meet the Monkeys
  6. Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape
  7. Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar
  8. Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
  9. Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface
  10. Vultures: Beauty in the Beast
Season 34 · 10 episodes · Apr 11, 2014 – Aug 28, 2014
  1. Africa's Giant Killers
  2. Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
  3. France: The Wild Side
  4. Nature's Misfits
  5. The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life
  6. The Bat Man of Mexico
  7. Penguin Post Office
  8. Beavers Behaving Badly
  9. A Bear with a Bounty
  10. Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs
Season 35 · 10 episodes · Feb 24, 2015 – Aug 19, 2015
  1. Africa's Fishing Leopards
  2. Super-Powered Owls
  3. Galapagos: Islands of Change
  4. Growing Up Wild
  5. Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire
  6. Attenborough's Big Birds
  7. Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
  8. Ireland's Wild River: The Mighty Shannon
  9. Ghost Bear Family
  10. Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings
Season 36 · 10 episodes · Apr 14, 2016 – Feb 2, 2017
  1. Jungle Animal Hospital
  2. Nature's Perfect Partners
  3. Meet the Moose Family
  4. Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 1
  5. Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 2
  6. Nature's Perfect Partners
  7. Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants
  8. My Congo
  9. Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
  10. Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Season 37 · 8 episodes · Mar 20, 2017 – Dec 28, 2017
  1. Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
  2. Hotel Armadillo
  3. Nature's Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers
  4. Nature's Miniature Miracles
  5. Supercharged Otters
  6. Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos
  7. H is for Hawk: A New Chapter
  8. Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Season 38 · 8 episodes · Mar 31, 2018 – Mar 31, 2019
  1. Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
  2. Nature's Biggest Beasts
  3. Super Fast Falcon
  4. Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan
  5. Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal
  6. The Super Squirrels
  7. Humpback Whales: A Detective Story
  8. Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful
Season 39 · 9 episodes · Apr 7, 2019 – Mar 20, 2020
  1. Florida: America's Animal Paradise
  2. Hippos: Africa's River Giants
  3. The Octopus in My House
  4. Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
  5. Meet the Bears
  6. Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers
  7. Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 1
  8. Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 2
  9. Super Powered Eagles

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