• Air date: 03 Jan '93 16 episodes
      Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
  • List of Episodes (16)
    • 1. Echo Of The Elephants

      03 Jan '93
      David Attenborough and Cynthia Moss narrate an award-winning film about 18 months in the life of elephant matriarch Echo and her family, who live in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.
    • 2. Shadows In A Desert Sea

      10 Jan '93
    • 3. Cougar, Ghost Of The Rockies

      17 Jan '93
    • 4. Kimberley, Land Of The Wandjina

      24 Jan '93
    • 5. Journey To The Dark Heart

      31 Jan '93
    • 6. Ice Fox

      07 Feb '93
    • 7. The Great Bears Of Alaska

      21 Feb '93
    • 8. The Little Creatures Who Run The World

      28 Feb '93
    • 9. Strandwolf, Survivor Of The Skeleton Coast

      07 Mar '93
    • 10. Ibera, The Land Of Shining Water

      14 Mar '93
    • 11. The Ghosts Of Ruby

      21 Mar '93
    • 12. Sanctuaries Of Defence

      28 Mar '93
      The MOD is one of Britain's biggest landowners. Surprisingly, these training sites are havens for rare wildlife, as those visited for this programme show.
    • 13. Treasure Of The Andes

      04 Apr '93
      Documentary looking at the camels living amongst the dramatic scenery of the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.
    • 14. Cheetahs And Cubs In A Land Of Lions

      11 Apr '93
      An atmospheric and perceptive portrayal of the Earth’s fastest land mammal, world-renowned wildlife cameraman Hugo van Lawick focuses on two cheetah cubs, exploring their challenging journey towards an independent adulthood. With the beautiful backdrop of the Serengeti plains, the young cats play, practice hunting, escape lions and repeatedly sabotage their mother’s hunting attempts. Typical of his distinctive filming style, van Lawick presents the cheetahs as individual characters, bringing th
    • 15. The Burning Question

      18 Apr '93
    • 16. Secrets Of The Golden River

      25 Apr '93