• Air date: 20 Sep '87 13 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 (13)
    • 1. Spirits Of The Forest

      20 Sep '87
    • 2. Land Of The Kiwi

      27 Sep '87
    • 3. Lions Of The African Night

      04 Oct '87
    • 4. Forest Of Fear

      11 Oct '87
    • 5. Icebird

      18 Oct '87
      Documentary on the penguins of Antarctica, as they travel 80km to their spring nesting sites.
    • 6. Ticket To The Wild

      25 Oct '87
    • 7. Grizzly!

      01 Nov '87
      Documentary on the complex relationship between grizzly bear and man in North America.
    • 8. Islands Of The Fire Goddess

      15 Nov '87
      Documentary on the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in the Hawaiian Islands.
    • 9. Paradise Reclaimed

      22 Nov '87
      Documentary on American biologist, Dan Janzen, who is reconstructing a tropical, dry forest park in Costa Rica.
    • 10. Battle For The Eagles

      29 Nov '87
      Documentary on different species of Eagle, their population and habitat in Europ e and North America.
    • 11. Okavango, Jewel Of The Kalihari - Search For The Jewel

      06 Dec '87
      The first installment of the epic series Okavango:Jewel of the Kalahari, Search for the Jewel is an intriguing and visually stunning portrayal of wildlife in the Okavango delta, exploring the variety of life residing in and around its waterways.
    • 12. Okavango, Jewel Of The Kalihari - The Living Jewel

      13 Dec '87
    • 13. Okavango, Jewel Of The Kalihari - A New Challenge

      20 Dec '87