• Air date: 28 Sep '91 21 episodes
      Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
  • List of Episodes (21)
    • 1. From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning

      28 Sep '91
      This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
    • 2. Vietnam: a Country, Not a War

      13 Oct '91
      Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
    • 3. Kali the Lion

      03 Nov '91
      Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
    • 4. Madagascar: Island of Ghosts

      17 Nov '91
      A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
    • 5. Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter (1)

      24 Nov '91
      This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
    • 6. Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness (2)

      24 Nov '91
      A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
    • 7. Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps (3)

      25 Nov '91
      A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
    • 8. Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass (4)

      25 Nov '91
      An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
    • 9. Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains (5)

      26 Nov '91
      A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
    • 10. Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge (6)

      26 Nov '91
      A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
    • 11. Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier (7)

      27 Nov '91
      Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
    • 12. Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise (8)

      27 Nov '91
      This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
    • 13. Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers

      08 Dec '91
    • 14. Horse Tigers

      05 Jan '92
      This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
    • 15. Arctic Wanderers

      12 Jan '92
      Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
    • 16. Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds

      19 Jan '92
      India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
    • 17. Tiwai: Island of the Apes

      09 Feb '92
      Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
    • 18. A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson

      16 Feb '92
      Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
    • 19. Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines

      01 Mar '92
      The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
    • 20. Dolphins: Close Encounters

      08 Mar '92
      Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
    • 21. Last Stand of the Giants

      31 May '92
      Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.