Natural World (1983)
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.
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Episode 1 - Save The Panda
Release Date: 1983-10-30Follows the great land migration in Africa, one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Wildebeests, numbering in the millions, run for their lives on a-mile trek to find food and water, battling predators along the way.
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Episode 2 - From Aadvark To Zebra
Release Date: 1983-11-06Impalas move with the great migration on the Serengeti plains of Africa. A new fawn is on his way, but so is danger for the herds.
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Episode 3 - Programmed For Flight
Release Date: 1983-11-13On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies against predators in the sky and on the ground. Discover the secret way that crocodiles have survived for millions of years.
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Episode 4 - Jungle
Release Date: 1983-11-20The animal kingdom in the Serengeti is in constant competition for resources. The essence of competition is for the hunt and those who can't cut it are left behind.
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Episode 5 - Secret Weapons
Release Date: 1983-11-27Two mother cheetahs, able to reach top speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour, are in a race to protect and feed their new cubs. Predators close in on the families, who must work to prevail on the Serengeti Plains of Africa.
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Episode 6 - Birds of Paradox
Release Date: 1983-12-04Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of their young. Watch as mother hippos in Africa risk everything to keep their newly born calves away from predators, both in and out of the water.
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Episode 7 - Jet Set Wildlife
Release Date: 1983-12-11A newborn wildebeest befriends a fierce lioness, and a rare meeting between two river monsters, a hippopotamus and a Nile crocodile.
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Episode 8 - Pelican Delta
Release Date: 1983-12-18The wildlife of the Danube delta in the Black Sea, especially the white pelicans.
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Episode 9 - Winter Days
Release Date: 1983-12-25There are only two seasons in the Serengeti, dry and wet. As the long dry season ends, the clouds begin to darken as the rain signals new life on the Serengeti Plains.
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Episode 10 - God's Acre
Release Date: 1984-01-02The wildebeest path on their endless migration is impeded several times by rivers. The waterways have certain dangers that can can result in death for the wildebeest, mainly the Nile crocodile.