Natural World
Natural World is a TV show on BBC4. 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. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 31 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Wildlife documentary following Professor Con Slobodchikoff, who believes prairie dogs use a language second only to humans in its complexity.
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The reintroduction of tigers into the Sariska National Park has a deadly impact on the other resident predators.
David Attenborough explores his passion for birds' eggs. Piece by piece, from creation to hatching, David reveals the wonder behind these miracles of nature.
Wildlife documentary. Among the yachts of a millionaire's marina on the coast of California, a sea otter mum teaches her pup to survive.
Documentary. A look at Iceland through the eyes of the animals and people that have made this wild island home. The constant volcanic threat boils over in this explosive year.
A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home to learn about its intelligence.
Nature documentary. Tom Mustill returns to California to find out whether the humpback whale that nearly killed him three years earlier was deliberately trying to hurt him.
February 2025
Wildlife documentary about landowner Paul Lister, who wants to turn his 23,000-acre estate north of Inverness into Europe's first wilderness reserve.
January 2025
Stephen Fry reveals the little known habits of the spectacled bear - the inspiration behind the famous children's character Paddington Bear.
Wildlife documentary telling the story of newborn elephant calf Maya.
December 2024
Wildlife documentary. How does a chimpanzee see the world? A research project attempts to answer that question by giving chimps a special camera.
November 2024
Sir David Attenborough tells the stories of the world's best animal architects, including bower birds, hornets and the star-nosed mole.
With the help of pioneering scientists, will Florida’s wildlife continue to weather the storm of a growing human population and a cast of animal invaders?
Wildlife documentary. A tale of life on the Zambezi River, set against the epic backdrop of Victoria Falls. The story is told from the point of view of a local fisherman.
September 2024
With incredible underwater footage, David Attenborough reveals the true nature of the hippopotamus – an animal that cannot swim yet is utterly dependent on water.
August 2024
Wildlife film. Mike Rutzen is on a quest to understand the great white shark better, taking him into the heart of their hunting grounds.
Wildlife documentary. Orphaned baby kangaroos are raised by a tough Aussie living in a tin shack in the desert outback. He has to be mum to a whole family of roos.
Documentary about Central Africa's forest elephants, as new acoustic research sheds light on their social lives and unique vocalisations.
Wildlife documentary. An Australian living in the desert outback rescues orphaned baby kangaroos and raises them in his one-bedroom tin shack.