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 49 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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A pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants.
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Wildlife film. In southern Africa, a pride of lions have rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants. A follow-up to Africa's Giant Killers.
Nature documentary. Helen Macdonald trains a goshawk and follows a wild goshawk family at the nest, getting closer than ever before to these fiery eyed birds of prey.
The touching story of a rescued giant otter cub being raised by a Brazilian naturalist.
Welcome to the Penguin Post Office, where people and gentoo penguins live side by side.
A look at how the reintroduction of tigers into the Sariska National Park has a deadly impact on the other resident predators.
A pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants.
Wildlife documentary. The touching story of a giant otter cub called Sancho who was rescued and is being raised by Brazilian naturalist Carolina Vargas.
Documentary. The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? We uncover the extraordinary abilities of these cheeky characters.
Documentary following a pair of tigers released in a nature reserve. They must fight for territory and learn to hunt. Will they mate and start a family, or will they be killed?
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.
Looking at the secret lives of the wildlife in one of Britain's favourite gardens, from a family of foxes that play after hours to toads in the Italian garden.
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.
Documentary following a pair of tigers released in a nature reserve. They must fight for territory and learn to hunt. Will they mate and start a family, or will they be killed?
Nature documentary looking at a post office in Antarctica that is surrounded by 3,000 gentoo penguins.
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade.
Wildlife documentary. In the forests of northern Minnesota, biologist Lynn Rogers gains the trust of wild black bears and studies their lives.
David Attenborough is in the Swiss Jura Mountains to discover the secrets of a giant. Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants.
Nature documentary following the efforts to save the pangolin, a little-known scaly mammal with an unfortunate tagline - they are the world's most illegally trafficked animals.
Wildlife documentary. Three orphaned jaguar cubs are found in a Brazilian forest. A family tries to train them to become wild again, before releasing them back into the forest.