Natural History Documentary Episodes
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1.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Infinite Variety
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Background to the origins of life on Earth and with the evidence of fossils, how some of today's living creatures can trace their ancestry back through the eons to those earliest of times.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 107
2.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Building Bodies
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
The continuing story of the evolution of life on earth explores the earliest sea living invertebrates.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 90
3.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The First Forests
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Explores the first land living plants and insects, the problems they faced and how they overcame them.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 85
4.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Swarming Hordes
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Examines the symbiosis between plants and insects together with how some insects have become super-organisms.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 91
5.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Conquest of the Waters
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Tracing the evolution of fish leading to today's immense variety and ability to occupy remarkable environments.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 86
6.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Invasion of the Land
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
The evolution of life continues with some fish moving on to the land and becoming amphibians.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 82
7.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Victors of the Dry Land
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
The rise and evolution of reptiles including the history of dinosaurs.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 84
8.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Lords of the Air
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
The evolution of birds from their first reptilian ancestors to the immense variety of species we know today.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 84
9.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Rise of the Mammals
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Tracing the early evolution of mammals that rose to prominence following the extinction of the dinosaurs and concentrating on today's egg laying mammals (monotremes) and marsupials.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 87
10.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Theme and Variations
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
The evolution of mammals continues with the focus on some placental species including emphasis on bats, whales and dolphins.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 74
11.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Hunters and Hunted
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
A study into those mammals that became herbivores and their colonisation over many parts of the world. Also examines their main predators and defense strategies.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 84
12.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
Life in the Trees
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Continues the mammal theme, by focusing on primates. Beginning with the lemurs of Madagascar, then describing the differences between old world and new world monkeys and concluding with a study of gorillas and chimpanzees.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 88
13.
Life on Earth (1979)
Episode:
The Compulsive Communicators
(1979)
55 min | Documentary
Tracing the evolution of the human species from African ape to the prodigious colonization of the entire earth and the impact upon the planet both now and in the future.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 76
14.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Building of the Earth
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
Explores how the surface of the Earth continually moves and transforms due to volcanic activity both above and below sea level and how animals and plants have adapted to cope with the varied resulting environments.
Director: Richard Brock | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 145
15.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Frozen World
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
How some creatures and plants manage to overcome the harsh environments found at high altitude together with those prevailing in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 140
16.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Northern Forests
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
An exploration of the various global forests in the northern hemisphere and how animal and plant life, both permanent and migratory, have to cope with changing seasons and climates.
Director: Ian Calvert | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 143
17.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
Jungle
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
A study of tropical rain forests and how it's universal climate provides the habitats for the immense variety of flora and fauna that proliferate there.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 147
18.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
Seas of Grass
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
A study of the vast grasslands of the Earth and how they support a great variety of animal life from insects to large herbivores including their predators.
Director: Richard Matthews | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 146
19.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Baking Deserts
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
Roasting temperatures during the day and equally cold temperatures at night, require both animals (incl. humans) and plants to adapt to extreme habitats including minimal availability of water.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 139
20.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Sky Above
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
Describes the ability of birds, insects and bats to fly including migration often over great distances; and how plant seeds defy gravity in order to disperse over a wide area.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 140
21.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
Sweet Fresh Water
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary variety of animal life that live both in or close to or otherwise depend on freshwater focusing principally on the Amazon river and other global freshwater expanses.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 146
22.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Margins of the Land
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
From worms to crocodiles, all manner of creatures and plant life have to adapt to the unique habitat that exists where the land meets the sea and cope with the rise and fall of daily tides.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 143
23.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
Worlds Apart
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
How isolation on islands and atolls has lead to unique diversity and specialization amongst animal and plant life together with the devastating results of human intervention.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 140
24.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
The Open Ocean
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
From plankton to whales, there is as much amazing diversity of life and habitats in the world's oceans as there is on land. A marine lifestyle presents unique problems for its inhabitants.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 140
25.
The Living Planet (1984)
Episode:
New Worlds
(1984)
55 min | Documentary
Over the last 10,000 years, modern man has utilized his superior intellect to colonize most of the Earth in order to further his species; sometimes to the detriment of other creatures and damaging natural habitats and environments.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 143
26.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Arriving
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
The first dangerous step into a hazardous world. From egg laying to live-bearing mammals have adopted an extraordinary variety of techniques to give birth, but the release of an egg to the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 70
27.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Growing Up
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
For some baby animals, the care of diligent parents smooths the way to adulthood. Whereas others are abandoned before their childhood is over. But whether cared for or not, the main trial ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 62
28.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Finding Food
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Finding enough to eat is a problem which faces every animal on the planet and since animals - unlike plants - cannot manufacture their own food, they have to eat other organisms which, by and large, don't welcome the experience.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 56
29.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Hunting and Escaping
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Kill or die. Escape or perish. Such life and death duels are fought on a daily basis in the wild between assassins and their victims and have fuelled a long evolutionary arms race.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 65
30.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Finding the Way
(1990)
48 min | Documentary
How do animals find their way around the globe with such extraordinary accuracy - an accuracy which we have only been able to match in recent years with satellite navigation.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 57
31.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Homemaking
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
To create their hugely varied homes, animals become potters and plasterers, weavers and needleworkers, miners, masons, scaffolders, thatchers and sculptors.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 64
32.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Living Together
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Whole communities of different kinds of animals have been committed by evolution to live together. We show how some of these animal partnerships are ancient and intricate, whilst others are... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 63
33.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Fighting
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
Fighting is most usually an expression of competition - for food, for land or for a mate. But all fights do not have to be expressed with physical violence. Some are also ritualised ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 56
34.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Friends and Rivals
(1990)
47 min | Documentary
Many animals find it advantageous, essential even, to live in social groups where recognising friends and respecting the power of rivals is vital. However there are problems: inevitable ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 65
35.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Talking to Strangers
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
An exploration of the enormous variety of ways in which animals communicate and then by imitating or adopting some of these, David Attenborough demonstrates how he is able to "talk" to animals.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 63
36.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Courting
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
In the animal kingdom all sorts of methods are employed to attract the best mate from singing, to fantastical displays of plumage, to stylish dance routines, and more violent strategies ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 62
37.
The Trials of Life (1990)
Episode:
Continuing the Line
(1990)
49 min | Documentary
A look at the ingenious strategies employed by animals in their desperate attempts to find and retain a mate.
Director: Michael Gunton | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 55
38.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
The Bountiful Sea
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
This initial foray into Antarctica introduces viewers to the area and how ice governs all forms of life there.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 53
39.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
The Ice Retreats
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Spring begins in the sub-Antarctic islands.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 58
40.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
The Race to Breed
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Animals race to breed during the short Antarctic summer.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 47
41.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
The Door Closes
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Species cope as autumn returns and the ice begins to refreeze.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 47
42.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
The Big Freeze
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
A winter season of complete darkness envelops the island of ice.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 58
43.
Life in the Freezer (1993)
Episode:
Footsteps in the Snow
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Attenborough traces the early exploration of Antarctica, as well as the making of the series.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 52
44.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
Travelling
(1995)
49 min | Documentary
Using time-lapse photography this episode examines the ways in which plants travel from place to place in search of a new area to grow in.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 80
45.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
Growing
(1995)
49 min | Documentary
This episode shows the ways in which plants defend themselves against animals, and grow in search of sunlight, nutrients and water, all the elements needed to survive.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 76
46.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
Flowering
(1995)
48 min | Documentary
This instalment looks at the ways in which plants procreate. Examining how plants use brightly coloured flowers and sweet scents to lure animals to them so they can spread their seeds to other flowers.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 68
47.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
The Social Struggle
(1995)
49 min | Documentary
This episode examines how plants either share environments harmoniously or compete for dominance within them. It looks at the ways in which plants have to fight to survive, using any means ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Lucas | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 71
48.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
Living Together
(1995)
49 min | Documentary
The fifth programme explores the alliances formed between the animal and plant worlds. It examines the ways in which plants live together and rely on each other. Whether living together in ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 73
49.
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Episode:
Surviving
(1995)
48 min | Documentary
We look at the ways in which plants have adapted to survive in the harshest climates on Earth. Whether in the driest, hottest deserts or the coldest Arctic wastes, plants have come up with ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 74
50.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
To Fly or Not to Fly?
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The series begins with an in-depth look at flightless birds around the world.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 95
51.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
The Mastery of Flight
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The focus turns to the mastery of flight, from the science of gravity to the ability of birds to cover extremely long distances.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 85
52.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
The Insatiable Appetite
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Discovering the role of beaks within various species of birds.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 83
53.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
Meat-Eaters
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Birds eat more than berries; this episode takes a look at birds that eat meat.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 82
54.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
Fishing for a Living
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Cameras follow birds as they dive into fresh and salt waters for their meals.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 79
55.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
Signals and Songs
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The myth that birds only sing for pleasure is destroyed as birdsongs become known as ways of communication .
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 86
56.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
Finding Partners
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Male birds show off in the exotic ritual of mating.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 79
57.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
The Demands of the Egg
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Laying eggs and keeping nests are two things that keep birds grounded.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 81
58.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
The Problems of Parenthood
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Raising children is no easier in the air as it is on the ground, as bird parents care for, defend, and even kill their young.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 76
59.
The Life of Birds (1998)
Episode:
The Limits of Endurance
(1998)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Left to their own devices, birds have reached almost all ends of the Earth - still, humans can do many things to help their feathered friends.
Director: Joanna Sarsby | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 80
60.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
New Blood
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Arizona, USA- 220 million years B.C. In the blazing Pangaean deserts of the Late Triassic, the first dinosaurs appear. The episode chronicles the fate of a predatory Postosuchus driven from... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, André Dussollier
Votes: 317
61.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Time of the Titans
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Colorado, USA- 152 million years B.C. This episode follows a young female Diplodocus, starting with her infancy in the Late Jurassic forests where she must evade predators like the birdlike... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 310
62.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Cruel Sea
(1999)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Oxfordshire, U.K.- 149 million years B.C. This episode follows a shoal of young fish-like Ophthalmosaurus as they struggle to survive the Late Jurassic seas, evading predators like the ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 305
63.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Giant of the Skies
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
127 million years B.C. This episode follows the last journey of a giant Ornithocheirus, one of the largest flying animals of all time, as he travels from Brazil to his genus's mating ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 282
64.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Spirits of the Ice Forest
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Antarctica, 106 million years B.C. In the Mid Cretaceous, Antarctica is much warmer than in modern times and covered in lush rain forests inhabited by dinosaurs like the tiny herbivore ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 271
65.
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Episode:
Death of a Dynasty
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Montana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. In the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world, a female Tyrannosaurus struggles to reproduce in a world poisoned by volcanic gases, which has resulted in dwindling prey numbers.
Directors: Tim Haines, Jasper James, Mary Clare Bacquet | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Nikolay Drozdov, Craig Sechler
Votes: 281
66.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Lost Worlds
(2000)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
From the hard struggle for existence on the icy peaks of the Andes to the sheer abundance of life in the Amazon Basin, "Lost Worlds" explores how and why such an odd collection of wildlife have come to live on the same continent.
Votes: 16
67.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Mighty Amazon
(2000)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The Amazon basin is vast. From its mouth pours a fifth of all the river water on Earth and 1000 miles upstream the river is still seven miles wide. This is the story of how wildlife has adapted to this watery world.
Votes: 11
68.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Great Plains
(2000)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
With armor plated armadillos, crab eating foxes, bush dogs, flocks of crested screamers and giant anteaters, the savannahs are home to some of the continent's most extraordinary sights and sounds.
Votes: 11
69.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Andes
(2000)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The Andes' icy power dominates the lives of the hardy animals that dare to call it home, making living here one of nature's greatest challenges. From tropical cloud forests to high desert ... See full summary »
Votes: 11
70.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Amazon Jungle
(2000)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Amazonia is the world's largest area of tropical rainforest, and here the tree canopy has fabulously bright birds and more monkey species than any other jungle: marmosets, tamarins, howlers... See full summary »
Votes: 12
71.
Wild South America (2000– )
Episode:
Penguin Shores
(2000)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
We follow the cold, rich waters of the continent, from their genesis in the stormy southern oceans via the mighty Humboldt Current all the way to the Equator.
Votes: 11
72.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Mountains
(2001)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
This episode looks at Africa's mountain ranges. From the giant mole rats of the Ethiopian Highlands to the Barbary Macaque monkeys of the Atlas Mountains, this episode gives a fascinating ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Colbeck | Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 16
73.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Savannah
(2001)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The savannah is home to some of the greatest herds on Earth, and in this episode, Wild Africa brings you close encounters with these animals. The savannah is Africa's youngest landscape, ... See full summary »
Director: Owen Newman | Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 15
74.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Deserts
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
As a whole, Africa is a dry continent with deserts dominating the landscape. Wild Africa explores how these deserts were created, and the amazing ways in which animals and plants have ... See full summary »
Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 14
75.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Coasts
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Africa's coasts were formed by the break-up of Gondwanaland 100 million years ago. They define the familiar shape of this special continent, and touch on a variety of environments including... See full summary »
Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 14
76.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Jungle
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Plants amazingly dominate this green world by employing poisons, recruiting defensive armies, feeding off the dead and using animals for pollination and seed dispersal. For predators this ... See full summary »
Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 13
77.
Wild Africa (2001– )
Episode:
Lakes and Rivers
(2001)
TV-G | 48 min | Documentary
Just as Africa constantly throws-up mountains which intercept moisture-laden clouds from the oceans, so the changing landscape also creates grooves and basins which channel and gather the ... See full summary »
Star: Fergal Keane
Votes: 13
78.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
New Dawn
(2001)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Germany, 49 million years B.C. A day in the life of a small forest mammal called Leptictidium who is trying to raise young, a giant predatory bird called Gastornis trying to hatch an egg ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
79.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Whale Killer
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
36 million years B.C., a pregnant Basilosaurus whale resorts to desperate measures to find food for herself and her unborn infant. On land, mammals are growing into enormous creatures.
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 162
80.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Land of Giants
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Mongolia, 25 million years B.C. This episode follows a young Indricotherium. After a dramatic birth, he must survive in a world of rhino-sized predators like Hyaenodon and pig-like monsters such as Entelodon.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Larry Agenbroad, Frank Fish
Votes: 159
81.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Next of Kin
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Ethiopia, 3,2 million years B.C. A clan of Australopithecus struggle to survive after being driven from their territory. Grey, the leader, is challenged by the younger Hercules, and Blue ... See full summary »
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 144
82.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Sabre Tooth
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
Paraguay, 1 million years B.C. A powerful Smilodon called Halftooth must survive on his own after being driven from his clan. South America is a bizarre world of giant sloths, car-sized ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing
Votes: 154
83.
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)
Episode:
Mammoth Journey
(2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Documentary
30,000 years B.C. In the middle of the Ice Ages, a mammoth herd migrates to escape the chilling winter. On their way, they encounter dangers like snow-covered bogs, cave lions, and the most dangerous predators yet- humans.
Directors: Jasper James, Nigel Paterson | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Stockard Channing, Karyn Drane, Lorne Duquette
Votes: 148
84.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Ocean World
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
The ocean's influence dominates the world's weather systems and supports an enormous range of life. This first episode demonstrates the sheer scale, power and complexity of the "Blue Planet".
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 880
85.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
The Deep
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
The deep sea, which gets darker with increasing depth until no more sunlight penetrates at about a kilometer depth, and ever colder closer to the bottom of the ocean, covers most of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 905
86.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Open Ocean
(2001)
TV-G | 48 min | Documentary
Endless blue stretches in every direction. The sea bed is a staggering eight kilometers deeper down and the nearest island is 500 kilometers away. There is nothing save the burning sun ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 745
87.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Frozen Seas
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Life on the edge of a frozen sea is tough. Ice at both poles is constantly moving, and in winter freezes solid with air temperatures 70 °C below freezing. Only in spring, with the ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 751
88.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Seasonal Seas
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Shafts of sunlight are the vital source of energy used by the countless billions of plankton that grow every spring and summer in the world's temperate sea, the richest of all habitats.
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, Peter Scoones
Votes: 680
89.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Coral Seas
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea; fish compete for food, territory and mates within this oasis of life. Incredible time-lapse photography shows the dramatic formation of a coral ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 693
90.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Tidal Seas
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary
Tidal marshes are one of the most productive parts of the world. Numerous plants support numerous animals, yet life is not easy: predators are attracted to these enormous quantities of food... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 676
91.
The Blue Planet (2001)
Episode:
Coasts
(2001)
TV-G | 48 min | Documentary
The boundary between land and sea is an exciting place, with seabirds, turtles, and marine mammals constantly coming and going.
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 683
92.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
A Winning Design
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
First in a ten-part epic series in which David Attenborough explores why mammals, including humans, are the most successful and diverse animals on the planet. His journey begins in ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 139
93.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Insect Hunters
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Mammals that hunt insects shared the planet with the dinosaurs, but when the giant reptiles disappeared, these creatures seized their chance to conquer new territory. David Attenborough ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Linfield | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 118
94.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Plant Predators
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Heavily armoured, indigestible and even poisonous, plants pose problems for some of our biggest predators. David Attenborough learns why eating plants is one of the greatest challenges for the planet's mammals.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 114
95.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Chisellers
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Rodents are the most numerous mammals on the planet, comprising an incredibly diverse variety of species. They range from the naked mole rat, which spends its entire life below ground, to ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 110
96.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Meat Eaters
(2002)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
From artic foxes and leopards to the Siberian tiger, carnivores feature in the fifth of David Attenborough's epic ten-part series. Travelling down from the frozen north into India, ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 118
97.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Opportunists
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Omnivorous mammals run the gamut from human beings to rats and, though they are generalists with their diet, each is equipped with very specialised skills. In the sixth part of his ten-part... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 111
98.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Return to the Water
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
David Attenborough discovers that while mammals such as manatees and sea otters left dry millions of years ago, the blue whale has always had its home in the sea. And though some marine ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 105
99.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
Life in the Trees
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Climbing is just the start - the challenge is to move between trees. To get close to the creatures, David Attenborough must climb into the canopy. His subjects range from the squirrels to ... See full summary »
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 108
100.
The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Social Climbers
(2003)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
David Attenborough continues his documentary series. He looks at monkeys from all over the world, including red howler monkeys in Venezuela, capuchin monkeys in the Costa Rican swamps, and guenon monkeys in West Africa.
Director: Mark Linfield | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 104
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