David Attenborough journeys through the Northern Territory of Australia, meeting the mainly Aboriginal people, exploring the landscape and observing the wildlife.
David Attenborough reaches the middle of the Northern Territory of Australia and visits three people in the otherwise deserted area of Borroloola who have chosen to cut themselves off from the civilised world.
David Attenborough looks at the aboriginal artists of Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory. He discovers why they paint and in doing so, gets some insight into the very origins of art.
The Punjab is the granary of India. In the land of the five rivers live the Sikhs, the fiercest warriors of Asia. But they were originally a pacifist sect. Why do they wear steel bangles and turbans? And why must they never cut their hair?
The list of wrecks along the coast of Ceylon stretches back into the past. Down among the treacherous currents that swirl through the canyons of the Great Basses Reef the remains of a mysterious treasure galleon are found.