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Natural World

Documentary

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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David Attenborough

Self - Host

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John Hannah

Narrator (voice)

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Juliet Stevenson

Narrator (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

10 episodes

Premiered Oct 30, 1983

Season 2

8 episodes

Premiered May 6, 1984

Season 3

15 episodes

Premiered Nov 4, 1984

Season 4

20 episodes

Premiered Sep 15, 1985

Season 5

17 episodes

Premiered Oct 5, 1986

Season 6

13 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 1987

Season 7

14 episodes

Premiered Sep 18, 1988

Season 8

16 episodes

Premiered Oct 1, 1989

Season 9

14 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 1991

Season 10

13 episodes

Premiered Nov 24, 1991

Season 11

16 episodes

Premiered Jan 3, 1993

Season 12

14 episodes

Premiered Feb 20, 1994

Season 13

15 episodes

Premiered Nov 27, 1994

Season 14

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 14, 1996

Season 15

17 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 1996

Season 16

19 episodes

Premiered Oct 19, 1997

Season 17

18 episodes

Premiered Oct 11, 1998

Season 18

17 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 1999

Season 19

18 episodes

Premiered Oct 8, 2000

Season 20

16 episodes

Premiered Oct 7, 2001

Season 21

15 episodes

Premiered Oct 13, 2002

Season 22

17 episodes

Premiered Oct 12, 2003

Season 23

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 14, 2004

Season 24

18 episodes

Premiered Oct 19, 2005

Season 25

17 episodes

Premiered Oct 18, 2006

Season 26

11 episodes

Premiered Apr 4, 2007

Season 27

17 episodes

Premiered Jan 4, 2008

Season 28

16 episodes

Premiered Nov 11, 2008

Season 29

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 28, 2009

Season 30

14 episodes

Premiered Jul 8, 2010

Season 31

14 episodes

Premiered Aug 1, 2011

Season 32

10 episodes

Premiered Jul 19, 2012

Season 33

10 episodes

Premiered May 17, 2013

Season 34

10 episodes

Premiered Apr 11, 2014

Season 35

10 episodes

Premiered Feb 24, 2015

Season 36

9 episodes

Premiered Apr 14, 2016

Season 37

8 episodes

Premiered Mar 20, 2017

Season 38

8 episodes

Premiered Mar 31, 2018

Season 39

9 episodes

Premiered Apr 7, 2019

Episodes

1–6 of 10

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Ep 1

Save The Panda

Oct 30, 1983

50m

Follows 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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Ep 2

From Aadvark To Zebra

Nov 6, 1983

50m

Impalas 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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Ep 3

Programmed For Flight

Nov 13, 1983

50m

On 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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Ep 4

Jungle

Nov 20, 1983

50m

The 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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Ep 5

Secret Weapons

Nov 27, 1983

50m

Two 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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Ep 6

Birds of Paradox

Dec 4, 1983

50m

Known 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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