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Saved From a Shark 2023
The scientific community is divided as to whether dolphins or whales will deliberately save a person from a shark attack. But the people who have lived through these terrifying encounters don’t doubt what happened.

Shark vs. Surfer 2020 star_border 5
With shark attacks on the rise worldwide, surfers are taking the brunt of the bites. To understand why, a one hour SharkFest special relives the most harrowing of shark vs surfer stories from the world's deadliest shark infested surf beaches.

World's Deadliest: Lions 2019
A fierce carnivore that is designed to kill - so what happens when the deadliest go head to head against it? Lions take on hyenas, crocodiles, hippos, the cape buffalo, and even each other, all across their pride lands as they battle each other to survive Nature's eternal war.

Wild Taiwan: Jungle Island 2018

Man vs. Octopus 2017
Discovering the mysterious lives of octopuses, one of the ocean's most unique creatures.

Inside The Pack 2017
Wolves, lions, hyenas, meerkats and dolphins are born without the skills they need to hunt and survive. They must learn them all from their pack. Each individual must make their contribution: as a soldier, a leader or a hunter. But they must do it within a social minefield where life is dominated by sexual tension and power struggles. It's not easy to live inside the pack.

Siberia's Wild Year 2017 star_border 8
Only the hardiest animals are capable of carving out a life in Siberia. Over a wild year, polar bears, reindeer, red-crowned cranes, cherry salmon and least weasels must endure a long unforgiving winter and take advantage of the brief abundance of spring.

Shark Swarm 2017
Shark Swarm explores some of the largest and mysterious shark aggregations on the planet. This is a nightmare. More than twelve thousand Blacktip sharks not far from the coast. Hundreds of hungry gray sharks swarming at a remote tourist destination while highly solitary Mako sharks swarm for survival at the bottom.

Sky Safari: Australia 2016

Fur Seals 2015
Two New Zealand fur seal pups. Born on opposite sides of New Zealand’s South Island. We follow the first few months of their lives as they struggle to learn the secrets of survival.

Megastructures: Gardens by the bay 2012
Five million people live in a land area smaller than New York City. To make such a small and highly urbanised place liveable, Singapore is embarking on its most ambitious project to date.

Aerial Assassins 2011
The Harris Hawk is one of the few birds in the world that hunts in a pack. James Currie is on a mission to witness these majestic birds hunting in the wild. James ventures into the hostile Arizona desert ditching traditional bird watching methods for more radical tracking techniques to ensure he sees with his own eyes this remarkable and rare raptor behavior.

The Diva Mummy 2004
Scientists perform an autopsy on the best preserved mummy ever discovered: that of a Han aristocrat named Lady Dai. More than 2000 years after her death her flesh is still resilient and the blood in her veins is still red. What can she tell us about life in ancient China?

Dynamic Planet 2023
A 3 year journey to the extremes of all 7 continents to meet the extraordinary people and animals on the front line of climate change. They reveal how science, nature and traditional knowledge can prepare us for a fast changing future.

Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent 2022 star_border 4.5
Deep under Antarctica’s blanket of ice lies traces of a lost world of Dinosaurs and pre-historic creatures. Great forests once covered the now frozen Antarctic continent; gargantuan titanosaurs roamed its valleys, and proto-mammals darted through the undergrowth. It was also home to the largest carnivore of its day, the Cryolophosaurus – Antarctica’s T-Rex.

Ocean's Weirdest 2022 star_border 8.5
Beneath the ocean waves, there are weird and freaky creatures locked in a struggle to outwit, outswim and outlast each other. In this bizarre world, animals contort themselves into wacky shapes, evolve unbelievable adaptations and perform incredible feats of endurance. Take a deep dive to see a kaleidoscope of odd animal features and behaviours.

Scotland: A Year In The Wild 2021 star_border 9
This four-part nature series reveals the extraordinary stories of Scotland’s secret wild places and the unexpected animals that live there. Scotland hosts a spectacular array of wildlife, from highland red deer, white-tailed eagles, red squirrels and pine martens to coastal dwelling puffins, grey seals, otters, and even killer whales. Stretching from the Shetlands to the south of the country, each episode focuses on how animals strive to survive through four very different seasons in one epic year, dominated by a maritime climate that’s both punishing and unpredictable, with their lives always at the mercy of the elements.

Dawn to Dusk 2021 star_border 9
Dawn to Dusk explores a single day in the world’s most fascinating wildlife hotspots, as animals face their daily dramas. From the rainforests of Colombia, to the beaches of New Zealand, to the Arabian desert, this is a day in the life of the wild.

Asia's Weirdest 2021 star_border 8
An exploration of some of Asia's weirdest and most wonderful creatures and the seemingly bizarre behaviours they have adopted.

Asia's Wild Secrets 2021
In three episodes, Asia's Wild Secrets reveals how water, mountains and islands shape the lives of animals from tigers to snow leopards, hot-pool dwelling macaques to komodo dragons and many more creatures both iconic and obscure.

South America's Weirdest Animals 2020 star_border 2
The series dives into the depths of the South American wild to investigate the cast of misfits, the oddities, the weird, the eccentric and the truly bizarre. The landscape here is truly one of a kind. So, the animals have evolved accordingly. In the South American wild, strange problems gave rise to even stranger solutions.

Equator's Wild Secrets 2019 star_border 8
Explores the diverse ecosystems existing in various geographical areas along the equator, and how some species have adapted to survive under extreme conditions.

Wonders of the Ocean 2019 star_border 8
The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean on our planet. This series showcases the many incredible creatures that call the Pacific home.

In Their Own Words 2019
A collection of first person accounts and recordings combined to tell the story of a major world event.

Fish My City With Mike Iacinelli 2018
Professional bass fisherman and TV personality Mike "Ike" Iaconelli searches for the world's most iconic fish living alongside some of the world's busiest concrete jungles.

Mexico Untamed 2018
Each of Mexico Untamed distinct colorful landscapes is characterised by the animals who live there. Charismatic travelers roam the oceans, forests and deserts, revealing drama and surprising behaviors. Predator and prey fight age-old battles for survival. Males and females of the most iconic species go to extreme measures to ensure the safe arrival of a new generation.

Wild Peru: Andes Battleground 2018 star_border 7.5
The biodiverse nation of Peru is home to several habitual species fighting for survival. Explore otters, sloth and macaws of the rainforest, penguins and sea lions along the coastal deserts and bears, guanacos, pumas and tapirs in the Andes foothills.

Big Pacific 2017 star_border 5.9
Plunge into the Pacific with researchers and cinematographers and see the ocean’s rare and dazzling creatures in a way never before seen on television. The show examines an ocean that covers a third of the Earth’s surface.

The Desert Sea 2016 star_border 9
The Desert Sea is an Ultra High Definition 2 part series that centers on North America's diverse Sonoran Desert. The first hour explores why the Sonoran is the wettest and most diverse desert in the Americas due to its unique proximity to the Gulf of California and the great Pacific Ocean - a coastal desert next to an extraordinary rich marine environment of sea lions, dolphins and even blue whales. The second hour focuses on the abundant and diverse creatures that have adapted to desert life in this unique environment: from big cats, giant hares and killer insects, to extraordinary reptiles and even a bird that can run at high speeds.

Wild 24 2015 star_border 6
Each episode of this nature documentary show purports to show 24 hours of one wild location among many from around the world.

Ultimate Animal Countdown 2013

World's Weirdest 2011 star_border 7

World's Deadliest 2010
The Animal Kingdom is rife with deadly snakes.