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Natural World

1983 – 2020Show39 seasons543 episodesTV-PG

Documentary
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.6
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.6

Summary

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand.

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39 seasons · 543 episodes

  1. S3 E0 On the Eighth Day, 6.9
  2. S3 E10 Wild Ireland, 6.8
  1. S4 E10 City of Coral, 7.2
  1. S5 E1 Leopard, a Darkness in the Grass, 9.7
  2. S5 E8 Man-Eaters of India, 7.5
  1. S10 E3 The Wonderful World of Dung, 8.5
  1. S11 E1 Echo of the Elephants, 8.1
  1. S12 E3 Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea, 7.4
  2. S12 E4 Toadskin Spell, 7.4
  3. S12 E8 Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon, 7.1
  1. S13 E4 Parrots: Look Who's Talking, 9.0
  1. S14 E1 Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation, 7.6
  2. S14 E12 Attenborough in Paradise, 8.2
  1. S15 E1 Sperm Whales Back from the Abyss, 7.8
  2. S15 E17 Echo of the Elephants: Africa's Forgotten Elephants, 7.6
  1. S17 E7 Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi, 7.2
  1. S18 E2 Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods, 7.7
  2. S18 E6 Wild Indonesia: Island Castaways, 8.5
  1. S19 E8 Seychelles: Jewels of the Lost Continent, 7.2
  2. S19 E9 Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction, 8.5
  1. S20 E10 A Wild Dog's Story, 8.8
  2. S20 E13 The Cat Connection, 7.5
  1. S21 E6 My Halcyon River, 8.1
  2. S21 E9 Cats Under Serengeti Stars, 7.5
  1. S22 E13 The Amber Time Machine, 8.2
  1. S23 E5 Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat, 8.0
  2. S23 E10 Echo of the Elephants: The Final Chapter?, 8.0
  3. S23 E13 Secrets of the Maya Underworld, 7.8
  1. S24 E2 Eagle Island, 8.2
  2. S24 E11 Penguins of the Antarctic, 7.2
  3. S24 E13 Ant Attack, 8.3
  4. S24 E16 The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic, 7.5
  1. S25 E1 The Last Lions of India, 8.4
  2. S25 E2 On the Trail of Tarka, 9.0
  3. S25 E3 Eye for an Elephant, 9.1
  4. S25 E4 The Bear Man of Kamchatka, 8.4
  5. S25 E8 The Battle to Save the Tiger, 8.2
  6. S25 E9 Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen, 8.8
  7. S25 E10 Hawaii: Message in the Waves, 7.4
  8. S25 E11 Invasion of the Crocodiles, 8.7
  9. S25 E14 Desert Lions, 7.7
  10. S25 E17 Wye: Voices from the Valley, 7.4
  1. S26 E1 Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth, 8.1
  2. S26 E2 Raising Sancho, 8.9
  3. S26 E3 Earth Pilgrim: A Year on Dartmoor, 7.2
  4. S26 E4 Tiger Kill, 7.6
  5. S26 E5 White Falcon, White Wolf, 8.2
  6. S26 E6 Saved by Dolphins, 5.8
  7. S26 E7 Badgers: Secrets of the Sett, 8.2
  8. S26 E9 Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert, 8.8
  9. S26 E10 Lobo: The Wolf that Changed America, 8.4
  10. S26 E11 Reindeer Girls, 8.4
  11. S26 E12 Moose in the Glen, 7.9
  12. S26 E14 Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest, 8.2
  13. S26 E15 Superfish, 7.4
  14. S26 E16 A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific, 7.4
  1. S27 E2 Whale Sharks, 8.3
  2. S27 E3 Clever Monkeys, 8.2
  3. S27 E5 Cork: Forest in a Bottle, 7.8
  4. S27 E6 Great White Shark: A Living Legend, 8.3
  5. S27 E7 Cuckoo, 7.1
  6. S27 E8 The Mountains of the Monsoon, 8.4
  7. S27 E9 Polar Bears and Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World, 7.4
  8. S27 E10 Man-eating Tigers of the Sundarbans, 7.4
  9. S27 E11 Elephants Without Borders, 7.1
  10. S27 E12 Snow Monkeys of Japan, 8.1
  11. S27 E13 Cassowaries, 7.9
  12. S27 E14 A Farm for the Future, 8.2
  13. S27 E15 Iron Curtain: Ribbon of Life, 6.9
  1. S28 E1 Bearwalker of the Northwoods, 8.8
  2. S28 E2 Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders, 8.1
  3. S28 E3 Andrea: Queen of Mantas, 7.8
  4. S28 E4 Black Mamba, White Witch, 7.2
  5. S28 E5 Bringing Up Baby: The Natural History of a Mother's Love, 8.4
  6. S28 E6 A Highland Haven, 8.1
  7. S28 E7 Radio Gibbon, 7.8
  8. S28 E8 Birds of Paradise, 8.3
  9. S28 E9 The Secret Leopards, 7.8
  10. S28 E10 The Chimpcam Project, 7.3
  11. S28 E11 Prairie Dogs: The Talk of the Town, 7.7
  12. S28 E12 The Wild Places of Essex, 7.7
  13. S28 E13 A Killer Whale Called Luna, 7.4
  14. S28 E14 Forest Elephants - Rumbles in the Jungle, 8.0
  1. S29 E1 The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco, 7.5
  2. S29 E2 Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant, 8.4
  3. S29 E3 Sea Otters: A Million Dollar Baby, 7.8
  4. S29 E4 The Himalayas, 8.6
  5. S29 E5 Africa's Dragon Mountain, 6.8
  6. S29 E6 The Dolphins of Shark Bay, 8.3
  7. S29 E7 Panda Makers, 7.7
  8. S29 E8 Butterflies: A Very British Obsession, 7.6
  9. S29 E9 Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq, 8.1
  10. S29 E10 Elsa: The Lioness That Changed the World, 7.8
  11. S29 E11 Chimps of the Lost Gorge, 8.6
  12. S29 E12 A Tiger Called Broken Tail, 7.1
  13. S29 E13 One Million Snake Bites, 7.9
  14. S29 E14 The Last Grizzly of Paradise Valley, 7.6
  1. S30 E1 My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special, 8.8
  2. S30 E2 Empire of the Desert Ants, 8.5
  3. S30 E3 Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Gardens, 7.4
  4. S30 E4 Komodo: Secrets of the Dragon, 8.0
  5. S30 E5 The Woman Who Swims with Killer Whales, 7.9
  6. S30 E6 Animal House, 7.7
  7. S30 E7 Jungle Gremlins of Java, 8.3
  8. S30 E8 Tiger Dynasty, 7.7
  9. S30 E9 Grizzlies of Alaska, 8.2
  10. S30 E10 Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies, 8.2
  11. S30 E11 Zambezi, 6.5
  12. S30 E12 Queen of the Savannah, 8.2
  13. S30 E13 The Real Jungle Book Bear, 7.5
  14. S30 E14 Unnatural History of London, 7.9
  1. S31 E1 Living with Baboons, 7.5
  2. S31 E2 Tiger Island: Natural World Special, 8.4
  3. S31 E3 Queen of Tigers, 8.2
  4. S31 E4 A Wolf Called Storm, 8.6
  5. S31 E5 Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special, 8.1
  6. S31 E6 Jaguars: Born Free, 7.6
  7. S31 E7 Kangaroo Dundee: Part 1, 8.8
  8. S31 E8 Kangaroo Dundee: Part 2, 8.9
  9. S31 E9 Giant Otters of the Amazon, 7.3
  10. S31 E10 Flight of the Rhino, 7.9
  11. S31 E12 Killer Bees of Africa, 8.5
  1. S32 E2 Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible, 8.0
  2. S32 E3 The Mating Game, 8.0
  3. S32 E4 Sri Lanka: Elephant Island, 8.4
  4. S32 E5 Meet the Monkeys, 7.1
  5. S32 E6 Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape, 8.3
  6. S32 E7 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar, 7.5
  7. S32 E8 Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker, 7.7
  8. S32 E9 Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface, 7.8
  9. S32 E10 Vultures: Beauty in the Beast, 7.7
  1. S33 E1 Africa's Giant Killers, 8.3
  2. S33 E2 Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem, 7.5
  3. S33 E3 France: The Wild Side, 6.7
  4. S33 E4 Nature's Misfits, 7.9
  5. S33 E5 The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life, 7.6
  6. S33 E6 The Bat Man of Mexico, 8.6
  7. S33 E7 Penguin Post Office, 8.0
  8. S33 E8 Beavers Behaving Badly, 7.1
  9. S33 E9 A Bear with a Bounty, 6.4
  10. S33 E10 Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs, 8.0
  1. S34 E1 Africa's Fishing Leopards, 8.4
  2. S34 E2 Super-Powered Owls, 8.4
  3. S34 E3 Galapagos: Islands of Change, 7.5
  4. S34 E4 Growing Up Wild, 7.8
  5. S34 E5 Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire, 7.6
  6. S34 E6 Attenborough's Big Birds, 7.6
  7. S34 E7 Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places, 8.1
  8. S34 E8 Ireland's Wild River: The Mighty Shannon, 7.7
  9. S34 E9 Ghost Bear Family, 7.8
  10. S34 E10 Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings, 6.8
  1. S35 E1 Jungle Animal Hospital, 7.8
  2. S35 E2 Nature's Perfect Partners, 6.6
  3. S35 E3 Meet the Moose Family, 8.1
  4. S35 E4 Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 1, 8.2
  5. S35 E5 Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 2, 7.8
  6. S35 E6 Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants, 8.1
  7. S35 E7 My Congo, 7.9
  8. S35 E8 Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats, 7.9
  9. S35 E9 Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast, 8.5
  1. S36 E1 Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment, 7.9
  2. S36 E2 Hotel Armadillo, 7.6
  3. S36 E3 Nature's Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers, 7.0
  4. S36 E4 Nature's Miniature Miracles, 8.1
  5. S36 E5 Supercharged Otters, 8.0
  6. S36 E6 Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos, 7.1
  7. S36 E7 H is for Hawk: A New Chapter, 6.8
  8. S36 E8 Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants, 8.1
  1. S37 E1 Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs, 8.3
  2. S37 E2 Nature's Biggest Beasts, 7.2
  3. S37 E3 Super Fast Falcon, 8.1
  4. S37 E4 Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan, 8.3
  5. S37 E5 Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal, 8.6
  6. S37 E6 Super Squirrels, 8.1
  7. S37 E7 Humpback Whales: A Detective Story, 7.9
  8. S37 E8 Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful, 8.2
  1. S38 E1 Florida: America's Animal Paradise, 7.4
  2. S38 E2 Hippos: Africa's River Giants, 8.2
  3. S38 E3 The Octopus in My House, 8.4
  4. S38 E4 Weasels: Feisty and Fearless, 8.2
  5. S38 E5 Meet the Bears, 7.6
  6. S38 E6 Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers, 8.6
  7. S38 E7 Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 1, 7.7
  8. S38 E8 Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 2, 7.9
  9. S38 E9 Super Powered Eagles, 7.6

Cast

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Crew

Directors
Andrew Graham-Brown, Mike Birkhead, Mark Fletcher
Written by
Brian Jackman, David Attenborough, Rowan Crawford
Produced by
Tim Martin, Sally Thomson, Susan Fleming
Music by
Fraser Purdie, Alexius Tschallener

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Facts

October 30, 1983 · March 20, 2020 · Ended

First aired
October 30, 1983
Last aired
March 20, 2020
Status
Ended
Length
39 seasons · 543 episodes
Age rating
TV-PG
Content
Violence
Genres
Documentary
Original language
English
Made in
United Kingdom, France
Available in
9 countries

Q&A

6 questions, like "Where can I stream Natural World?"

Questions about Natural World

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Natural World?

BritboxBBC Select

In the United States, Natural World streams on Britbox and BBC Select. It also streams in 6 other countries.

Is Natural World worth watching?

80
GreatGoodWatch score

Yes, it's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 80 (IMDb 8.6). Season 3 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 6.9 against 9.0 for the best season.

Which season of Natural World is best?

Season 13, with an IMDb average of 9.0. Season 3 is the weakest at 6.9. The highest-rated episode is Leopard, a Darkness in the Grass (season 5, episode 1) at 9.7, and the lowest is Saved by Dolphins (season 26, episode 6) at 5.8.

Is Natural World okay for kids?

TV-PGViolence

Yes: it's rated TV-PG in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.

How long does it take to watch Natural World?

543 h

About 543 hours: 543 episodes in 39 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 1983 to 2020.

Can I half-watch Natural World?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 4 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it good for background watching.