Extreme Africa

Africa’s diverse terrain is as awesome as it is deadly. With scalding volcanic fields, scorched-earth deserts, and violent waterways, discover what lives in some of the world’s most inhospitable places and see how these species have adapted to thrive where others would perish.

Surviving The Amazon

Spanning nine South American countries, the Amazon is the largest rainforest on the planet. Home to over two and a half million species, each uniquely adapted to stay alive in a landscape of lush, tropical jungle. Volatile weather, hungry predators and dangers lurking around every tree trunk, in SURVIVNG THE AMAZON we explore just what it takes to grow-up, hunt, and find love when the odds are stacked against you.

Life On The Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s most complex natural ecosystems and home to a stunning array of animals. LIFE ON THE REEF presents unique stories of the people who live there and work together to maintain this precious paradise.

Wild Wild East

Using the latest in technology, this series journeys to the North American maritime woods and waters, a legendary land of plenty unrivaled in natural beauty, wildlife and rough-hewn diversity on an epic scale. More than twice the size of the UK with only 3% of the human population, it’s a world where wildlife runs strong and free.

In For The Kill

It’s one of the most dramatic events of the natural world. When a predator goes in for the kill, prey scatters, dust flies, and claws and teeth draw red. But how do nature’s killing machines pull off these epic feats of speed, cunning and agility? In this fast and furious documentary, we get under the skin of the world’s most impressive predators to reveal how they’ve come to rule their domains.

Orangutan Jungle School

A docu-soap following the hilarious antics, triumphs, and tragedies of a gang of orphan orangutans as they progress through a unique forest school system. They don’t know it yet, but these curious youngsters are destined for great things if they graduate from this school with a difference…the chance to live free in the wild. Along the way they endure all the embarrassments, tears, tantrums and teenage crushes that come with growing up orangutan.

Seasons Of The Wild

With 600 animal species, nine distinct habitats and two contrasting seasons, the Florida Everglades is an ecosystem unlike any other. Explore the climate and creatures of these constantly evolving wetlands in SEASONS OF THE WILD.

Monkey Island

An ancient citadel once home to Sri Lanka’s kings has now been reclaimed by the jungle… and there’s a new dynasty in power: monkeys. The lives of the King Troop of toque macaques play out among the ruins. The macaques share this primate paradise with laid back langurs and secretive leaf monkeys, but as the island suffers the toughest drought in years, all are tested to their limits.

Meet the Penguins

In a sunlit corner of the southernmost part of Africa, there’s a very special rescue centre for some of the country’s noisiest residents: the African penguin. The passionate team made up of vets and volunteers at the Sanccob Seabird Rescue Centre work day and night to bring these loveable creatures back from extinction, releasing recovered birds back into the wild and providing a loving home for those that cannot return.

Over Australia

A sweeping aerial exploration of the oldest continent of the planet reveals how a diversity of unique wildlife has adapted to the developing mosaic of habitats: from the arid desert, to southern islands and up the Great Dividing Range that separates the interior from the east coast.