Animals At Play

Across the planet, young animals spend huge amounts of time playing – but it’s a behaviour that has long been overlooked by science. Now new research reveals that play is at the heart of almost everything an animal learns. In ANIMALS AT PLAY we uncover why play is so much more than just having a good time.

World's Biggest Baddest Bugs

How big and how bad are the beasties lurking in your backyard? Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste is taking us on an entomological odyssey around the globe in search of the ultimate biggest and “baddest” creepy crawlies.

Baboons: Rules Of The Troop

Life on Earth is complex and diverse. Through the course of evolution, species have emerged that are adapted to constantly changing environments. There are few more resilient than the baboon. Over the course of the film we follow 4 families – the Beach, Mountain, River and Desert Troops and their dramatic stories of survival on the African continent. From the highlands of Ethiopia, down rivers in Botswana, through deserts to the southernmost beaches of Africa, the film beautifully depicts the adaptations baboons have made to survive under a myriad of harsh conditions.

For The Love Of Elephants

FOR THE LOVE OF ELEPHANTS takes viewers inside the emotional world of orphaned African elephants and their compassionate keepers at Kenya's David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. We witness the rescue of baby SITIES and other playful young elephant orphans, who, together with their human caregivers, are creating a loving and adorable family.

Mysteries of Evolution

MYSTERIES OF EVOLUTION delves into the mysterious animal gene pool to discover why animals have evolved in such interesting and varied ways. Why do Zebras have stripes? How did Muskoxen survive an ice age? Why can Hammerhead sharks see like humans? With the help of trusted biologists, ecologists and some awe-inspiring 3D animation, MYSTERIES OF EVOLUTION attempts to answer all of your questions!

Humanlike: The Chimps Of Fongoli

HUMANLIKE: THE CHIMPS OF FONGOLI is the story of a remarkable group of chimpanzees in Senegal, West Africa. They live at the very limits of where chimps can survive. As they adapt to the extreme heat of the savanna south of the Sahara Desert, they could hold clues to how we became human. For years, these chimps were elusive ghosts, rarely seen. But then one team and one man changed everything – seeing into their secret lives and recording extraordinary new behaviors that shine a light on our own evolutionary past and fundamentally changing how we think about ourselves.

Primeval Paradise

Ulva Island in New Zealand is a window to the world as it existed thousands of years ago. Free from introduced predators, the island allows native species to survive in relative safety. With the unpredictable weather and the threat of the ever-present weka, survival is far from certain for our valiant hero - a young robin.

Wild Tales From the Farm

An English farm is an idyllic setting but look deeper and you’ll discover a hidden world of drama, rivalry, devotion, and friendship. Filmed across four seasons, WILD TALES FROM THE FARM reveals animals with complex lives and one foot still in the wild. Narrated by acclaimed British actor, Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)

Pridelands: Wilderness Reborn

Join the Hutchinson family and some amazing elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards, as they take the first step in their mission, transforming a derelict farm in South Africa from a place where animals are hunted to a land where animals rule.

Africa's Hidden Kingdoms

AFRICA’S HIDDEN KINGDOMS explores the wonders of the most primitive plant and wildlife biomes found in Africa. See the flower carpets of Namaqualand — a global biodiversity hotspot – and the southern right whales that mate off the coast of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, as you revel in the beautiful, ancient and bizarre world of South Africa’s wildlife kingdoms.