Big Dry

The Luangwa Valley in Zambia is one of Africa’s last great wildernesses. A rich mosaic of ebony forests and grassy plains, it’s home to a vast array of colourful species including carmine-bee-eaters, hyenas, lions, vultures, crocodiles and insects such as praying mantis. This series follows the challenges the valley’s wildlife must overcome during the long dry season as they await the life-giving rains.

Land of Primates

Africa is home to the widest range of primates in the world. From lemurs and bush babies, to tarsiers and pottos, and most famous of them all, apes and monkeys, join us as we profile some of the cutest, cleverest and most charismatic animals on the continent.

When Sharks Attack

Sharks, those perfect aquatic predators and occupiers of the top place in the ocean’s food chain, are the subject of dread, fear and fascination for many people. WHEN SHARKS ATTACK profiles the ‘big three’ of the shark world – the bull shark, the tiger shark and the white shark – and investigates how and why sharks attack people.

Africa's Wild Horizons

Africa's most diverse ecosystems, important breeding grounds, critical migration paths and popular watering holes are on stunning display in AFRICA'S WILD HORIZONS as we journey across the Serengeti, down the Mara River and over the forests of Ruaha National Park.

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.

Hope For Wildlife

Hope Swinimer, her staff and volunteers rescue, rehabilitate and release thousands of animals each year – while struggling to make ends meet. HOPE FOR WILDLIFE is an emotionally charged look at what goes wrong when humans encroach on the natural environment. There isn’t always a happy ending, but there is always Hope.

Island of the Monsoon

The enchanting island of Sri Lanka is a world of extremes. Dry lowlands are home to the largest leopards in the world, and steamy rainforests teem with bizarre creatures found nowhere else. These six films introduce the island’s most engaging and iconic characters, all set against a backdrop of spectacular landscapes and dramatic weather.

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.

Osprey: Sea Raptor

On the east coast of North America an osprey soars over a tiny saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River. He has just flown 6000 kilometres, to the place that’s imprinted on his memory since birth, the place where he will re-join his mate. As the reunited pair mates and broods their eggs, foxes, deer and scores of migrating shorebirds bring summer’s hustle and bustle back to the saltmarsh. Other osprey pairs see their eggs snatched by predators that prowl the night. But this osprey pair are battle tested. Over the course of one summer, they fend off enemies, catch hundreds of fish, and raise their tiny chicks into the next generation of sea raptors.

Reef Wrecks

There are more than 3 million known shipwreck sites in the world. Some hold riches - others reveal lost history. But the most spectacular wrecks are the ones that simply refuse to die. They are known as Reef Wrecks. Reef Wrecks are the true treasures of the underwater world - part of the Ocean’s endless cycle of life – suspended in time – marking a new beginning for the sea creatures that surround them.