Season 15
(1996)
Cast
Episodes
Sperm Whales: Back From the Abyss 0.0
October 6, 1996
Wildlife film about sperm whales, revealing the secret lives led by these often misunderstood ocean giants. Scientists…
Mara Nights 0.0
October 13, 1996
The first ever production to record animal behaviour at night without the use of lights, Mara Nights is an intriguing i…
Penguins In and Out of Water 0.0
October 20, 1996
Documentary on penguins- not looking at their traditionally viewed habitat Antartica, but at those penguins who have ad…
Mandrills: Painted Faces of the Forest 0.0
October 27, 1996
A look at the complex social behaviour of a mandrill troop in Gabon, West Africa and associated rainforest species - ma…
Beetlemania 0.0
November 3, 1996
Documentary investigating beetles - which account for a quarter of all animals on earth.
The World in a Wood 0.0
November 10, 1996
An investigation into Wytham Wood outside Oxford, which has been studied by biologists for more than fifty years to exa…
Himalaya 0.0
November 17, 1996
Documentary about the geological and natural history of the Himalayas, the highest and youngest mountain range in the w…
Wolves and Buffalo: an Ancient Alliance 0.0
January 19, 1997
Documentary on the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta in Canada. Follows the buffalo herds in the last plac…
Benguela and the Burning Shore 0.0
January 26, 1997
Documentary looking at the wildlife found in the Namib Desert in Africa- where baking sand dunes lie beside an ocean co…
A Lemur's Tale 0.0
February 2, 1997
A touching and intimate portrayal of the ring-tailed lemur, award-winning wildlife filmmaker Adrian Warren spent five m…
Grand Canyon: From Dinosaurs to Dam 0.0
February 16, 1997
Looks at the wildlife that inhabits the Grand Canyon today, and how the ecology of the area has been affected by the bu…
Wings Over the Serengeti 0.0
February 23, 1997
Documentary on the vultures who live on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa.
New Guinea: An Island Apart 0.0
March 2, 1997
New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and is home to one of the most unusual collections of animals and pla…
The Wild Dog's Last Stand 0.0
March 9, 1997
Looks at the wilderness existence of packs of African wild dogs, filmed in Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and Kruger N…
Postcards From the Past 0.0
March 16, 1997
Examines the landsacpe of the British isles and how it has been affected by its journey from the South Pole where it wa…
People of the Sea 0.0
March 30, 1997
Documentary about Newfoundland and the centuries-old reliance of its inhabitants on harvesting cod, whales and seals fr…
Echo of the Elephants: Africa's Forgotten Elephants 0.0
April 6, 1997
Following film-maker Cynthia Moss in her search for the unknown elephants of Africa.