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- Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.
- Wild Sri Lanka is about this tropical island in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of India. This land was wracked by civil war for decades. But now, researchers can bring modern science and technology to bear, in order to take stock of what lives here. This 3-episode mini-series explores the diverse wildlife of the country's coast and seas, taking clues from the water around the island to examine how the landmass came to be and why its complex climate and unique location see such a diverse range of species inhabiting its shores.
- Wolves, tigers, lions and leopards have fearsome reputations - but in reality they seldom attack people. Scottish filmmaker Gordon Buchanan explores the deadly exceptions to this rule, looking at why some predators suddenly develop a taste for human prey.
- Grasslands are home to the biggest stars of the animal kingdom, but top billing doesn't make life here any easier. These are some of the most volatile environments, where animals must endure an ever-shifting journey through freeze, fire, flood and drought. Life is harder than ever for the wildlife featured in this episode, from harsh weather and mating battles to the predator-and-prey dance.
- Film narrated by David Attenborough investigating why the Indian Tiger is in trouble. Thirty years ago India set aside over 30 tiger reserves controlled by Project Tiger. However, in recent years hundreds of tigers have been poached from under the officials' noses. Tiger scientist turned whistle blower Ragu uncovered the scale of the problem in one reserve. Tigers are now slipping towards extinction. They have come back from the brink before, but can they do so again?
- Jungle tigers are turning into man-eaters in the exotic island of Sumatra. Now a maverick millionaire is catching the killers and releasing them on his land. Is this madness, or could it save them from extinction?
- Natural World Special. The story of Machli, the most famous tiger in the world. She is a legendary fighter and a wise mother of nine cubs who has founded a vast dynasty of tigers. She is now in the last season of her life and wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson returns to find his old friend one last time. This Special shows the extraordinary milestones in Machli's life, all set in the most stunning Indian scenery.
- Brolga is a tough Australian who lives in the desert outback with a mob of orphaned kangaroos. He rescues baby joey's from the roadside when their mothers are killed and nurses them back to health. This documentary follows him.
- Sri Lanka, the tropical island lying off the southern coast of India, is home to its own special elephants. A subspecies of the Asian elephant, they have their own unique characteristics. In this programme, award-winning wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck of Echo of the Elephants fame travels to Sri Lanka to try and get to know them.
- Sri Lanka's fauna, partially migrated from India, which has been accessible by land at geologically recent times, is extremely rich and varied. However since the British colonists decided to plant first coffee, then tea, much of the forests has been cleared, leaving ever smaller pristine patches, sometimes completely cut-off. Some animal populations are rare, even including unique subspecies.
- The waters around Sri Lanka are naturally at least as rich as the land. Two different monsoons, northwest and southeast, mean about all year part of the island receives heavy rains, which carry organic and mineral material in streams springing from the mountains. So maritime wildlife is abundant, with lots of fish in shallow coastal waters with reefs and many ship wrecks, attracting intense fishery as well as natural predators, from predatory fish and aquatic birds to dolphins and a unique population of whales.
- Beloved British naturalist David Attenborough explores the wonders and mysteries of bird eggs.