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Natural World Season 17

October. 11,1998
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Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

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Natural World

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Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

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Director
Andrew Graham-Brown
Cast
David Attenborough, John Hannah
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Natural World Season 17 Full Episode Guide

Episode 18 - Iran: Secrets of the North
First Aired: March. 28,1999

The first of two programmes exploring the wildlife inhabiting this vast country, a natural crossroads that is home to animals from Asia, Europe and Africa.

Episode 17 - The Farm That Time Forgot
First Aired: March. 21,1999

Visits the Hosking family's farm in Devon where they farm traditionally and so help preserve local wildlife, especially in retention of old stone buildings and hedgerows.

Episode 16 - Islands of the Vampire Birds
First Aired: March. 14,1999

Wildlife documentary looking at the finches of the Galapagos Islands which have evolved to not only to eat seeds and pick ticks off tortoises but also to drink the blood of the latter.

Episode 15 - The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Episode 14 - Tough Ducks
First Aired: February. 21,1999

Film revealing that there's more to the placid-looking duck than meets the eye. Including those that live in the Arctic and the Australian desert.

Episode 13 - Everglades: to Hell and Back
First Aired: January. 31,1999

Wildlife documentary looking at some of the many species of life found in the Florida Everglades and the threat to the environment posed by nearby Miami.

Episode 12 - Year of the Jackal
Episode 10 - Cheetahs in a Hot Spot
Episode 9 - Impossible Journeys
First Aired: December. 06,1998

Using microscopy & animation,we journey into worlds previously beyond our reach.The familiar world hides incredible secrets that are revealed here.

Episode 8 - Manu: Amazon Paradise
First Aired: November. 29,1998

The forest-dwelling creatures of the Amazon region of Manu, a treasure-trove of rare species, from jaguars and giant otters : which have earned a reputation for ferocity : to sloths and 13 different types of monkey.

Episode 7 - Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi
First Aired: November. 22,1998

Herds of elephant, buffalo and impala graze on rich green grass by pools formed by the meandering Zambezi. But the short rainy season soon ends, and the battle for survival begins.

Episode 6 - The Fatal Flower
First Aired: November. 15,1998

This programme looks at orchids, the `femmes fatales' of nature, combining beauty and deceit in a way which ignites human and animal passions.

Episode 5 - Orangutans: the High Society
Episode 4 - Mountain of the Sea
First Aired: November. 01,1998

Wildlife documentary about South Africa's Table Mountain, home to a huge variety of animals, from black eagles at its peak to penguins at its shore-lined foot.

Episode 2 - Capybara: Swamp Hogs
First Aired: October. 18,1998

This is the story of one Capybara group,whose territory spans a patchwork of of wildlife-rich swamp,grassland & forest in Venezuela's Orinoco flood plain -the "Llanos".

Episode 1 - South Georgia: an Island All Alone

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