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Nature's Weirdest Events

November 2024 •English

Chris Packham takes us to the scene of some of the weirdest natural phenomena on the planet, telling the real story of the events behind the headlines. Nature can be cute, scary and stunning, but as Chris Packham discovers in these two packed programs, it can also provide the most awesome, amazing and astonishing sights you’ll ever see – including a car cocooned by caterpillars in Holland; exploding toads in Germany; fish falling from the sky and a storm that turned Sydney crimson. Watching original footage and consulting eyewitnesses and scientists, Chris unravels the facts behind some of the most bizarre and mysterious natural wonders to ever appear on the planet – and explains what on earth was going on.

Trail Towns

November 2024 •English

Trail Towns is a one stop shop for cycle tourism. Find out where to ride, where to stay, where to eat and where to play in towns and regions across Australia and New Zealand. Trail Towns is dedicated to encouraging more families, couples and friends to take a bicycle holiday and support regional areas.

Countryfile

November 2024 •English

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.

Secrets de roches

November 2024 •French

Die letzten Paradiese

November 2024 •German

Off Country

November 2024 •English

Follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave home to spend a year boarding at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar. Wrestling with their conflicting identities as students move between boarding life and home life, it creates a historic record of one of Australia's key Indigenous education pathways and a complex portrait of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today.

Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

November 2024 •English

Trial in the Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story explores the case that has figured in Australia's collective consciousness since 1980 when a dingo took Chamberlain's defenseless baby in a random horrific attack. But it quickly turned into more than that, resulting in the trial of the century and Australia's most notorious miscarriage of justice. Through interviews with Chamberlain, her children, and eyewitnesses today, archival footage and broadcasts, and – for the first time – access to Chamberlain's personal archive of family stills, movies, audio recordings, and letters, the series is a compelling universal story that still resonates today.

Our Planet

November 2024 •English

Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.

Waltzing Jimeoin

November 2024 •English

Jimeoin wants to do a comedy tour like no other. With comedian mates, celebrity friends and maybe even his family, Jimeoin will travel around Australia doing standup wherever the tour takes him.

Dynasties

November 2024 •English

Follow the true stories of five of the world's most celebrated, yet endangered animals; penguins, chimpanzees, lions, painted wolves and tigers. Each in a heroic struggle against rivals and against the forces of nature, these families fight for their own survival and for the future of their dynasties.

Planet Earth

November 2024 •English

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

Mammals

November 2024 •English

The series offers fascinating insights into the most successful animal group in the world. From the tiny Etruscan shrew to the giant blue whale, Mammals will reveal the secrets of their success, and how their winning design, incredible adaptability, unrivaled intelligence, and unique sociability have all contributed to their remarkable rise.

Big Bear Week

November 2024 •English

Rato, Vini and Snakes

November 2024 •Portuguese

Two scientist friends, snake experts, travel through various forests and regions of Brazil in search of different and incredible native snakes. In each episode, the viewer feels the suspense of the search, the tension of the approach, the beauty of each animal and the discovery of scientific data. All this enlivened by the good humor of Rato and Vini, the stars of the show and renowned researchers in this huge South American country.

Earthsounds

November 2024 •English

Immersive audio reveals the unexpected, unfamiliar, and untold ways in which animals communicate around the world.

Critical Kingdoms - Stories of Hope

November 2024 •French

Life in Cold Blood

November 2024 •English

David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians. These animals are as dramatic, as colourful and as tender as any other animals.

Spaceship Earth

November 2024 •Dutch

In Spaceship Earth, astronaut André Kuipers and narrator Kim van Kooten go on a journey of discovery in the Netherlands. With fascinating space satellite and nature images, they explore the beauty and fragility of Dutch nature and how inhabitants of the Netherlands are connected to it.

Cities: Nature's New Wild

November 2024 •English

Discover the remarkable ways animals of all shapes and sizes are adapting to make the most of opportunities in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - our cities.

Wild Ones

November 2024 •English

Who is the King? TV series finds inspiration in the rhythms of nature as shown through the wonders of the animal kingdom. It explores different aspects of animal behavior, including hunting techniques and feeding habits, family elationships and defense mechanisms, courtship and mating rituals.