Rivers and Life

Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

November 2024 •English

Paul Whitehouse travels around England and Wales looking at the pressures affecting our rivers and waterways from water companies, intensive agriculture and growing population. Paul explores what is going on beneath the surface, why our rivers and waterways are in decline and what needs to be done to protect them.

Countryfile

November 2024 •English

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

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

November 2024 •English

Sir David shines the spotlight on some of nature’s evolutionary anomalies and reveals how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate.

Uncharted Canada

November 2024 •French

Two adventurers seek out by air, raft, scuba diving and more to better understand Canada's diverse land, people and ecosystems.

Nature Is Speaking

November 2024 •English

Nature is given a voice to raise awareness that people need nature in order to survive.

Ningaloo Nyinggulu

November 2024 •English

Science-based documentary about the extraordinary wonders of one of the last intact wild places left on Earth – Ningaloo, a refuge for thousands of species of wildlife unknown, extinct, or endangered elsewhere.

Lost Land of the Volcano

November 2024 •English

An international team of scientists, cavers and wildlife filmmakers venture deep into the heart of the remote tropical island of New Guinea.

Nature Gone Wild

November 2024 •English

Backcountry guide and explorer Greg Aiello brings attention and analysis to viral videos documenting some of mother nature's unbelievable occurrences, from natural disasters to animal attacks.

Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts

November 2024 •English

An overview of new technologies and social developments in the 21st Century

Glorious Gardens from Above

November 2024 •English

Horticulturist Christine Walkden embarks on a journey to explore Britain's gardens and countryside from a hot-air balloon.

Ut i naturen

November 2024 •Norwegian

Nature documentary series.

Na vlastní nohy

November 2024 •Czech

Wasteland

November 2024 •English

Examine the terrible impact waste is having on America's waterways and the challenges people must overcome to preserve their health.

How to Grow a Planet

November 2024 •English

Geologist Iain Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity.

Nile – The ultimate River

November 2024 •German

Two qualities define the Nile as the ultimate river. First, it is the world’s longest river. From the source in Rwanda to the end at the Mediterranean Sea, it travels 6650 kilometres (4130 miles). Second, the Nile is a truly cosmopolitan water. Its source lies in tropical Africa, its most important tributary – the Blue Nile – originates in the Ethiopian highlands. Its longest stage – through Sudan and Egypt – is characterised by Arab influences. Travelling through a sea of sand, this river gives life. It passes Africa’s largest city – Cairo – and ends only a few hundred kilometres away from Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Baboons with Bill Bailey

November 2024 •English

Baboons with Bill Bailey is a wildlife documentary series presented by Bill Bailey. The series follows Bill as he attempts to find out more about the lives of baboons who are living in several colonies in Cape Town, South Africa.

Walking with Monsters

November 2024 •English

A three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh and using state-of-the-art visual effects, this prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago).

Češi zachraňují

November 2024 •Czech

Chimp Empire

November 2024 •English

A vast community of chimpanzees thrives in a forest in Uganda, navigating complex social politics, family dynamics and dangerous territory disputes.

Animals Behaving Badly

November 2024 •English

Liz Bonnin meets the animals using outlandish means to find a mate and raise a family, and reveals the fascinating science that lies behind these animal antics.