The following is a list of episodes of the BBC television series Natural World.
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Series: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
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Series 1
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Save the Panda30 October 1983Barry PaineGiant panda2From Aardvark to Zebra6 November 1983Jonathan KingdonKilimanjaro3Programmed for Flight13 November 1983Barry PaineBird migration4Jungle20 November 1983David HughesCosta Rican rainforest5Secret Weapons27 November 1983Tom ElsnerInsect chemical defences6Birds of Paradox4 December 1983Flightless birds7Jet Set Wildlife11 December 1983Barry PaineIntroduced species8Pelican Delta18 December 1983Barry PainePelicans in the Danube9Winter Days25 December 1983Robert PowellBritish wildlife in Winter10God's Acre2 January 1984Barry PaineWildlife in a British churchyard
Series 2
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Plight of the Bumble-Bee6 May 1984Barry PaineBumblebees2Salim Ali's India13 May 1984Barry PaineSalim Ali and the wildlife of India3The Kiwai - Dugong Hunters of Daru20 May 1984David AttenboroughDugong4Commandos of Conservation3 June 1984Trevor PhilpottGreenpeace5Long Point10 June 1984Barry PaineWildlife of Long Point, Lake Erie6Beneath the Keel17 June 1984Barry Paine, Jeff Goodman, Laurie EmbersonMarine life of Devon7Treasures of the Gulf1 July 1984Wildlife of the Persian Gulf8Fragments of Eden22 July 1984Barry PaineWildlife of the Seychelles
Series 3
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Among the Wild Chimpanzees4 November 1984Barry Paine, Jane GoodallEastern chimpanzee2One Man's Island11 November 1984Anthony Quayle, Keith BrockieIsle of May3Invaders of the Truk Lagoon18 November 1984Barry PaineWildlife of Truk Lagoon4The Desire of the Moth25 November 1984Barry PaineMoths5A Question of Space2 December 1984Iain GuestSatellites monitoring land use for conservation in Kenya6Peacocks, Parasites and the Puzzle of Sex9 December 1984Evolution of sexual reproduction7Land of Ice and Fire16 December 1984Anthony ValentineWildlife of Yellowstone8The Lost World of Medusa23 December 1984Barry PaineWildlife in Jellyfish Lake, Palau9Kinabalu, Summit of Borneo6 January 1985Barry PaineWildlife of Mount Kinabalu10Wild Ireland13 January 1985Barry PaineWildife of Ireland11Water - A Fresh Look20 January 1985Barry Paine, Walter SiglFresh water wildlife12Battle of the Leaves27 January 1985Leaves13The Year of the Rat3 February 1985Barry PaineBrown rat14Through Animal Eyes10 February 1985Andrew SachsAnimal eyesight15Within a Garden Wall17 February 1985Peter FranceWildife in a Cotswold dry stone wall
Series 4
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Land of the Tiger15 September 1985Bengal tiger2Namaqualand, Diary of a Desert Garden22 September 1985Barry PaineBotany in Namaqualand3Horns of Dilemma29 September 1985John HedgesTrade in rhino horn4On the Verge of Life6 October 1985Martin JarvisWildlife on British motorway verges5The Man Who Loves Frogs13 October 1985Barry PaineFrogs6Emas, The High Plains of Brazil20 October 1985Barry PaineWildife of Emas National Park, Brazil7The Flight of the Whooping Crane27 October 1985Barry PaineWhooping crane8White Rock, Black Water3 November 1985Richard MabeyWildlife of the Yorkshire Dales9Never Stay in One Place10 November 1985Robyn WilliamsWildlife of Kakadu, Australia10City of Coral17 November 1985Barry PaineCoral in the Caribbean11Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen OceanCameraman Hugh Miles won an Emmy Award (Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematographers) for this episode.24 November 1985Hywel BennettPolar bear and wildlife of the Arctic12Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond1 December 1985Hywel BennettPolar bear and wildlife of the Arctic13Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge8 December 1985Hywel BennettPolar bear and wildlife of the Arctic14Aspen, A Dance of Leaves22 December 1985Siân PhillipsAspen in Canada15The Plant Hunters29 December 1985Barry PaineHunting for new plant species16Shortgrass Country5 January 1986Barry PaineWildlife of the Canadian prairie17The Forgotten Garden12 January 1986Barry PaineWildlife in an abandoned English garden18Inside Stories19 January 1986Barry PaineAnimal physiology19Masked Monkeys26 January 1986Jonathan KingdonGuenons20Sky Hunters2 February 1986Libby PurvesVultures
Series 5
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Leopard, a Darkness in the Grass5 October 1986Hugh MilesLeopard2Where the Parrots Speak Mandarin12 October 1986Chinese relationship with animals3The Mystery of Laguna Baja19 October 1986Barry PaineWildlife of a lagoon in Baja California4Have Fish Had Their Chips?16 November 1986Julian PettiferOverfishing5Why Dogs Don't Like Chilli But Some Like It Hot23 November 1986Jeremy ChurfasAnimal diets6The Elephant Challenge30 November 1986Iain GuestAfrican elephant7Ichkeul, Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea7 December 1986Barry PaineWildlife of Lake Ichkeul, Tunisia8Man-Eaters of Kumaon14 December 1986DramatisationMan-eating big cats in India9A Cactus Called Saguaro21 December 1986Barry PaineSaguaro cactus10A Wilderness Like Eden11 January 1987Peter FranceWildlife of the Holy Land11Sweet Water, Bitter Sea18 January 1987Peter FranceWildlife of the Holy Land12Bats Need Friends25 January 1987Andrew SachsBats13Cockatoos at Three Springs1 February 1987Robyn WilliamsCockatoos14The Volcano Watchers8 February 1987Barry PaineVolcanoes15The Deciding Factor15 February 1987Barry PaineAnimal decision making16Reflections of a River Keeper22 February 1987Barry Paine, Tom WilliamsWildlife of River Avon, Hampshire17Towers of Wax and Paper Palaces1 March 1987Barry PaineAnimal builders
Series 6
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Spirits of the Forest20 September 1987Andrew SachsWildife of Madagascar2Land of the Kiwi27 September 1987Barry PaineWildlife of New Zealand3Lions of the African Night4 October 1987Martin JarvisLion4Forest of Fear11 October 1987Barry PaineWildife of the Sundarbans5Icebird18 October 1987Tony SoperPenguins6Ticket to the Wild25 October 1987Barry PaineWildlife of British railway verges7Grizzly!1 November 1987Barry PaineGrizzly bear8Islands of the Fire Goddess15 November 1987Jack WatsonWildife of the Hawaiian Islands9Paradise Reclaimed22 November 1987Tom ContiRainforest regrowth10Battle for the Eagles29 November 1987Tony SoperEagles11Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: Search for the Jewel6 December 1987Barry PaineWildlife of the Okavango Delta12Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: The Living Jewel13 December 1987Barry PaineWildlife of the Okavango Delta13Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: A New Challenge20 December 1987Barry PaineWildlife of the Okavango Delta
Series 7
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Ice Pack18 September 1988Barry PaineWildlife of the Canadian Arctic2Beyond Timbuktu25 September 1988Bruce PearsonWildlife of the Niger River3Nighthunters2 October 1988Judi DenchOwls4Twilight of the Dreamtime9 October 1988David AttenboroughWildlife of Kakadu, Australia5Search for the Yeti16 October 1988Andrew Sachs, Chris BoningtonYeti6A Passion for Grouse23 October 1988Sally MagnussonRed grouse7Nuts in Brazil30 October 1988Anthony SmithTravel down the Amazon River8Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon6 November 1988Wildife of Bhutan9The Journey of Gerald Through Wales13 November 1988Wildlife of Wales10Coral Triangle27 November 1988Barry PaineWildlife of Philippines11Wild Waterfalls: The Natural History of Cascades1 January 1989Jenni MurrayWaterfalls12Atlantic Realm: Island Arks8 January 1989Martin JarvisWildife of the Atlantic Ocean13Atlantic Realm: Ocean Of Light15 January 1989Martin JarvisWildife of the Atlantic Ocean14Atlantic Realm: Into The Abyss22 January 1989Martin JarvisWildlife of the Atlantic Ocean
Series 8
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Gorillas in the Midst of Man1 October 1989Brian BlessedGorilla2Ivory Wars8 October 1989Julian PettiferTrade in African Elephant ivory3Gran Paradiso15 October 1989Anthony ValentineGran Paradiso National Park, Alps4Fear of the Wild22 October 1989Anthony ValentinePhobias of wild animals5Splashdown: A Diver's Natural History29 October 1989Martha HolmesMarine life off the British coast6Island in the Air5 November 1989Christopher ReichWildlife of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia7Amazon, the Flooded Forest: Part 1 19 November 1989Anthony HopkinsAmazon rainforest8Amazon, the Flooded Forest: Part 2 26 November 1989Anthony HopkinsAmazon rainforest9A Tramp in the Darien 3 December 1989Jonathan MaslowDarien National Park, Panama10The Taming of the Ewe 10 December 1989Joe HensonSheep domestication11Under the Ice 17 December 1989Life under the Antarctic ice sheet12The Sisterhood 7 January 1990Richard GossSpotted hyena13Erin Through the Mists of Time 14 January 1990Eamon de BuitlearWildlife of Ireland14The Serpent's Embrace 21 January 1990Christopher ReichSnakes15Haida Gwaii, Islands of the People 28 January 1990May RussHaida Gwaii, Canada16La Loire Sauvage 4 February 1990Campaign against dam on the Loire, France
Series 9
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Running for their Lives 6 January 1991Hugh MilesAfrican wild dog2Scandinavia: Lands of the Midnight Sun 13 January 1991Martin JarvisScandinavia above the Arctic Circle3Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas 20 January 1991Martin JarvisWaters around Scandinavia4The Cat That Came in from the Cold 27 January 1991European polecat5Portrait of the Planet 3 February 1991Nature around the world6Two Weeks to Save the Planet 10 February 1991Anthony SmithEarthwatch Institute7Cranes of the Grey Wind 17 February 1991Sandhill and Whooping cranes8Even The Animals Must Be Free 3 March 1991On safari in Africa9Marathon Birds 10 March 1991Albatross10The Great Karoo, a Secret Africa 17 March 1991Janet SuzmanKaroo, South Africa11Big Oil: in the Wake Of Exxon Valdez 24 March 1991Julian PettiferExxon Valdez oil spill12Wings Over the Holy Land 31 March 1991Bird migration in Israel13Hawaii, Beyond the Feathered Gods 14 April 1991Wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands
Series 10
EpisodeTitleOriginal air datePresenter/narratorSubject matter or featured species1Vietnam: the Country not the War 24 November 1991Brian GearVietnam2Arctic Wanderers 1 December 1991Barry PaineCaribou migration in the American Arctic3The Wonderful World of Dung 8 December 1991Tony RobinsonDung4Monkeys on the Edge 15 December 1991Rula LenskaEndangered monkeys in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest5Sounds of the Islands 22 December 1991Isla BlairOuter Hebrides6Sharks on their Best Behaviour 9 February 1992Mike DeGruyShark7Land of Wild Freedom 16 February 1992Fred TruemanNorth York Moors8The Monk, the Princess and the Forest 1 March 1992Thailand rainforest9New Guinea, an Island Apart: Beyond The Unknown Shore 8 March 1992Tim Pigott-SmithCoral reefs off New Guinea10New Guinea, an Island Apart: Other Worlds 15 March 1992Tim Pigott-SmithRainforests of New Guinea11Birds Nuts: The Magnificent Obsession 22 March 1992Martin WainwrightBirdwatching12For Queen and Colony 29 March 1992Bees and wasps13Mpingo, the Tree that Makes Music 3 May 1992David AttenboroughMpingo trees
Series 11