Natural History Documentaries

With a range of iconic series spanning all seven continents, dive deep into the beauty of the natural world. Our documentary collection brings you the best of the BBC’s nature, wildlife, and science shows, with over 100 hours of content dating back to 1954 including the series that launched David Attenborough’s career and changed nature documentaries forever.

Seasonal Wonderlands

Get ready to witness nature in all its glory as three of the most seasonally changeable landscapes on Earth are revealed. This astonishing natural history documentary records the stunning transformations that occur each year in Arctic Svalbard, Okavango in Africa and America’s New England and shows how the landscape alters and wildlife copes with these dramatic changes.

Spectacular Earth

Get closer than ever before to some of the world’s most stunning phenomena and discover the extraordinary forces that coincide to make each mesmerizing spectacle happen. This astonishing natural history documentary looks at the science and spectacle behind, lightning, megawaves, volcanoes and auroras to discover what causes them and the devastating damage they can inflict.

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs four thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse landscape of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rich grasslands and mighty rivers. This fascinating nature documentary visits this home to the greatest concentration of animals on earth including lions, crocodiles, elephants, hippos and flocks of flamingos.

Zoo Quest In Colour

Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC’s film vaults, the best of David Attenborough’s breakthrough nature documentary can now be experienced in colour. First broadcast in 1954 and watched by millions, this landmark series launched the career of the young presenter, and changed the way wildlife was seen on television- a legacy that continues to this day.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park is one of the world’s most spectacular wildernesses. It is home to some of the richest wildlife beyond the plains of Africa. This landmark Yellowstone documentary series follows the intertwining stories of the National Park’s iconic inhabitants: the grey wolf, the grizzly bear and herds of antelope and buffalo. The dramatic fortunes of these animals are inexorably bound together.

Start your Free Trial: