Natural History Documentaries
Joanna Lumley's Danube: Europe's Mightiest River
Joanna Lumley embarks on a rip-roaring adventure across the heart of Europe following the most international river in the world, the Danube. She tracks the river from its origins beneath Germany’s Black Forest all the way to the Black Sea. On the way she encounters Bavaria’s beer-brewing nuns, Slovakia’s stunning snow-capped peaks, Hungary’s cowboys, and the unique wilderness of the Danube Delta.
Forces Of Nature
Professor Brian Cox is on a tour of our planet to explain what lies beneath Earth’s startling beauty and ultimately what makes our world work. In this thrilling science documentary, using cutting-edge filming techniques, he explores the simplest possible questions about the planet we live on. Why is water blue? Why do bees make hexagonal honeycombs? And what forces dictate how we live?
Ancient Earth
How did Earth transform from a barren rock with no atmosphere into a lush, green, watery planet filled with life? From massive asteroid bombardments to extreme changes in climate and collisions of whole continents, this thrilling documentary takes viewers on a journey through our planet’s most astonishing ancient history, beginning with its early years as a volcanic hellscape to the rise of humans.
Ice Age Giants
Professor Alice Roberts journeys 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the Ice Age. This was the last time that giants like mammoths, woolly rhinos and saber-tooth cats ruled our planet. Drawing on the latest scientific detective work, and a dash of graphic wizardry, Alice brings the Ice Age giants back to life. She finds out how they lived and why they eventually died out.
Super Cute Animals
A sneezing panda bear and hand-holding otters were internet sensations. People are obsessed with cute animals. But nothing in nature happens by accident. Animals are cute for a whole variety of different reasons and wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan investigates why certain animals are cute in certain ways and reveals the scientific stories behind the adorability some creatures.