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Len Peters has fought cultural tradition in order to protect the world's largest turtle.
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1: One Ocean | Blue Planet II
Wildlife documentary series presented by David Attenborough, revealing new worlds and animal behaviours throughout the planet's oceans.
2: The Deep | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough goes on groundbreaking journey to the deepest parts of the oceans.
3: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.
4: Big Blue | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough explores a vast ocean desert where sperm whales must dive 1,000 metres just to feed.
5: Green Seas | Blue Planet II
The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's green seas. From enchanted forests to undersea prairies, they teem wi...
6: Coasts | Blue Planet II
The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer ...
7: Our Blue Planet | Blue Planet II
David Attenborough explores the issues behind the series' most spectacular stories and examines the future of the planet.
Eels and octopuses ambush Sally Lightfoot crabs | Blue Planet II
The moray eel is this crab's deadliest enemy.
March of the spider crabs | Blue Planet II
Like all crabs, the spider crabs have to emerge from their shells in order to grow.
Octopus shell suit | Blue Planet II
When an octopus is caught out in the open water, it attaches shells to its body to camouflage itself.
Orca | Blue Planet II
Working as a team, these orcas deploy their special weapon, using their tails to hit fish.
The boiling sea | Blue Planet II
Lantern fish provide a rare banquet for some of the ocean’s top predators.
The deadly tentacles of the Portuguese man o'war | Blue Planet II
The Portuguese man o'war is armed with tentacles, up to 30 metres long. Each is armed with thousands of sti...
The fish that uses tools | Blue Planet II
A fish uses rocks to crack open shells and eat the insides.
The hypnotising cuttlefish | Blue Planet II
This master of disguise has an unorthodox approach for hunting crabs.
The love story of Venus' flower basket | Blue Planet II
Two shrimps use this deep sea sponge for shelter, for the rest of their lives.
The mystery of the whale shark nursery | Blue Planet II
Nutrients from the deep provide sustenance for a large gathering of sea life.
Trying not to wake the sleeping giants | Blue Planet II
King penguins need to get past a natural barrier of elephant seals to reach their colony.
01: The Living Forest | Landmarks
The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...
02: People of the Forest | Landmarks
People of the Forest looks at the Baka of the Cameroon & the Kayapo of South America & how their lives work in balance with the rainforest.
03: Destroying the Forest | Landmarks
By the next century, the rainforests of the world could have disappeared for ever, destroyed by outside influences and economic pressur...
04: Saving the Forest | Landmarks
Despite the destruction, there are ways to save the forest, by careful harvesting, protecting, learning, replanting, policing - and campaig...
1: Cauldron of Life | Galapagos
Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Islands.
1: Island of Marvels | Madagascar
Series exploring Madagascar and its unique wildlife. David Attenborough reveals the most bizarre places and their inhabitants on this ecolo...
1: The Cold Blooded Truth | Life in Cold Blood
David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians.
1: The Infinite Variety | Life On Earth
The first ever episode of the landmark natural history series Life on Earth. David Attenborough explores the wildlife and landscape t...
1: Travelling | The Private Life of Plants
David Attenborough begins his incredible journey into the world of plants with a look at how plants move from place to place.
10: Primates | Life
The nature documentary examines primates, including armies of Hamadryas baboons battling on the plains of Ethiopia, and macaques in Japan lounging in the...
10: Themes and Variations | Life On Earth
David Attenborough looks at some of the huge variety of mammals. The tree shrew has attracted great interest as it shows how mammal...
11: The Hunters and the Hunted | Life On Earth
David Attenborough explores the eternal duel between the hunters and the hunted - one of the driving forces of evolution.
12: Life in the Trees | Life On Earth
David Attenborough's now-legendary encounter with young gorillas is featured in this episode as he looks at the history of primates.
13: The Compulsive Communicators | Life On Earth
David Attenborough seeks to explain how we came to dominate life on earth, tracing the African origins of humans to nearly t...
2: Building Bodies | Life On Earth
Sir David Attenborough presents a revised version of the original wildlife series about the remarkable evolution of life on our planet. Th...
2: Civilisations | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us
This episode travels to the Congo, Egypt, China and Mexico to reveal how water changed humanity's footprint on the planet.
2: Growing | The Private Life of Plants
David Attenborough continues his incredible journey into the world of plants. Remarkable time-lapse photography reveals how new leave...
2: Land Invaders | Life in Cold Blood
David Attenborough reveals the bizarre adaptations which have helped amphibians break their ties with water as he meets marsupial frogs...
2: Lost Worlds | Madagascar
David Attenborough looks at the island's eastern coast, home to cyanide-eating lemurs and leaf-tailed geckos.
3: Deserts and Grasslands | Planet Earth III
David Attenborough explores earth's greatest wildernesses, where extraordinary life survives in unexpected ways, and nature puts...
Ant pharmacists | Natural World
Wood ants have a remarkable solution for avoiding disease.
3: Jungles | Planet Earth II
Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most ...
Lizard Heaters | Life in Cold Blood
Wall lizards take advantage of foul-smelling dead-horse arums.
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? | Horizon
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world faces a population crisis and if it is the duty of indiv...
6: Ice Worlds | Planet Earth
Documentary series which celebrates earth in its natural glory. How the advance and retreat of the ice in the polar regions becomes a real chall...
Our Precious Isles | Wild Isles
David Attenborough celebrates the rich variety of habitats in our wild isles, the existence of which is critical for the survival of species ...
David Attenborough | The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
David Attenborough speaks about the environment. Also, includes footage of the drones that turn into animals.
1: Tropical Worlds | The Green Planet
Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspec...
Greta meets David Attenborough | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough discuss their hopes for the future of the planet.
COP26 delegates and climate scientists | Climate Change: The Facts
COP26 delegates and climate scientist Hannah Cloke discuss their hopes for the COP26 conference.
The People v Climate Change
Meet the 108 ordinary Brits who Sir David Attenborough says we should listen to. This warm and honest documentary reveals how everyday people fee...
Mate or die trying | Seven Worlds, One Planet
A male Jotus spider waves it paddle-like limbs to attract a mate.
Poison dart frogs battle it out | Attenborough's Life in Colour
A poison dart frog fights off a contender until he's sufficiently warned off.
Self-sacrificing fish | Life
Flying fish can leave the water and soar great distances on their elongated fins to escape from predators below the waves. But finding a place t...
Wildlife and the spread of viruses | Extinction: The Facts
An exploration of how human interference with wildlife and habitats has caused the spread of viruses.
Buffalo to the rescue | Dynasties
A painted wolf pack is attacked by lions seeking out the pups to kill. But an angry buffalo comes charging in and distracts the lions.
Marine predators team up | The Blue Planet
A variety of marine predators team up to capitalise on a large group of migrating sardines.
Compilation | Attenborough at 90
A short montage of the fun and amazing moments David Attenborough has shared in his documentaries over a 70-year career.
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