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Home | Geography | Ecosystems and Biomes

Ocean biomes

1: Nature’s Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

1: Nature’s Miracle | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 59'05''

Monty Halls explores Australia's Great Barrier Reef, examining the vast, complex structure of the coral reef itself and the wi...

1: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

1: Ocean of Islands | South Pacific

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'54''

Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life ...

1: Oceans – Into the Blue | Human Planet

1: Oceans – Into the Blue | Human Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2011 | 58'37''

Humans have always found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches. This journey reveals tales ...

11: The Deep Sea | Nature’s Microworlds

11: The Deep Sea | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'06''

Steve Backshall plumbs the ocean depths to find an array of beautiful and bizarre creatures, from 40m-long jellyfish to grotesq...

2: Castaways | South Pacific

2: Castaways | South Pacific

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians, and at the varied local fauna.

2: Ocean | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

2: Ocean | Australia: Earth’s Magical Kingdom

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 57'07''

A natural history exploration of Australia's magical coasts and islands, where three oceans create the perfect environmen...

2: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

2: Reef to Rainforest | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 58'57''

As well as coral, the reef is made up of jungle, hundreds of islands, mangrove swamps, mysterious deep-water gardens, vast sand fl...

3: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

3: Coral Triangle | Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2024 | 58'01''

Simon Reeve voyages across the Coral Triangle, a remote wilderness of tropical reefs and jungle-clad islands described as the...

3: Endless Blue | South Pacific

3: Endless Blue | South Pacific

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'52''

Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.

3: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

3: Reef and Beyond | Great Barrier Reef

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC HD | 2012 | 59'00''

Monty Halls explores Australia's natural wonder. The Great Barrier Reef is vitally linked to the rest of the planet and creatures tra...

4: Monterey Bay | Nature’s Microworlds

4: Monterey Bay | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 29'05''

Steve Backshall looks at the unique geography of California's Monterey Bay, its kelp forest bursting with life from microscopic ...

4: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

4: Revive Our Oceans | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2021 | 58'12''

This episode explores how we might stop damaging the oceans and begin to enable their revival.

8: Great Barrier Reef | Nature’s Microworlds

8: Great Barrier Reef | Nature’s Microworlds

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Four | 2012 | 28'59''

Steve Backshall visits Australia's Great Barrier Reef to discover the conditions that let a tiny coral building block crea...

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 1 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 59'01''

We follow Atlantic grey seals through the year, from courtship to pregnancy and birth. Will a curious snowy-white seal pup make it saf...

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 2 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2016 | 58'04''

David Attenborough examines the journeys made by the birds and whales that visit the reef every year.

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 2 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'14''

The strange environment of the shallow seas is one that sits remarkably close to shore. In the giant kelp forest, we join a female cat...

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Episode 3 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2016 | 57'40''

David Attenborough uncovers the ways in which scientists are trying to preserve the Great Barrier Reef and embarks on ...

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 3 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 57'33''

As the water starts to warm in the summer, marine giants arrive at the Celtic deep. Some have travelled for thousands of miles to feas...

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Episode 4 | Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC One Wales | 2021 | 58'01''

Presented by Dame Sian Phillips, this episode looks at some of the biggest challenges and issues facing the marine environment in Wale...

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2015 | 58'06''

David Attenborough descends beneath the waves at night to meet some of the tiny coral animals that built the reef.

Ocean | Wild Isles

Ocean | Wild Isles

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2023 | 57'36''

David Attenborough explores our seas, from the vibrant and surprising shallows to the abundant open ocean, and reveals some extraordinary and dramatic wil...

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Restoring Our Reefs | Our Changing Planet

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC One | 2024 | 58'01''

As part of a seven-year series on the planet's most threatened ecosystems, this third episode takes an in-depth look at efforts to ...

S2E0: Great Squid | Inside Nature’s Giants

S2E0: Great Squid | Inside Nature’s Giants

Biology | Channel 4 | 2010 | 1'03'51''

Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinary scientist Mark Evans fly out to New Zealand to join a team of experts an...

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

S2E3: The Islands | Spy in the Wild

Biodiversity and Human Impact | BBC One | 2020 | 58'03''

The spy creatures explore the islands of the southern seas. Some of the most unique animals on earth have evolved in these isolated place...

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Secrets of Antarctica’s Giants

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC News | 2024 | 26'14''

Humpback whales travel thousands of miles to feed in rich, icy Antarctic waters. Scientists who are following the whales reveal how that...

Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Sustainable fishing | Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2025 | 6'52''

Simon investigates sustainable fishing practices.

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