Wildlife Specials
Wildlife Specials

Wildlife Specials

1995 1 Seasons 30 Episodes ⭐ 8.3 Documentary

The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of the recent ones being in multi parts. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 programmes, up to 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. The most recent two were narrated by David Tennant. "The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals" — BBC tagline

The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of the recent ones being in multi parts. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 programmes, up to 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. The most recent two were narrated by David Tennant. "The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals" — BBC tagline

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws

The first title from the exciting series made up from the BBC's natural history output. Just the sight of a shark's fin

EP 2

Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior

The great white bear of the arctic - includes a film first of polar bears hunting underwater and life inside their dens.

EP 3

Crocodile: The Smiling Predator

Only now, by exploring their complete world, above and below water, by day and night, can we fully appreciate how sophis

EP 4

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

This episode ventures into the night, and follows the lives of two leopards in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, to reveal the ni

EP 5

Eagle: The Master of the Skies

Few birds have captured the human imagination as deeply as the eagle and in this remarkable film, aerial photography cap

EP 6

Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans

From the Arctic to the Antarctic, amazing underwater footage reveals for the first time the successful hunting and spect

EP 7

Wolf: The Legendary Outlaw

The definitive story of this much-maligned animal - filmed in habitats ranging from the high Arctic to the hill farms of

EP 8

Tiger: The Elusive Princess

After 25 years of the Project Tiger Scheme operating in the Madhya Pradesh, these magnificent animals have become more t

EP 9

Lions: Spy in the Den

Edited from more than 3000 hours of footage, this documentary uses a remote camera disguised as a rock to observe cubs g

EP 10

Grizzly: Face to Face

Grizzly - a powerful predator and an animal to fear. But not for Jeff Turner, a Canadian photographer who has spent fift

EP 11

Gorillas: On the Trail of King Kong

Over a century ago, the first explorers in the Congo forests sent back terrifying accounts of an aggressive ape, "half m

EP 12

Serpent: Through the Eyes of the Snake

One of the most successful species on earth is also one of the least documented. Miniaturised cameras reveal the snakes'

EP 13

Killer Whale

EP 14

Elephants: Spy in the Herd

Elephants: Spy In The Herd provides the most intimate portrayal of the everyday life of an elephant herd. Narrated by Da

EP 15

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

Attempts at charting shark behaviour using a 6ft, lifelike animatronic robot, complete with on-board camera and pre-prog

EP 16

Bears: Spy in the Woods

Sir David Attenborough narrates this look at bears from across the globe through the use of spycams, camoflaged in a var

EP 17

Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 1

"The Journey" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's S

EP 18

Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 2

"The Crossing" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's

EP 19

Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 1

Elephants carrying Trunkcam, Tuskcam and other spy cameras tell the story of four cubs growing up in the Indian jungle.

EP 20

Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 2

The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the skills they'll need as adults.

EP 21

Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 3

The cubs are now a year-and-a-half old and learning to hunt for themselves.

EP 22

Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 1

Part 1 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – P

EP 23

Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 2

Part 2 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – P

EP 24

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 1

"The Journey" - Emperor penguins cross a treacherous frozen sea to reach their breeding grounds.

EP 25

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 2

"First Steps" - Newborn penguins are caught taking their first unsteady steps.

EP 26

Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 3

"Growing Up" - As the chicks become increasingly independent, their parents continue to protect them.

EP 27

Dolphins - Spy in the Pod (1)

The award-winning team behind Penguins - Spy in the Huddle use hidden cameras to go into the heart of the dolphins' worl

EP 28

Dolphins - Spy in the Pod (2)

Remote-controlled Spy Creatures reveal dolphins as never before. Meet the orca, king of the dolphins, and discover the i

EP 29

Attenborough's Paradise Birds

Sir David Attenborough's new documentary traces his lifelong passion for birds of paradise. For five centuries "birds f

EP 30

Kea - The Smartest Parrot

Nature Documentary hosted by David Attenborough and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Wildlife series in 2004

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David Attenborough
David Attenborough