Land of Primates

Africa is home to the widest range of primates in the world. From lemurs and bush babies, to tarsiers and pottos, and most famous of them all, apes and monkeys, join us as we profile some of the cutest, cleverest and most charismatic animals on the continent.

Turtle Beach

For a few days around the new moon, tens of thousands of sea turtles swarm up a strip of beach and lay millions of eggs. TURTLE BEACH will follow a clutch of 100 turtle eggs over 2 months, from when they’re laid, to 51 days later when thousands of hatchlings ‘boil’ out onto the beach and beeline for the ocean. In a scientific and televisual first this series reveals the complete story of a single turtle nest for the very first time.

Osprey: Sea Raptor

On the east coast of North America an osprey soars over a tiny saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River. He has just flown 6000 kilometres, to the place that’s imprinted on his memory since birth, the place where he will re-join his mate. As the reunited pair mates and broods their eggs, foxes, deer and scores of migrating shorebirds bring summer’s hustle and bustle back to the saltmarsh. Other osprey pairs see their eggs snatched by predators that prowl the night. But this osprey pair are battle tested. Over the course of one summer, they fend off enemies, catch hundreds of fish, and raise their tiny chicks into the next generation of sea raptors.

Australia’s Hidden Islands

Islands built entirely on shifting sands or carved from rock, where moon dancing red crabs and strange marsupials make their homes- these are the extraordinary isles that thrive in splendid isolation in AUSTRALIA’S HIDDEN ISLANDS.

Monkey Island

An ancient citadel once home to Sri Lanka’s kings has now been reclaimed by the jungle… and there’s a new dynasty in power: monkeys. The lives of the King Troop of toque macaques play out among the ruins. The macaques share this primate paradise with laid back langurs and secretive leaf monkeys, but as the island suffers the toughest drought in years, all are tested to their limits.

Tales From Zambia

Zambia is home to some of the world’s most exotic wildlife. From elephants to eagles and baboons to hippos, this collection of films features a range of different species, exploring their fascinating behaviour and taking viewers on a virtual safari into some of the wildest and most beautiful habitats on Earth.

Shadowlands

From the sub-Antarctic to southern New Zealand, the SHADOWLANDS are a diverse group of habitats in the remote southern latitudes of our planet. Here high-stakes wildlife dramas play out in snow-capped fiords where saltwater mixes with fresh, where warm currents meet cold Antarctic waters. Here, the world’s most southerly bottlenose dolphins and the rare Fiordland crested penguins make their home, while Great white sharks patrol the coasts and on the ocean floor a mass migration of spider crabs getS under way. These creatures must be tough to endure the extreme weather here at the best of times, but increasingly unpredictable climate patterns are making their lives even harder. Those who are born in the cold southern seas need all their animal cunning to grow up and ensure their kind survives in the SHADOWLANDS.

Animal Empires

Journey to the beautiful and dangerous places that play host to wildlife’s migrations and congregations. Loud and full of life, herds, flocks and schools of creatures gather in these extraordinary ANIMAL EMPIRES to feed, mate and survive.

Untamed Valley

The Luangwa Valley wetlands are host to a variety of species, each in a constant struggle for dominance. UNTAMED VALLEY explores some of the Valley’s most diverse habitats, and tells the dramatic stories of the characters and communities that compete for territory and survival.

Aerial Assassins

Extreme birder James Currie sets out to find the sky wolves of Arizona, the Harris Hawk, in the depths of the Sonoran desert.