Secret Life of the Koala

Perhaps Australia’s most iconic creature of all, Koalas, can face surprising challenges. These highly specialized, tree-dwelling marsupials are in a constant battle for survival as they contend with predators, human interference and a depleting food supply. Learn how Koalas continue to adapt to their ever-changing environments and find out what they’re doing to replenish their decreasing population.

Man vs. Octopus

Who - or what - will win during a series of contests between octopuses and humans? Watch and find out!

Trimates

Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve), TRIMATES is a documentary for the whole family. This is a story of two generations of women: the young pioneers - Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas - who set out into the jungles over half a century ago to live with our closest ancestors, the great apes. This is also the story of a generation who followed their articles, transfixed by their stories and determined to follow the same distant paths. Featuring an original musical score, and up-close and personal footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history cinematographers, this film takes us deep into the jungles and mountains of Uganda, Borneo and Congo, as we explore the frontiers of important research and our human origins.

Gangs of Lemur Island

Feuding families, civil war, and lovers’ trysts. This is not Romeo and Juliet; this is a troop of ring-tailed lemurs leading extraordinary lives on ‘Lemur Island’. Meet the lemurs of Berenty, a spiny forest reserve in Madagascar, where the primates are obsessed with social rank and status, and have shown to be adept at adapting to survive in an environment of extremes in a changing climate. Science and behaviour intersect in the gripping GANGS OF LEMUR ISLAND.

Africa's Underwater Wonders

Our planet is made up of seemingly countless seas and oceans, yet to this day so many of their enigmas remain unexplored. AFRICA’S UNDERWATER WONDERS cameras dive into the depths unlike ever before, to explore the treasure trove of fauna, flora and vital ecosystems that make their home under the sea.

The World’s Deadliest Weather

With a climate crisis now declared, THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST WEATHER showcases the unstoppable force of Mother Nature, with increasingly volatile natural disasters and extreme weather fronts endured across the planet. Nature’s omnipotent power has the destructive capability to bring civilisation to a standstill… and all we can seemingly do is watch as it has claimed the lives of millions. In recent years, these extreme weather events have become more and more commonplace. Using incredible archive and astonishing user-generated footage of some of the most extraordinary weather the planet has ever seen, we’ll relive these weather spectacles in astonishing minute by minute detail, revealing very personal stories of people who have captured the entire event on camera, and lived to tell the tale.

Canada Over The Edge

This aerial-documentary series explores the features that define Canada: the most-expansive coastline on Earth, and the world’s longest, undefended border. From urban centers to the remote wilderness of world-famous National Parks, CANADA OVER THE EDGE showcases the rugged beauty and history of Canada. Using state-of-the-art cinematography, an award-winning team of directors creates the most incredible collection of high-definition images, capturing never-before-seen wildlife and once-inaccessible natural wonders along Canadian shores.

Wild Antarctica

Antarctica is the most remote and pristine wilderness on the planet. It is a timeless and harsh land like no other. Night here can last three months and in the peak of summer, the sun never sets. To understand how life can exist in this continent of snow and icebergs we must spend a year there. We discover that despite being the least habitable place on Earth, life abounds in Antarctica. Megafauna such as humpback whales and orcas, massive seals and stately penguins all take the brutal conditions head on and thrive in this year on ice.

Great Parks of Africa

Experience exhilarating cliff-side vistas, stunning succulent flora, vast arid deserts, lush wetlands and amazing animal populations across more than 4 million hectares of parkland in GREAT PARKS OF AFRICA, a series that illustrates the remarkable diversity of the continent’s epic parks.

Planet Weird

Earth has produced an endless parade of unique and WEIRD animals. Strange behaviours, odd physiology, and outlandish survival techniques can be found in every habitat. Each animal, in the competition to survive, has evolved a weird attribute to secure the winning edge. Across six episodes, PLANET WEIRD uncovers some of the most extraordinary wild characters, each stranger than the last. Inside every weird story is a revelation of amazing adaptation and scientific surprise. Meet an endless array of colourful characters and discover that evolution is alive and ongoing, conjuring every conceivable way for life to succeed.