Series
Nature's Great Events
Documentary
Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet, showing how life responds to natural events which can dramatically transform entire landscapes.
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Seasons & episodes
1The Great Melt11 Feb 2009 · 50m · ★ 10.0The summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.
2The Great Salmon Run18 Feb 2009 · 50mEvery year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born.
This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?
3The Great Migration25 Feb 2009 · 50m · ★ 8.0The story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.
4The Great Tide4 Mar 2009 · 50mA look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.
5The Great Flood11 Mar 2009 · 50mMillions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
6The Great Feast18 Mar 2009 · 50mThe summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.
Details
- First aired
- 11 Feb 2009
- Last aired
- 18 Mar 2009
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 47 on TMDB
Cast
David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
