Series
Force of Nature
“Faced with change, resilience is everything.”
DocumentaryFamily
Three years in the making, the series reveals how wildlife is adapting as climate change intensifies and extreme weather reshapes the planet. From hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfires to melting Arctic ice, animals across the globe face an unprecedented fight for survival. Through dramatic, character-led storytelling, the series follows remarkable species including polar bears, chimpanzees, Californian sea otters and Caribbean flamingos, showcasing both the ferocity of Earth's forces and the extraordinary resilience and ingenuity of the natural world.
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Seasons & episodes
1Extreme Earth26 Jul 2026 · 47mExtreme weather is reshaping the lives of wildlife around the world. An owl on the American prairies uses its extraordinary hearing and underground burrows to save its chicks, two cheetahs in Kenya battle record-breaking floods, a polar bear loses the summer sea ice it relies on, and chimpanzees adapt as storms, floods, fire and drought grow more intense.
2Rising Waters2 Aug 2026 · 47mAs shifting rain patterns transform ecosystems across the planet, survival is no longer about strength alone. Three mothers face nature at its most unpredictable: pygmy elephants battle monsoon floods in Borneo, a female platypus escapes the flash flood that destroys her home river in Australia, and a lone lioness in Africa uses floodwaters to her advantage to catch prey.
3Savage Seas9 Aug 2026 · 47mThe world’s coastal regions have always been an extreme environment in which to raise a family, but warming seas are exacerbating the challenges of parenthood. From hurricanes hitting flamingo colonies and little anole lizards to winter storms threatening sea otters and bleaching destroying clownfish homes, coastal wildlife faces growing challenges. As these events become more frequent and intense, raising the next generation is becoming ever more difficult.
4Melting Worlds16 Aug 2026 · 47mCold-adapted animals are struggling more than most in a warming world, forcing them to change long-established behaviours to survive. From a snow leopard in the peaks of the Indian Himalayas, forced from his home by a rival male, to an Arctic ground squirrel in Alaska undertaking the coldest migration of any mammal, and a young Arctic fox in Svalbard facing her first winter alone, animals adapted to the cold are being pushed to their limits in a rapidly changing world.
5Boiling Point23 Aug 2026 · 47mNew extremes of heat and drought are pushing the extraordinary behavioural and physical adaptations of wombats, leopards and kangaroo rats to their very limits.
6Into the Extreme30 Aug 2026 · 47mIn this episode, we turn the camera on the extraordinary people who are dedicating their lives to helping the animals cope with today's extreme weather.
Details
- First aired
- 26 Jul 2026
- Last aired
- 30 Aug 2026
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 2 on TMDB
Cast
Andrew LincolnSelf - Narrator (voice)
