Nature's Great Events

Season 12009

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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6 Episodes

E01 The Great Melt

The summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.

February 11, 2009

E02 The Great Salmon Run

Every 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?

February 18, 2009

E03 The Great Migration

The story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.

February 25, 2009

E04 The Great Tide

A look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.

March 4, 2009

E05 The Great Flood

Millions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

March 11, 2009

E06 The Great Feast

The 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.

March 18, 2009

Nature's Great Events

E01 The Great Melt

E02 The Great Salmon Run

E03 The Great Migration

E04 The Great Tide

E05 The Great Flood

E06 The Great Feast

Frozen Planet II

Upper Middle Bogan

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates

BabyRiki

Human Planet

The King of Queens

Lore

Weeds

Planet Earth II

The Last Dance

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Big Bang Theory

Game of Thrones

Westworld

Attack on Titan

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

The Office

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Better Call Saul

Stranger Things

E01 The Great Melt

E02 The Great Salmon Run

E03 The Great Migration

E04 The Great Tide

E05 The Great Flood

E06 The Great Feast