Season 39 • Episode 9
LatestThe science behind the extraordinary abilities of eagles, the most powerful birds in the sky, with dramatic stories and some remarkable experiments.
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
Cinematography
HD nature porn before that was even a phrase.
Direction
Patient storytelling that trusts viewers aren't stupid.
Score
Music that makes a beetle eating sound epic.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Natural World essentially invented the prestige nature documentary format that Netflix now floods your feed with.
Attenborough reportedly filmed introductions for over 100 episodes in single days, sometimes doing 20 different animal intros before lunch.
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