Nature's Great Events

Nature's Great Events

2009
Nature's Great Events
Nature's Great Events

Nature's Great Events

8.9 | TV-G | en | 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

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EP6  The Great Feast
Mar. 18,2009
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.

EP5  The Great Flood
Mar. 11,2009
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.

EP4  The Great Tide
Mar. 04,2009
The Great Tide

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

EP3  The Great Migration
Feb. 25,2009
The Great Migration

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

EP2  The Great Salmon Run
Feb. 18,2009
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?

EP1  The Great Melt
Feb. 11,2009
The Great Melt

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

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8.9 | TV-G | en | Documentary
Synopsis

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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Cast

David Attenborough

Director

Peter Bassett

Producted By

BBC , Discovery Channel

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