Episodes
Land of the Tiger
September 15, 1985
Land of the Tiger looks at the protected species of the Kanha and Ranthambore National Parks, celebrating these elusive and endangered big cats and exploring the delicately balanced ecosystem they inhabit. Interweaving footage of monkeys, deer and the tiger’s main competitor, crocodiles, the couple’s impressive cinematography brings the private world of tigers to life, as these magnificent creatures swim, play, mate, suckle their young and stalk their prey.
Namaqualand - Diary of a Desert Garden
September 22, 1985
In all Africa there is no stranger riddle than the flowering of the land of the Nama. Those bushmen were the first to see their desert land burgeon into a blaze of color. But this paradise was always short-lived; a spectacular bloom that quickly withered away, not to be seen again for many years. RODNEY BORLAND filmed the most recent of these stupendous and mystifying displays. To a landscape already weird with huge halfmens plants, elephant ears and baboons' fingers, suddenly came vast arrays of nodding daisies and wave upon wave of mesembryanthemums, wild geraniums, gladioli and amaryllis. The landscape was bathed in brilliant hues, a natural garden whose glory may not shine again before the end of this century.
Horns of Dilemma
September 29, 1985
Documentary on the illicit trade in Rhino horns, which is threatening the five kinds of rhinoceros with extinction.
On the Verge of Life
October 6, 1985
Documentary about wildlife which lives around Britain's motorways.
The Man Who Loves Frogs
October 13, 1985
Emas - The High Plains of Brazil
October 20, 1985
The Flight of the Whooping Crane
October 27, 1985
White Rock, Black Water
November 3, 1985
Never Stay In One Place
November 10, 1985
City of Coral
November 17, 1985
Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean
November 24, 1985
First in a three part series examining Arctic ecology, The Frozen Ocean focuses on the spring to summer months, providing an intimate portrayal of life in a land of relentless ice and intense cold.
Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond
December 1, 1985
Hywel Bennett narrates the second of an award-winning trilogy of films about the Arctic. The winter is long and harsh, but for eight weeks of the year the midnight sun warms the frozen earth, nurturing lush vegetation and a rich variety of flowers, and transforming the barren wastelands into fecund breeding grounds so the life of the Arctic can renew itself.
Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge
December 8, 1985
Documentary series about the Arctic and its inhabitants.
Aspen - A Dance of Leaves
December 22, 1985
The wild life of the prairies of Canada during the winter months.
The Plant Hunters
December 29, 1985
Short Grass Country
January 5, 1986
The Forgotten Garden
January 12, 1986
Inside Stories
January 19, 1986
Masked Monkeys
January 26, 1986
Documentary on Guenons, a species of African forest monkey, and their place in the evolutionary hierarchy.
Sky Hunters
February 2, 1986
