The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks. Held annually, normally in July or August, Shark Week was originally developed to raise awareness and respect for sharks. It is the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Now broadcast in over 72 countries, Shark Week is promoted heavily via social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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.
Follow Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin as they run the extraordinary Australia Zoo in the bushlands of northern Australia. Caring for over 1,200 animals, overseeing a world-class wildlife hospital, and conducting high-octane global conservation expeditions, the Irwins’ lives are full of adventure, fueled by their love of animals and passion for protecting them.
The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and Croc Files. The series has been presented on Animal Planet and has been in international syndication on networks worldwide.
Rejs fra frysende poler til tropisk regnskov og mød naturens mest fascinerende kæmper, som beviser, at det at være stor giver enorme udfordringer.
Chester Zoo is the most popular zoo in Britain. This observational documentary series uses micro-rig camera technology to capture, in incredible detail, the remarkable behaviour of the animals there.
Documentary series in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.
Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen.
Oplev verdens vidundere som aldrig før i denne storslåede dokumentarserie fra Jon Favreau og producerne af Planet Earth. Rejs 66 millioner år tilbage i tiden, til dengang majestætiske dinosaurer og fantastiske skabninger befolkede landjorden, havene og himlen.
David Attenborough (der nu er 90!) er tilbage med endnu en spændende dokumentarserie om den lille, fantastiske planet, vi kender som Jorden. Den nye serie udnytter de teknologiske landvindinger, der er sket siden første serie blev optaget i 2006, og filmholdene har besøgt 117 steder i 40 lande. Vores Planet II er ligesom den første serie inddelt i episoder, der har hvert sit fokus.
Det ultimative portræt af Vores Planet. Forrygende BBC dokumentarserie med David Attenborough som fortæller.
Fra teamet bag den prisbelønnede serie The Blue Planet kommer denne unikke dokumentarserie. I Planet Earth opleves steder og dyr, der aldrig før har været fanget af en kameralinse. Med 11 fantastiske afsnit har BBC skabt en sand hyldest til vores gamle planet. Vi følger resultaterne af 71 fotografers optagelser i 62 lande fra Nepals mægtigste bjerg til Amazonas frodige regnskov, fra Saharas skulpturelle sanddynger til Polernes gnistrende is. Serien giver et sublimt indblik i, hvor mangfoldig og skøn vores planet er. Med teknikkens hjælp får vi endda lov at følge evolutionen igennem flere tusinde år i forskellige miljøer og kommer der, hvor intet kamera har været før – ned i et vulkanudbrud og endda ind i Jordens inderste kerne.
Planet Earth er den mest ambitiøse og dyreste dokumentarserie, som BBC nogensinde har produceret. Serien er indspillet i HD-kvalitet med banebrydende teknik. Der er filmet på mere end 200 lokaliteter, produktionen har taget fire år og kostet omkring 170 millioner kr.
Continuing the compelling saga of the heartstring-tugging, dramatic tale of survival revolving around three families of meerkats who are descendants of the legendary meerkat matriarch, Flower. Neighbors and rivals who share a bloodline are forced to compete for food and resources in an environment that is undergoing a great deal of change: the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe, brought to life by the only people to have left it behind – the world’s most well known and leading astronauts.
BBC spenderede fem år og 10 millioner dollars for at producere denne skelsættende udforskning af havet , en verden, vi ved mindre om end månen. Vi går længere ud og dybere ned for at vise dig ting , som aldrig er set før . Den Blå Planet : Seas of Life afslører havet og dets samfund på deres mest frygtindgydende og dragende måde. Indtil nu har vi kun rørt overfladen.
De er nogle af Jordens mest truede dyr. De slås mod naturkræfter og rivaler - og kæmper for at sikre den næste generation. I fire år har et filmhold fulgt nogle af disse dyr.
David Attenborough presents a nature documentary series looking at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet.
Journeying to the far reaches of our planet, this eight part series follows some of the world's most amazing species, telling extraordinary stories that are dramatic, thrilling, funny and sometimes heart-breaking, but always full of hope.
Alaska er på en gang en del af en af verdens mest moderne nationer og en ødemark med en enestående vild natur. Her følger vi årstiderne i dette ekstreme landskab og oplever de enestående dyr og planter, der har tilpasset sig livet i det barske klima.
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.