![]() | Aleutians - Cradle of the Storms This is the absorbing story of an island chain and its people, who have endured and survived wave after wave of invaders. We reveal the storm-lashed islands, the 9000 year culture forever changed by f... |
![]() | Bloody Suckers Vampires are real. Filmmaker Mark Ferns travels the world in search of the most flesh-crawling blood-feeders. Making the ultimate sacrifice in the name of science and his film, Mark submits to... |
![]() | Paradise Drowned - Tuvalu, the Disappearing Nation The waves lapping at Tuvalu's shore are harbingers of an uncertain fate. This Pacific island paradise has the dubious distinction of being the world's most endangered nation, suffering from th... |
![]() | Tropic Gothic There is a house in tropical Australia, surrounded by swamp and a deep rainforest. It was built to shelter humans, but its open doors and windows also allow nature to use it as a refuge. See bizarre a... |
![]() | Hotel Iguana The South American green iguana walked the tightrope of extinction for many years, until it found a safe haven in an unlikely sanctuary. A five-star hotel in Valencia, Venezuela, provides a genial env... |
![]() | Ice Worlds 1: Life at the Edge Polar bears and penguins may live at the opposite ends of the earth, but these two very different creatures share some remarkable survival strategies. Ice Worlds: Life on the Edge is an exploration of... |
![]() | Ice Worlds 2: Polar People Polar people carve out a living in the world's harshest environments. Ice Worlds: Polar People meets those who have made these remarkable and hostile places home - the Eskimos, Inuit, Saami an... |
![]() | Ice Worlds 3: Secrets of the Crystal Ball Locked beneath the polar ice caps lie the secrets of the earth's climatic past - and tantalising clues to our future. Ice Worlds: Secrets of the Crystal Ball embarks on a series of expeditions... |
![]() | International S.O.S. In an emergency, your only hope may lie in the hands of International SOS. This medical evacuation and intervention company has a global network of alarm centres and carries out 12,000 medical evacuat... |
![]() | The Pirate Patrols Piracy isn't a fantasy of eye-patches, peg-plegs and parrots, it's a dirty, dangerous fact of life on today's oceans. The infamous Straits of Malacca, between Indonesia and Malaysi... |
![]() | Adventure Central Heroes Six young thrill seekers gather in Queenstown, New Zealand to take on spectacular and dangerous challenges. Each member has chosen one extreme activity to learn and master in three months - from b... |
![]() | Adventure Central Adventure Central unfolds real life drama in a unique, action-packed format. Six young adrenalin-seekers, four from America and two from New Zealand, take on a huge array of challenges and per... |
![]() | Congo in the Bronx The creation of a rainforest in New York's world famous Bronx Zoo presented unique challenges. How to grow a dense tropical jungle in the heart of a concrete jungle? How to make it realistic and s... |
![]() | Into the Teeth of the Blizzard This is the incredible journey of three men who set out to walk 2800km across Antarctica to the South Pole and back, following in Captain Scott's ill-fated footsteps. Relying on superhuman gri... |
![]() | Single on Ice Filming in the world's most inhospitable environment, the Antarctic Peninsula, is full of tensions and triumphs. In this behind the scenes view, Emmy® award-winning cameraman Michael Sing... |
![]() | Tibet - Wheel of Life, Winds of Change This is an evocative journey through the highest inhabited land on Earth - Tibet. From an ancient pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailash to the capital Lhasa where the modern world is touching ordinary ... |
![]() | Wild Australasia Wild Australasia takes a historical look at the interaction between people and nature in Australia, giving a full picture of the natural history of the region. Subtitles are: Taming the Fire; Nomads o... |
| Horse Tales A series looking at horses and their roles throughout the world, as well as the people who interact with them. Subtitles are: A Horse Whisperer; Arabian Nights; Canadian Mounties; Cowboy Dreams; Melbo... | |
![]() | A Thing of the Past The 'deer wars' of New Zealand are over, but the men who lived through that era still go back to the mountains. Ex-hunter turned photographer Gordon Roberts and his mate Angus Thompson return to the r... |
![]() | Crocodile People Crocodile People gets into the lives of the some of the colorful Australian outback characters who live alongside one of the most dangerous living reptiles known to man. Their stories and adventures i... |
![]() | Old Enemies Two hunters reign supreme in Papua New Guinea - crocodiles and humans. They live side by side in the vast swamplands of the remote Sepik river, meeting and mating, raising their families and protectin... |
![]() | Whale Out My Window The wildlife of a remote sub-Antarctic island is seen through the eyes of a New Zealand Maori naturalist. Her understanding of the endangered southern right whales, yellow-eyed penguins, royal albatro... |
![]() | Windborn - A Journey into Flight This is the story of a family whose great passion in life is to soar like birds: to glide in the wind. Lucy Wills, a third generation aviator, is seeking to understand the mysteries of flight. When Lu... |
![]() | Champions of the Wave Omarama, New Zealand - one of greatest places in the world to fly. With mountain alps, lakes and basins, its scenery is spectacular, but its claim to fame is its winds. Winds that allow the purest... |
| Wildfilm We go behind the scenes to profile the people and skills of those gathering some of the most remarkable images ever captured on film. For the first time we turn the cameras onto the film-makers to... | |
![]() | The Chemistry of War Chemical warfare may be rare among humankind, but is an every day part of nature. This is the story of unusual and rarely seen uses of venom and poisons, both as weapons of attack and defence. It feat... |
![]() | Mt Cook - Footsteps to the Sky Mt Cook's distinctive shape has become a strong symbol to all New Zealanders. This film explores all the meanings of this mountain. A dramatic re-enactment of the first ascent complete with hi... |
![]() | Icebound - 100 years of Antarctic Discovery A landing on the Antarctic shore more than a century ago gave rise to a great rush for adventure and knowledge. Icebound follows the legion of adventurers, explorers and scientists who have pitted the... |
![]() | The Longest Night More than 3500 km from civilization, the team at New Zealand's Antarctic Scott Base faces the longest night - four months of total winter darkness. For the dozen "Kiwis" wintering at... |
![]() | Everest After the Party In an attempt to lessen its impact on the tourist industry, a group of New Zealand school children try to clean up the rubbish left on Mount Everest. |