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Costa Rica - Shark Defenders: The Pacific coast of Costa Rica hosts nearly 5,000 species of marine life. But in this undersea jungle, the apex predator sharks are at risk.

The Early Bird: Deer season means the rehab is flooded with fawns. Chelsea tries to reunite one fawn with its mother, while two police officers rescue another.

Wombat Wood: The humble wombat shares a common ancestor with the koala but is far less well known than its fellow Australian. But how do these elusive creatures live? (Ep 1 of 2).

Autumn: The autumn season brings fresh opportunities for creatures including seals, chameleons and monkeys. Plus, rare creatures begin to reveal themselves. (Ep 3 of 4).

Buffalo Showdown: The filmmaker sheds light on the behaviour and physical features of African predators and the strategies that they use to kill their prey and defend themselves.

Ocean Voyagers: Steve Backshall journeys the globe with some of the greatest travellers on the planet. (3 of 4).

The Early Bird: Deer season means the rehab is flooded with fawns. Chelsea tries to reunite one fawn with its mother, while two police officers rescue another.

Wombat Wood: The humble wombat shares a common ancestor with the koala but is far less well known than its fellow Australian. But how do these elusive creatures live? (Ep 1 of 2).

Autumn: The autumn season brings fresh opportunities for creatures including seals, chameleons and monkeys. Plus, rare creatures begin to reveal themselves. (Ep 3 of 4).

Anna and her clan are back in Marina Bay, and while Mia hustles the Townies out of reach, the Nomads remain blissfully unaware of the impending conflict.

Ocean Voyagers: Steve Backshall journeys the globe with some of the greatest travellers on the planet. (3 of 4).

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: Bundle up as an icy October storm complicates the race. See Big Boi bounce after a stumble and cheer as BoldFace hits her stride. (3 of 3).

Islands: Journey from the Galápagos to Antarctica to see how sea lions, finches, monkeys and other wildlife are finding surprising solutions to climatic problems.

Ocean Voyagers: Steve Backshall journeys the globe with some of the greatest travellers on the planet. (3 of 4).

Anna and her clan are back in Marina Bay, and while Mia hustles the Townies out of reach, the Nomads remain blissfully unaware of the impending conflict.

...Everglades. It was once a former wasteland where an entire city's wastewater used to be deposited. Now, it's a paradise for birds migrating from across the continent and beyond.

...Animals Share Bed and Board. When animals create homes in the African savannah, roommates - from insects to mammals - move in, and they all contribute something to the home.

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: Bundle up as an icy October storm complicates the race. See Big Boi bounce after a stumble and cheer as BoldFace hits her stride. (3 of 3).

Islands: Journey from the Galápagos to Antarctica to see how sea lions, finches, monkeys and other wildlife are finding surprising solutions to climatic problems.

The Early Bird: Deer season means the rehab is flooded with fawns. Chelsea tries to reunite one fawn with its mother, while two police officers rescue another.

Life in the region north of the Polar Circle, where the sun hardly sets in summer. Food is abundant, but animals and plants alike face great challenges such as sleep deprivation, pests and predators.

Wild Coast Of South Africa: In a unique part of the African coast, manta ray researcher Andrea Marshall hopes to conduct the first ray expedition within South Africa's borders.

Woolly monkey Bueno undergoes an operation, and slamang gibbons Sam and Sasak return to the trees. Meanwhile, Lingga gives Kai a hostile welcome in the orangutan nursery.

The team faces serious problems when orangutan Hsiao-Lan gives birth, but refuses to look after her newborn. Meanwhile, siamang gibbons Sam and Sasak sing a duet in the trees.

Catch and Release: A fisherman's illegal catch provides a feast for Hope's patients, and an invasive species also winds up on the menu.

Joey's Journey: For wombats, the mating season is a break from their solitary lives. Despite their timidness, their behaviour here can be amazingly energetic. (Ep 2 of 2).

Winter: The Southern African winter brings drought, ice and storms. As animals battle the elements, they face more competition amongst themselves. (Ep 4 of 4).

Documentary about three dynasties of lions, with the MK pride defending the territory they have held for years from the all-male Nomad pride and the all-female Hollywood pride.

Ocean Survivors: Steve returns home to ask: if whales have survived so much, what can we all do to ensure their enduring future? (4 of 4).

Woolly monkey Bueno undergoes an operation, and slamang gibbons Sam and Sasak return to the trees. Meanwhile, Lingga gives Kai a hostile welcome in the orangutan nursery.

The team faces serious problems when orangutan Hsiao-Lan gives birth, but refuses to look after her newborn. Meanwhile, siamang gibbons Sam and Sasak sing a duet in the trees.

Catch and Release: A fisherman's illegal catch provides a feast for Hope's patients, and an invasive species also winds up on the menu.

Joey's Journey: For wombats, the mating season is a break from their solitary lives. Despite their timidness, their behaviour here can be amazingly energetic. (Ep 2 of 2).

Winter: The Southern African winter brings drought, ice and storms. As animals battle the elements, they face more competition amongst themselves. (Ep 4 of 4).

Anna chases the Nomads out of her territory, then join Mia in her birthing den, before kicking back with the Mangrove Family as they pal around with stray dogs.

Ocean Survivors: Steve returns home to ask: if whales have survived so much, what can we all do to ensure their enduring future? (4 of 4).

Woolly monkey Bueno undergoes an operation, and slamang gibbons Sam and Sasak return to the trees. Meanwhile, Lingga gives Kai a hostile welcome in the orangutan nursery.

The team faces serious problems when orangutan Hsiao-Lan gives birth, but refuses to look after her newborn. Meanwhile, siamang gibbons Sam and Sasak sing a duet in the trees.

Spoonbill Soft Shoe Shuffle: The team help a trio of troubled baby wallabies and a koala having seizures. Plus, a kookaburra has surgery and a spoonbill gets corrective shoes.

Careful, There's Humans Up There: The southern team test new migration tech, while the northern team catch and tag bull sharks in a bid to help local swimmers.

Ocean Survivors: Steve returns home to ask: if whales have survived so much, what can we all do to ensure their enduring future? (4 of 4).

Anna chases the Nomads out of her territory, then join Mia in her birthing den, before kicking back with the Mangrove Family as they pal around with stray dogs.

Mum's the Word: Get to know Fera, the Queen of the Pantanal, as she teaches her rambunctious cub Simba how to climb trees and hunt for dinner.

Chasing Mako: The fastest fish in the sea, the Mako shark has the advantages of a quick-thinking brain and astounding speed. Zoom alongside this relatively unstudied species.

Spoonbill Soft Shoe Shuffle: The team help a trio of troubled baby wallabies and a koala having seizures. Plus, a kookaburra has surgery and a spoonbill gets corrective shoes.

Careful, There's Humans Up There: The southern team test new migration tech, while the northern team catch and tag bull sharks in a bid to help local swimmers.

Catch and Release: A fisherman's illegal catch provides a feast for Hope's patients, and an invasive species also winds up on the menu.

In winter, cold and darkness dominate the Arctic Circle, but nature copes astonishingly well. Discover how plants and animals survive these brutal conditions.

Meant for This Place: A hare in a snare needs Hope's help, Chelsea hits the road to rescue a litter of orphaned foxes, and an injured bobcat is rushed to Dr Barry's.

Going It Alone: When they encounter the last animal of a species, the team must take special care. Other animals to receive Hope's help are a porcupine, a bat and a seal.

Stepping Up: A seal has a mysterious illness, Kayla finds a surprise in an attic full of baby raccoons and a former volunteer makes her debut as a veterinarian.

Documentary about the lives of the wild animals that inhabit one of the most unspoilt and rarely filmed areas of East Africa.

Blood and Dust: Discover the clever way elephants dig wells, mourn cheetah Kuleta's loss after lions kill one of her cubs and watch as wild dog Phoenix faces down a hyena mob.

Praying For Rain: Trail Anastasia as her herd splits to protect two elephant calves, then watch as Kuleta reclaims territory, before joining Phoenix on her search for a new mate.

It's one of the most dramatic moments in nature - a predator claiming its prey. But how have these creatures adapted to achieve these epic feats of speed, cunning and agility?

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: Bundle up as an icy October storm complicates the race. See Big Boi bounce after a stumble and cheer as BoldFace hits her stride. (3 of 3).

Patrick Aryee investigates the world's largest animals, revealing why these creatures evolved into giants and how crucial they are to their habitats. He begins in the Americas, finding out more about the sperm whale, coming face to face with grizzly bears and getting up close and personal with an anaconda.

Australia and Asia: Patrick Aryee gets eye to eye with Komodo dragons, orangutans and giant pandas as he explores why these creatures all came to be supersized. (2 of 3).

Africa: Patrick Aryee tracks down great white sharks, desert giraffes and one of the last 'tusker' elephants as he explores the challenges facing nature's giants. (3 of 3).

In the first of a two-part documentary, the naturalist explores the origins of life on Earth. Beginning the journey near his childhood home in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, he learns how a fossil discovery transformed scientists' understanding of the evolution of complex organisms, and in Newfoundland and Australia he reveals the earliest kinds of animal to exist on the planet. With the help o

In the conclusion of the two-part documentary, the naturalist travels to Burgess Shale in Canada's Rocky Mountains, where he explores how evolution gained pace once creatures developed mouths and mobility. In Scotland, he reveals that one of the smallest fossils found holds the secret to how animals began surviving on dry land, and explains the bloom of life during the oxygen-rich Carboniferous pe

A close-up view of sex, bug-style, as David Attenborough talks viewers through the different ways in which creepy-crawlies reproduce. Size matters for the minuscule male orb spider, creepily sneaking up on its intended and trying to mate without her noticing, while there's no rest for the lothario-like butterfly, which has plenty of notches on its proverbial bedpost. However, the harvestman spider

Collar Complications: Rejoin the team for some post-rainy-season drama as they search for Ferinha, Fera and Badalo, whose tracking collars are missing.

How Smart Are Sharks?: Often wrongly portrayed as mindless eating machines prone to attacking humans, sharks are more complex and intelligent than previously thought.

First of two programmes about some of earth's most dangerous creatures, which lurk in the oceans, the forests, swamps and deserts. In Australia, meet the world's most venomous snake, and in nearby oceans, discover the deadly nature of the marine creatures that share these tropical waters.

Exploring more of earth's dangerous creatures, beginning in the South American rainforest with the poison-packed golden dart frog, which harbours enough poison to kill 10 men. Plus, a visit to Sydney, Australia, home of the world's most venomous spider.

Collar Complications: Rejoin the team for some post-rainy-season drama as they search for Ferinha, Fera and Badalo, whose tracking collars are missing.

How Smart Are Sharks?: Often wrongly portrayed as mindless eating machines prone to attacking humans, sharks are more complex and intelligent than previously thought.

The wildlife presenter sails a 140-year-old Galway hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the magic of Ireland's western islands. Eoin starts his island voyage on Rathlin, then heads west for Malin Head and Inishtrahull, seeing basking sharks and dolphins, before going south to Achill Island.

Following families of otters in Singapore, beginning with the Bay clan's lush territory, where matriarch Anna offers lavish feasts, but faces internal dissent.

Anna spends quality time with the young pups, then visit a flooded mangrove before checking in on the Townies, whose resources are thinning.

The Nomads and Townies squat in Marina Bay while Anna and the Bay Family are away upriver.

Documentary following the trials and tribulations of two honeybees over the course of two years from birth to death.

The Early Bird: Deer season means the rehab is flooded with fawns. Chelsea tries to reunite one fawn with its mother, while two police officers rescue another.

Catch and Release: A fisherman's illegal catch provides a feast for Hope's patients, and an invasive species also winds up on the menu.

Profile of the eucalyptus-eating, tree-hugging Australian icons. The creatures live in the east and south-east parts of the continent. This episode reveals how their behaviours differ in different regions.

While Koalas may seem lazy, their behaviour drastically changes during mating season. As the season of love begins, follow two males on a mission to mate.

A journey around the world to find the shared traits between monkeys and humans.

It's one of the most dramatic moments in nature - a predator claiming its prey. But how have these creatures adapted to achieve these epic feats of speed, cunning and agility?

First of two programmes about some of earth's most dangerous creatures, which lurk in the oceans, the forests, swamps and deserts. In Australia, meet the world's most venomous snake, and in nearby oceans, discover the deadly nature of the marine creatures that share these tropical waters.

Exploring more of earth's dangerous creatures, beginning in the South American rainforest with the poison-packed golden dart frog, which harbours enough poison to kill 10 men. Plus, a visit to Sydney, Australia, home of the world's most venomous spider.

Documentary capturing some of the greatest filming sequences of David Attenborough's career, using previously unseen footage, from the deepest dives in a submersible on the Great Barrier Reef to watching a million bats take off in a cave in Borneo. Other highlights include life in the frozen tundra of South Georgia, a colony of King Penguins and the world's largest migration of Hammerhead sharks i

In his mid-1980s, David Attenborough embarked on a seven-year journey. From the depths of the Great Barrier Reef to the ancient rainforests of Borneo, this documentary features further footage of his adventures across the globe.

The broadcaster explores the rise of life on Earth, from the emergence of the first creatures on seabeds hundreds of millions of years ago to the wildlife of today.

...Everglades. It was once a former wasteland where an entire city's wastewater used to be deposited. Now, it's a paradise for birds migrating from across the continent and beyond.

The wildlife presenter sails a 140-year-old Galway hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the magic of Ireland's western islands. Eoin starts his island voyage on Rathlin, then heads west for Malin Head and Inishtrahull, seeing basking sharks and dolphins, before going south to Achill Island.

Part one of two. The naturalist explores the evolution of vertebrates over the past 500 million years, beginning with a look at how remarkable advances allowed primitive fish to make the radical move on to land, and then take to the skies with the advent of flight. He uses fossils of both ancient and living species combined with CGI and film to chart their journey out of the water to populate all

The naturalist concludes his two-part exploration of the evolution of vertebrates over the past 500 million years by looking at the history of mammals. He traces their journey from humble origins as tiny nocturnal forest-dwellers to their astonishing explosion in diversity and domination of the world following the death of the dinosaurs.

March to the steady drumbeat of a unique avian family and learn why the world's 239 woodpecker species are nature's best lumberjacks.

A journey around the world to find the shared traits between monkeys and humans.

The wildlife presenter sails a 140-year-old Galway hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the magic of Ireland's western islands. Eoin starts his island voyage on Rathlin, then heads west for Malin Head and Inishtrahull, seeing basking sharks and dolphins, before going south to Achill Island.

A four-part journey through Africa to experience the seasons that shape the continent. Spring in southern Africa brings long days and high temperatures, as the natural world flurries into life, transforming the continent on land and in the cold waters of the rugged coastlines. Before long, animals and plants make an an effort to reproduce and raise their young before summer dries out the lakes and

Summer brings new challenges and new opportunities for the creatures living on the planes of Africa. For many it is a time to feast and where light fuels growth. For some, the African summer puts its wildlife's survival instincts to the ultimate test as many species battle it out in search of food and water in the merciless heat.

Autumn: The autumn season brings fresh opportunities for creatures including seals, chameleons and monkeys. Plus, rare creatures begin to reveal themselves. (Ep 3 of 4).

Winter: The Southern African winter brings drought, ice and storms. As animals battle the elements, they face more competition amongst themselves. (Ep 4 of 4).

Anna and her clan are back in Marina Bay, and while Mia hustles the Townies out of reach, the Nomads remain blissfully unaware of the impending conflict.

Anna chases the Nomads out of her territory, then join Mia in her birthing den, before kicking back with the Mangrove Family as they pal around with stray dogs.

Save The Giants: Some of the world's largest filter feeders are attracted to Mozambique's nutrient-rich water. But even these behemoths are vulnerable to rampant over-fishing.

The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset welcomes its first saki monkey and the park's vets struggle to fathom what is bothering ring-tailed lemur Houdini.

Jethro battles with thieving squirrel monkeys and orangutan Hsiao-Quai takes her adopted daughter outside for the first time. Plus, staff suspect a woolly monkey could be pregnant.

Whatever It Takes: A fawn survives a snare and a bobcat attack - can Hope save it? A baby bobcat winds up on Hope's doorstep, and an old friend returns to the rehab.

Documentary about dogs that help humans in surprising ways, including a Great Dane that has helped a 13-year-old girl with a muscle-wasting condition to walk, swim and even ride a bike. Plus, the stories of a Border collie mix who finds survivors during earthquakes, a labrador-German Shepherd mix who helps stop ivory poaching, and a team of water rescue dogs in Italy.

Bonaire National Marine Park: Dive into the Caribbean home of thriving reefs, endangered sea turtles, sprawling mangroves and colourful marine life.

Strength in Sisterhood: In the Luangwa Valley the Hollywood pride is teetering on disaster. An attack by the invading Nomads has left matriarch Ava gravely injured.

The land is barren along Patagonia's Atlantic coast, but the sea is rich. Killer whales risk it all to survive, while huge male elephant seals battle to breed.

The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset welcomes its first saki monkey and the park's vets struggle to fathom what is bothering ring-tailed lemur Houdini.

Jethro battles with thieving squirrel monkeys and orangutan Hsiao-Quai takes her adopted daughter outside for the first time. Plus, staff suspect a woolly monkey could be pregnant.

Whatever It Takes: A fawn survives a snare and a bobcat attack - can Hope save it? A baby bobcat winds up on Hope's doorstep, and an old friend returns to the rehab.

Documentary about dogs that help humans in surprising ways, including a Great Dane that has helped a 13-year-old girl with a muscle-wasting condition to walk, swim and even ride a bike. Plus, the stories of a Border collie mix who finds survivors during earthquakes, a labrador-German Shepherd mix who helps stop ivory poaching, and a team of water rescue dogs in Italy.

Bonaire National Marine Park: Dive into the Caribbean home of thriving reefs, endangered sea turtles, sprawling mangroves and colourful marine life.

Mia and her newborn pups go swimming, before welcoming in an era of otter peace as the Mangrove Family becomes a park's main attraction.

The land is barren along Patagonia's Atlantic coast, but the sea is rich. Killer whales risk it all to survive, while huge male elephant seals battle to breed.

The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset welcomes its first saki monkey and the park's vets struggle to fathom what is bothering ring-tailed lemur Houdini.

Jethro battles with thieving squirrel monkeys and orangutan Hsiao-Quai takes her adopted daughter outside for the first time. Plus, staff suspect a woolly monkey could be pregnant.

Ocean Voyagers: Meet the nomadic sharks thriving in the ocean's depths, a lone blue shark in the Atlantic and hundreds of hammerheads in the Pacific.

The wildlife presenter sails a 140-year-old Galway hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the magic of Ireland's western islands. Eoin starts his island voyage on Rathlin, then heads west for Malin Head and Inishtrahull, seeing basking sharks and dolphins, before going south to Achill Island.

The land is barren along Patagonia's Atlantic coast, but the sea is rich. Killer whales risk it all to survive, while huge male elephant seals battle to breed.

Mia and her newborn pups go swimming, before welcoming in an era of otter peace as the Mangrove Family becomes a park's main attraction.