2024-08-17
With fur designed to keep you warm, keeping cool is never going to be easy, yet mammals are found in the hottest, driest places on earth such as Australia's barren outback, where they have found remarkable ways to stays cool, find water, and beat the heat. (Repeat).
Aquatic creatures are observed in their ocean habitats, including whale sharks, dolphins, crabs, eels and octopi. (Repeat).
The four seasons are spotlighted. (Repeat).
The four seasons are spotlighted. (Repeat).
A look at winter, and how animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. (Repeat).
Featuring Asia, the largest and most extreme continent on the planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth. But the continent has not always looked like this. These extreme worlds were created when India collided with the rest of Asia 30 million
A land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Here, kangaroos and wombats brave snowstorms and gum tree forests are filled with never-before-seen predators. (Repeat).
Europe, a crowded continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places. High above the city of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques - Europe's only non-human primates - live lives full of kidnappings and high drama, whilst in the cemeteries of Vienna 'grave robbing' European hamsters do battle with each other for food. (Repeat).
Sir David Attenborough reveals how Africa has shaped the animal life found there. (Repeat).
Featuring Antarctica, a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on Earth. Ninety-eighth percent of the mainland is covered by ice on which virtually nothing can live. Even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive here by keeping its breathing holes open by using its teeth to grind away the ice. (Repeat).
Featuring South America, the most species rich continent on Earth. From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-meter trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the unusual and ingenious. (Repeat).
This episode goes behind the scenes with the production team, revealing the astounding challenges they encountered in sometime dangerous conditions while on location. (Repeat).
From the Poles to the highest mountain peaks, there are surprising frozen worlds found on every continent, home to unique and remarkable animals. (Repeat).
Frozen Peaks explores ice worlds born of altitude. Found on every continent, these icy "islands in the sky" pose a range of challenges for the animals who choose to live there, from a mother chameleon who experiences the freezing conditions on a daily basis, to golden eagle parents who use extreme tactics to tackle their huge prey. (Repeat).
From down in the undergrowth to high above the treetops, we see how mammals have conquered every level of the forest with perfect camouflage, secret messages, and even the power of flight, but now many face new challenges as they are forced to adapt to a changing world. (New).
At the top of the planet lies the Arctic Ocean, a shape-shifting world of ice and water, home to unique animals like polar bears, harp seals and bowhead whales. (Repeat).
Today Earth's frozen regions are undergoing unprecedented change. In Our Frozen Planet we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to documenting these changes and understanding their impact, not just on the lives of the animals and people who live there, but on the planet as a whole. (Repeat).
Frozen South takes us to the most hostile ice world of all – Antarctica, an entire continent covered in snow and ice full of surprises. Here hardy animals cling around its coastal fringes. (Repeat).
From down in the undergrowth to high above the treetops, we see how mammals have conquered every level of the forest with perfect camouflage, secret messages, and even the power of flight, but now many face new challenges as they are forced to adapt to a changing world. (Repeat).