America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

Motion

December 2024 •English

Motion features host Greg Aiello as he explores a variety of outdoor activities. From the Channel Islands in California to Bryce Canyon National Park, Maui, and Big Sur, Aiello takes a Nature-lovers perspective on exploration. Often times filmed solely by Aiello himself, the show acts as a guide on how to adventure to less-traveled places. Camping on a budget, kayaking with friends, and hiking mountains with safety cables are examples of Aiello's hobbies that are documented for viewers to see. Each half hour episode takes viewers to a location off the beaten path, with directions on exactly how to get there. With summer and winter vacations highlighted, Motion is produced with the average outdoorsmen in mind. Aiello narrates throughout, providing an inside look into his climbing, hiking, photography, and general fitness abilities.

Cities: Nature's New Wild

December 2024 •English

Discover the remarkable ways animals of all shapes and sizes are adapting to make the most of opportunities in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - our cities.

Dynasties

December 2024 •English

Follow the true stories of five of the world's most celebrated, yet endangered animals; penguins, chimpanzees, lions, painted wolves and tigers. Each in a heroic struggle against rivals and against the forces of nature, these families fight for their own survival and for the future of their dynasties.

Nature's Weirdest Events

December 2024 •English

Chris Packham takes us to the scene of some of the weirdest natural phenomena on the planet, telling the real story of the events behind the headlines. Nature can be cute, scary and stunning, but as Chris Packham discovers in these two packed programs, it can also provide the most awesome, amazing and astonishing sights you’ll ever see – including a car cocooned by caterpillars in Holland; exploding toads in Germany; fish falling from the sky and a storm that turned Sydney crimson. Watching original footage and consulting eyewitnesses and scientists, Chris unravels the facts behind some of the most bizarre and mysterious natural wonders to ever appear on the planet – and explains what on earth was going on.

Wild Holland

December 2024 •Dutch

A unique wetland area of Europe is captured in an important moment of change: a time when new life is flooding back into the delta. Sweeping scenes capturing the beauty of these waterways contrast with intimate, eye-opening portraits of resident animals. Explore the delta through the eyes of the white-tailed sea eagle, the beaver, the hare, the stickleback, and the large blue butterfly.

Animals Behaving Badly

December 2024 •English

Liz Bonnin meets the animals using outlandish means to find a mate and raise a family, and reveals the fascinating science that lies behind these animal antics.

Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah: A Slow Odyssey

December 2024 •English

Riding onboard with a cheetah, a green turtle and a white-tailed sea eagle as they show us around their homes, with natural sounds and embedded graphics delivering information.

Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me

December 2024 •English

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan helps to rehabilitate six orphaned baby grizzly bears into the Russian wilderness

Oppdrag Sognefjorden

December 2024 •Norwegian

Latin America from Above

December 2024 •Spanish

Die Farben der Wüsten

December 2024 •German

A Thousand and One Nights: The well-known folk tales from the Orient are passed on from generation to generation. Adventurers fire our imaginations. Expeditions give us a glimpse. There is no other landscape that is so barren and at the same time so filled with mysteries. Our films will unveil some of these secrets and tell stories about landscape and people in the desert today.

Uncharted Canada

December 2024 •French

Two adventurers seek out by air, raft, scuba diving and more to better understand Canada's diverse land, people and ecosystems.

Gorilla Family & Me

December 2024 •English

Gordon Buchanan travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet a family of rare Grauer's gorillas.

Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan

December 2024 •English

Gordon Buchanan takes some of our best-loved household names on a wildlife adventure where they get up close and personal with some of the UK's most iconic species.

Snow Wolf Family and Me

December 2024 •English

Gordon Buchanan travels to the remote Canadian Arctic in search of wolves that have never seen people.

Attenborough's Passion Projects

December 2024 •English

As part of a season of programming marking Sir David Attenborough's 90th birthday, four of his favourite films are brought together as the renowned naturalist looks back on his personal highlights.

Britain's Big Wildlife Revival

December 2024 •English

Britain's Big Wildlife Revival brings together some of the BBC's most respected wildlife experts to highlight the plight of Britain's most at-risk animals.

The Great British Winter

December 2024 •English

Explores five of Britain's most extreme winter landscapes, looking at the conditions that challenge both the wildlife and people that try to survive in the countryside.

Miracle in the Pacific

December 2024 •English

Filmed over the course of two decades, this beautiful portrait of North America's Pacific Coast will show off its abundance of marine life. But it wasn't always so. The richly illustrated action sequences of whales, seals, dolphins, sharks, sea otters and seabirds combine to make this an unforgettable and inspirational story.

Final Chance to Save

December 2024 •English

Sky One introduces the start of a new ongoing documentary series that highlights the potential extinction of some of the world's most famous species. Working with Tiger Aspect Productions, the series follows a team of experts assisted by a wellknown personality. Each documentary will highlight the plight of the world's most endangered animals including the tigers of India, Aye-Ayes and Gorillas. Presenters include Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bill Bailey, Miranda Richardson and Joe Simpson. Each of the presenters will draw on the expertise of local teams campaigning to save the endangered species and work with conservationists to develop and implement strategies to help in their fight for survival.