Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet, showing how life responds to natural events which can dramatically transform entire landscapes.
Cast: David Attenborough
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Season 1
6 episodes
1. The Great MeltThe summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.TV-GCC50minFeb 11, 2009
2. The Great Salmon RunEvery year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born.
This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?TV-GCC50minFeb 18, 2009
3. The Great MigrationThe story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.TV-GCC50minFeb 25, 2009
4. The Great TideA look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.TV-GCC50minMar 4, 2009
5. The Great FloodMillions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.TV-GCC50minMar 11, 2009
6. The Great FeastThe summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.TV-GCC50minMar 18, 2009
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Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet, showing how life responds to natural events which can dramatically transform entire landscapes.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Peter Bassett
- Created by
- Brian Leith, Karen Bass, Susan Winslow
- Studio
- BBC, Wanda Visión, Discovery
