The Best Episodes of Natural World Season 17
Every episode of Natural World Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Natural World Season 17!
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
Season 17 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Natural World" season 17 is "South Georgia: an Island All Alone", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Alastair Fothergill and written by N/A. "South Georgia: an Island All Alone" aired on 10/11/1998 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Capybara: Swamp Hogs".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - South Georgia: an Island All Alone
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 1998-10-11
Focusing on the wildlife of the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.
Director: Alastair Fothergill
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#2 - Capybara: Swamp Hogs
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 1998-10-18
This is the story of one Capybara group,whose territory spans a patchwork of of wildlife-rich swamp,grassland & forest in Venezuela's Orinoco flood plain -the "Llanos".
Director: Phil Chapman
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#3 - Secret Sharks
Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 1998-10-25
Includes footage of the gentle whale shark, and the perilous birth of a baby horn shark.
Director: Marty Snyderman
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#4 - Mountain of the Sea
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 1998-11-01
Wildlife documentary about South Africa's Table Mountain, home to a huge variety of animals, from black eagles at its peak to penguins at its shore-lined foot.
Director: Trevor De Kock
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#5 - Orangutans: the High Society
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 1998-11-08
Wildlife documentary series. Featuring the orangutans of Sumatra's Leuser National Park.
Director: Mark Linfield
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#6 - The Fatal Flower
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 1998-11-15
This programme looks at orchids, the `femmes fatales' of nature, combining beauty and deceit in a way which ignites human and animal passions.
Director: Mark Flowers
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#7 - Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi
Season 17 Episode 7 - Aired 1998-11-22
Herds of elephant, buffalo and impala graze on rich green grass by pools formed by the meandering Zambezi. But the short rainy season soon ends, and the battle for survival begins.
Director: Philip Richardson
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#8 - Manu: Amazon Paradise
Season 17 Episode 8 - Aired 1998-11-29
The forest-dwelling creatures of the Amazon region of Manu, a treasure-trove of rare species, from jaguars and giant otters : which have earned a reputation for ferocity : to sloths and 13 different types of monkey.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#9 - Impossible Journeys
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 1998-12-06
Using microscopy & animation,we journey into worlds previously beyond our reach.The familiar world hides incredible secrets that are revealed here.
Director: Steve Nicholls
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#10 - Cheetahs in a Hot Spot
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 1998-12-13
A look at the world's largest population of cheetahs - and their enemies - in Namibia, southern Africa.
Director: Linda Bella
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Dolphins: The Wild Side
Season 17 Episode 11 - Aired 1999-01-17
Explores the varied behaviour of wild dolphins around the world.
Director: Paul Atkins
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#12 - Year of the Jackal
Season 17 Episode 12 - Aired 1999-01-24
This film, shot over the course of the year at the Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania, reveals some surprising facts about jackals.
Director: Owen Newman
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#13 - Everglades: to Hell and Back
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 1999-01-31
Wildlife documentary looking at some of the many species of life found in the Florida Everglades and the threat to the environment posed by nearby Miami.
Director: Bernard Watson
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#14 - Tough Ducks
Season 17 Episode 14 - Aired 1999-02-21
Film revealing that there's more to the placid-looking duck than meets the eye. Including those that live in the Arctic and the Australian desert.
Director: Mary Colwell
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#15 - The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Season 17 Episode 15 - Aired 1999-02-28
Documentary about the lions of the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, and their current and future co-existence with humans.
Director: Robin Brown
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#16 - Islands of the Vampire Birds
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 1999-03-14
Wildlife documentary looking at the finches of the Galapagos Islands which have evolved to not only to eat seeds and pick ticks off tortoises but also to drink the blood of the latter.
Director: David Parer
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#17 - The Farm That Time Forgot
Season 17 Episode 17 - Aired 1999-03-21
Visits the Hosking family's farm in Devon where they farm traditionally and so help preserve local wildlife, especially in retention of old stone buildings and hedgerows.
Director: Andrew Cooper
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Iran: Secrets of the North
Season 17 Episode 18 - Aired 1999-03-28
The first of two programmes exploring the wildlife inhabiting this vast country, a natural crossroads that is home to animals from Asia, Europe and Africa.
Director: Nigel Marven
Writer: N/A