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The Worst Episodes of Tales by Light

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Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 4 - Paradise in Peril: Part 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Paradise in Peril: Part 2

    S3:E4

    Shawn continues his quest to conserve marine wildlife by capturing some arresting manta ray pictures in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 5 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1
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    #2 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1

    S3:E5

    Dylan River continues a family tradition of filmmaking focused on the Aboriginal people of his native Australia with a tour of ancient rock art sites.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 6 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2
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    #3 - Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 2

    S3:E6

    Dylan journeys into Arnhem Land, where he participates in a welcoming ritual and films the customs and tribal lifeways of the Yolngu people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 3 - Adrenaline
    7.4/10(120 votes)

    #4 - Adrenaline

    S1:E3

    Intrepid adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright crafts images of free divers in Vanuatu, highliners in Colorado and paragliders in Utah.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 6 - Tribes
    7.6/10(106 votes)

    #5 - Tribes

    S1:E6

    Art Wolfe documents the world's cultures, including the Surma of Ethiopia and the masked mud men and Huli clans of Papua, New Guinea.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 1 - Sacred Nature: Part 1
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #6 - Sacred Nature: Part 1

    S2:E1

    Hoping to ensure the park's survival, wildlife photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott document the native creatures of the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 5 - Life and Death: Part 1
    7.6/10(72 votes)

    #7 - Life and Death: Part 1

    S2:E5

    After a career chronicling the horrors of war, photographer Stephen Dupont seeks to document a more poetic and dignified approach to death in India.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 3 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 1
    7.7/10(79 votes)

    #8 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 1

    S2:E3

    Underwater photographer Eric Cheng seeks the truth about demonized and mythologized creatures, starting with the green anaconda of Brazil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 3 - Paradise in Peril: Part 1
    7.8/10(56 votes)

    #9 - Paradise in Peril: Part 1

    S3:E3

    Undersea photographer Shawn Heinrichs fights to preserve the rapidly vanishing diversity of ocean life by capturing its beauty in dazzling images.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 2 - Sacred Nature: Part 2
    7.9/10(86 votes)

    #10 - Sacred Nature: Part 2

    S2:E2

    Marveling at the abundant wildlife in the Mara's ecosystem, the Scotts photograph a cheetah, a Maasai ritual and an elusive leopard mother and cubs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 2 - Himalaya
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    #11 - Himalaya

    S1:E2

    Richard I'Anson documents a fire rite, attempts to photograph the elusive Himalayan snow leopard and captures the colorful Festival of Holi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 6 - Life and Death: Part 2
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    #12 - Life and Death: Part 2

    S2:E6

    Stephen Dupont's quest for reverent depictions of life and death brings him to Namibia's deserts and the Bushmen of the Kalahari.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 1 - Submerged
    8.1/10(178 votes)

    #13 - Submerged

    S1:E1

    Australian marine photographer Darren Jew captures mating humpback whales in Tonga, a 70-year-old biplane wreck and an active New Guinea volcano.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 5 - Panorama
    8.1/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Panorama

    S1:E5

    Following in the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton, landscape photographer Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to create stunning polar images.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tales by Light Season 1 Episode 4 - Wild
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #15 - Wild

    S1:E4

    From brown bears in the rivers of Alaska to mountain gorillas in the jungles of Uganda, nature photographer Art Wolfe hunts for the perfect picture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tales by Light Season 2 Episode 4 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 2
    8.6/10(90 votes)

    #16 - Misunderstood Predators: Part 2

    S2:E4

    To defend one of the world's most feared aquatic species, Eric Cheng and diver Jim Abernethy photograph human-friendly tiger sharks in the Bahamas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 1 - Children In Need: Part 1
    8.6/10(92 votes)

    #17 - Children In Need: Part 1

    S3:E1

    Documenting impoverished, at-risk children for UNICEF, photographer Simon Lister is joined in Bangladesh by goodwill ambassador Orlando Bloom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Tales by Light Season 3 Episode 2 - Children In Need: Part 2
    8.6/10(60 votes)

    #18 - Children In Need: Part 2

    S3:E2

    Simon and Orlando continue their Bangladesh trip, visiting a makeshift school and photographing young children working in hazardous jobs for low pay.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Paradise in Peril: Part 2" is the worst rated episode of "Tales by Light". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/16/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Preserving Indigenous Culture: Part 1".