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The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of

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    Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 1 - Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws
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    #1 - Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws

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    The first title from the exciting series made up from the BBC's natural history output. Just the sight of a shark's fin breaking the surface spells terror, but is this Hollywood-delivered image fair? Underwater filming of these awesome, two ton, 19 foot fish in their natural unbaited environments exposes the Great White as a paradox: a shy and cautious creature existing within a highly structured social order, but also a terrific killing machine striking with total surprise and devatating speed from the murky depths.

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  2. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 2 - Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior
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    #2 - Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior

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    The great white bear of the arctic - includes a film first of polar bears hunting underwater and life inside their dens.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 3 - Crocodile: The Smiling Predator
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    #3 - Crocodile: The Smiling Predator

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    Only now, by exploring their complete world, above and below water, by day and night, can we fully appreciate how sophisticated crocodiles are.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 4 - Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
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    #4 - Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

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    This episode ventures into the night, and follows the lives of two leopards in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, to reveal the night-time secrets of the cat that walks on its own.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 5 - Eagle: The Master of the Skies
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    #5 - Eagle: The Master of the Skies

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    Few birds have captured the human imagination as deeply as the eagle and in this remarkable film, aerial photography captures the dramatic life of eagles as never seen before.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 6 - Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
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    #6 - Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans

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    From the Arctic to the Antarctic, amazing underwater footage reveals for the first time the successful hunting and spectacular social behaviour of the world's largest predator.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 7 - Wolf: The Legendary Outlaw
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    #7 - Wolf: The Legendary Outlaw

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    The definitive story of this much-maligned animal - filmed in habitats ranging from the high Arctic to the hill farms of Europe and monsoon-sodden India.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 8 - Tiger: The Elusive Princess
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    #8 - Tiger: The Elusive Princess

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    After 25 years of the Project Tiger Scheme operating in the Madhya Pradesh, these magnificent animals have become more trusting, permitting an extraordinary intimate film which follows them from sunrise to sunset, in monsoon rains and in shimmering heat.

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  9. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 9 - Lions: Spy in the Den
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    #9 - Lions: Spy in the Den

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    Edited from more than 3000 hours of footage, this documentary uses a remote camera disguised as a rock to observe cubs growing up into adult lions. It features their futile attempts to climb trees, the mayhem caused when they surround a hippo, and various encounters with other animals such as cobras, buffalos and elephants.

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  10. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 10 - Grizzly: Face to Face
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    #10 - Grizzly: Face to Face

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    Grizzly - a powerful predator and an animal to fear. But not for Jeff Turner, a Canadian photographer who has spent fifteen years getting face to face with bears. In this film he uses his unique skills to get closer than ever before, and uncovers the true nature of this magnificent beast. Few other people could stalk a hunting grizzly across the tundra of Alaska or film them underwater diving for fish. Jeff reveals an animal that is complex, intelligent and adaptable, one which is just as good at prizing barnacles from rocks and digging for clams, as it is pursuing elk and swimming for salmon.

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  11. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 11 - Gorillas: On the Trail of King Kong
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    #11 - Gorillas: On the Trail of King Kong

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    Over a century ago, the first explorers in the Congo forests sent back terrifying accounts of an aggressive ape, "half man, half beast," which inspired the myth of King Kong. Ever since then, we have had little contact with these lowland gorillas — they have remained a mystery to us. We have come to know the mountain gorillas of Rwanda intimately, but what are King Kong's wild lowland cousins really like? GORILLAS: ON THE TRAIL OF KING KONG follows Sir David Attenborough and intrepid cameraman Gavin Thurston on the trail deep into the heart of three gorilla sanctuaries in northern Congo: Ndoki, Odzala and Lossi, in search of the true nature of the lowland gorilla.

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  12. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 12 - Serpent: Through the Eyes of the Snake
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    #12 - Serpent: Through the Eyes of the Snake

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    One of the most successful species on earth is also one of the least documented. Miniaturised cameras reveal the snakes' world for the first time from their point of view. Head-mounted cameras capture gripping images of the world's most dangerous snakes hunting and overcoming their prey. Using high-speed photography, x-ray imaging and state-of-the-art computer graphics, this is the most ambitious TV study of snakes yet attempted.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 13 - Killer Whale
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    #13 - Killer Whale

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  14. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 14 - Elephants: Spy in the Herd
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    #14 - Elephants: Spy in the Herd

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    Elephants: Spy In The Herd provides the most intimate portrayal of the everyday life of an elephant herd. Narrated by David Attenborough and filmed over a year, throughout the program the elephant herd exhibits many human similarities: their life span, social structure, wisdom of age and emotional bonds. The idea of using "character-cameras" is developed even further and the spy-cams help unravel the elephants' intimate story. Three different types of cameras were created: "Dungcam", "Poopcam" and "Plopcam"! By using radical techniques, the disguised cameras capture each dramatic moment of elephant life from extraordinary proximity. Witness two males clashing over territory, the birth and slow development of a calf and jealous rivalries between herd members. A real sense of these animals' incredible flexibility and intimacy is shown as they bathe in mineral salts, mud and dust, while their astonishing sensory perceptions are also revealed.

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  15. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 15 - Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
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    #15 - Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

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    Attempts at charting shark behaviour using a 6ft, lifelike animatronic robot, complete with on-board camera and pre-programmed swimming patterns. In the waters around Bikini Atoll the creation is able to mingle safely with man-eating reef sharks, while in the Philippines it spies on deep-sea threshers and joins great whites as they hunt seals. Narrated by David Attenborough.

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  16. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 16 - Bears: Spy in the Woods
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    #16 - Bears: Spy in the Woods

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    Sir David Attenborough narrates this look at bears from across the globe through the use of spycams, camoflaged in a variety of disguises from logs, boulders, fish and dustbins.

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  17. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 17 - Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 1
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    #17 - Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 1

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    "The Journey" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara. Filmed using Dungcam, Bouldercam, Croccam, Skullcam, Tortoisecam and other spycams. (Part one of a two-part documentary.

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  18. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 18 - Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 2
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    #18 - Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest part 2

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    "The Crossing" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara. In part two, the migration reaches the Masai Mara where, for the calf, the river presents his greatest challenge yet.

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  19. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 19 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 1
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    #19 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 1

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    Elephants carrying Trunkcam, Tuskcam and other spy cameras tell the story of four cubs growing up in the Indian jungle. In the first programme, the elephants come upon the four 10-day-old tiger cubs. This is their mother's first litter and she has her paws full.

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  20. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 20 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 2
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    #20 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 2

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    The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the skills they'll need as adults.

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  21. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 21 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 3
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    #21 - Tiger: Spy in the Jungle part 3

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    The cubs are now a year-and-a-half old and learning to hunt for themselves.

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  22. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 22 - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 1
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    #22 - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 1

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    Part 1 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Polar bears. Polar Bear Spy on the Ice gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity.

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  23. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 23 - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 2
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    #23 - Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice part 2

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    Part 2 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Polar bears. Polar Bear Spy on the Ice gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity.

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  24. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 24 - Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 1
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    #24 - Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 1

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    "The Journey" - Emperor penguins cross a treacherous frozen sea to reach their breeding grounds.

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  25. Wildlife Specials Season 1 Episode 25 - Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 2
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    #25 - Penguins: Spy in the Huddle part 2

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    "First Steps" - Newborn penguins are caught taking their first unsteady steps.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws" is the best rated episode of "Wildlife Specials". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/14/1995. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior".