Nature (Staffel 8)

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.

The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1989-10-08
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1989-10-15
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1989-10-22
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
Under the Ice (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1989-10-29
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
Land of Dragons (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1989-11-12
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
The Great Wood of Caledon (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1989-11-19
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
Gorillas (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1989-12-10
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
Forest of Fear (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1989-12-17
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
Gran Paradiso (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1990-01-07
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
Cranes of the Grey Wind (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1990-01-21
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
King Solomon's Mountains (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1990-02-04
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
Hunters of the Sky (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1990-02-11
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
A Wolf in the Fold (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1990-02-18
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
The Colorado (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1990-03-04
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Tracing the course of the Colorado River.
The Emerald Isle (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1990-03-11
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
Giant Otters (Folge 16)
Sendedatum: 1990-03-18
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People (Folge 17)
Sendedatum: 1990-03-25
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
Presque Isle: Land in Motion (Folge 18)
Sendedatum: 1990-04-01
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
Yellowstone on Fire (Folge 19)
Sendedatum: 1990-04-08
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
Serpents (Folge 20)
Sendedatum: 1990-04-15
Laufzeit: 53 min
Übersicht: A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.