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World News Today: 30/08/2007

30/08/2007

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Natural World

Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

BBC Two's classic wildlife series which tells in-depth stories of incredible animals, featuring award-winning photography in some of the most extraordinary places in the world.

Natural World: 1992-1993

Natural World: 1992-1993: Echo of the Elephants

28/09/1997

Echo of the Elephants

1992-1993

BBC Two - Natural World, 1992-1993, Echo of the Elephants

Award-winning film about about Echo the elephant in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

David Attenborough and Cynthia Moss narrate a film about the life of elephant matriarch Echo and her family, residents of Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

Echo is the gentle matriarch of a sprawling family of elephants that live in a Kenya's Amboseli National Park, nestling in the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Watched by research zoologist Cynthia Moss, Echo has led her family through good times and bad. This is the chronicle of eighteen eventful months in Echo's life.

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BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

The latest chapter in the story of Echo the female elephant in the Kenyan National Park of Amboseli. Scientist 
Cynthia Moss makes a surprising discovery about the 59-year-old matriarch's apparent decline.

100 Years of Wildlife Films

25/08/2007

BBC One - 100 Years of Wildlife Films

Bill Oddie explores 100 years of wildlife filming.

From the most memorable wildlife films and rare cinematic gems to amateur footage and poignant last shots of vanished animals, Bill Oddie explores 100 years of wildlife filming.

From the most memorable wildlife films and rare cinematic gems, to amateur footage and the poignant last shots of vanished animals, Bill Oddie explores 100 years of wildlife filming. The documentary looks at how societal attitudes towards wildlife have shaped film-making - from hunting and safaris in the 1930s to a fresh-faced David Attenborough leaping on to animals to catch them for zoos in the 1950s.

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

From cinematic gems to amateur footage and poignant last shots of vanished animals, Bill Oddie explores how societal attitudes have shaped wildlife filming over the past century. 
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Natural World: 2002-2003

Natural World: 2002-2003: Meerkats: Part of the Team

13/10/2002

Meerkats: Part of the Team

2002-2003

BBC Two - Natural World, 2002-2003, Meerkats: Part of the Team

Documentary following a family of meerkats living in Tswalu National Park in South Africa.

Documentary following a family of meerkats living in Tswalu National Park in South Africa, who survive in harsh conditions by looking out for each other.

Documentary following a family of meerkats living in Tswalu National Park in South Africa. The ultimate team players, meerkats survive in harsh conditions by looking out for each other and constantly scanning the horizon for predators such as cobras, cheetah and martial eagles.

Wildlife film-maker Simon King sets out to win the trust of a meerkat family, whose modus operandi is team work, so that he can reveal the intricacies of their altruistic lives.

Leopard: A Wildlife Special

21/06/2002

BBC Four - Leopard: A Wildlife Special

Documentary using revolutionary techniques to capture leopards hunting in total darkness.

David Attenborough narrates a documentary that uses revolutionary filming techniques to capture the leopard hunting in its natural element - total darkness.

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BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Wildlife Special

David Attenborough presents an insight into the nocturnal hunting techniques of the leopard, using state-of-the-art filming to record the big cat capturing prey.

Darwin's Nightmare

14/03/2006

BBC Four - Darwin's Nightmare

Documentary on the ecological disaster of the Nile perch's introduction to Lake Victoria.

Hubert Sauper's Oscar-nominated documentary about the Nile perch and the ecological disaster which has followed the introduction of the species into Lake Victoria in the 60s.

Hubert Sauper's Oscar-nominated documentary about the Nile perch, a species introduced into Lake Victoria as an experiment in the sixties. Since then, the fish has not only wiped out the lake's other marine life but also has a tendency to consume its own young. Unfortunately, the Nile perch is also the region's most profitable export. Everyone with a stake in the market downplays the ecological disaster and ignores the fact that despite this bounty the locals are starving to death.

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The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell

27/12/2005

BBC Four - The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell

Profile of the conservationist and best-selling author of My Family and Other Animals.

Profile of the best-selling author of My Family and Other Animals. Gerald Durrell's pioneering work at Jersey Zoo contributed much to the way we treat endangered species.

Profile of the best-selling author of My Family and Other Animals. Gerald Durrell's pioneering work at Jersey Zoo contributed much to the way we treat endangered species. Contributors include David Attenborough and Desmond Morris.

Natural World Symphony

28/12/2005

BBC Four - Natural World Symphony

The planet's natural wonders as a work of art, with an orchestral score by Nitin Sawhney.

The planet's natural wonders presented as a visually stunning work of art, an exuberant celebration of life in all its beauty set to a powerful orchestral score by Nitin Sawhney.

The planet's natural wonders presented as a visually stunning work of art, set to a powerful orchestral score by Nitin Sawhney. The programme is an exuberant celebration of life in all its beauty, strangeness and miraculous variation, while the score seamlessly integrates influences and instruments from around the globewonders of Life on Earth.

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