Natural World

S01E03: Programmed For Flight

On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies against predators in the sky and on the ground. Discover the secret way that crocodiles have survived for millions of years.

Overview

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.

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Episodes

S01E01 Save The Panda

October 30, 1983 50 min
Follows the great land migration in Africa, one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Wildebeests, numbering in the millions, run for their lives on a-mile trek to find food and water, battling predators...

S01E02 From Aadvark To Zebra

November 6, 1983 50 min
Impalas move with the great migration on the Serengeti plains of Africa. A new fawn is on his way, but so is danger for the herds.

S01E03 Programmed For Flight

November 13, 1983 50 min
On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies against predators in the sky and on the ground. Discover the secret way that crocodiles have survived for millions of years.

S01E04 Jungle

November 20, 1983 50 min
The animal kingdom in the Serengeti is in constant competition for resources. The essence of competition is for the hunt and those who can't cut it are left behind.

S01E05 Secret Weapons

November 27, 1983 50 min
Two mother cheetahs, able to reach top speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour, are in a race to protect and feed their new cubs. Predators close in on the families, who must work to...

S01E06 Birds of Paradox

December 4, 1983 50 min
Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of their young. Watch as mother hippos in Africa risk everything to keep their newly born calves away from predators, both in and out...

S01E07 Jet Set Wildlife

December 11, 1983 50 min
A newborn wildebeest befriends a fierce lioness, and a rare meeting between two river monsters, a hippopotamus and a Nile crocodile.

S01E08 Pelican Delta

December 18, 1983 50 min
The wildlife of the Danube delta in the Black Sea, especially the white pelicans.

S01E09 Winter Days

December 25, 1983 50 min
There are only two seasons in the Serengeti, dry and wet. As the long dry season ends, the clouds begin to darken as the rain signals new life on the Serengeti Plains.

S01E10 God's Acre

January 2, 1984 50 min
The wildebeest path on their endless migration is impeded several times by rivers. The waterways have certain dangers that can can result in death for the wildebeest, mainly the Nile crocodile.

Cast

David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Self - Host
John Hannah
John Hannah
Narrator (voice)
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Narrator (voice)

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