This fantastic series from the BBC’s renowned Natural History Unit combines the epic scale of Planet
Earth with the intimate, emotional stories of charismatic animals as they struggle to survive. Using state
of the art HD technology, these amazing programmes capture the Earth's most dramatic and epic
wildlife spectacles and the intimate stories of the animals caught up in them.
Every year, around the world, seasonal changes transform entire landscapes and draw in millions of
creatures. For some animals, this is a time of great opportunity but for others it's the most dangerous
time of their lives.
With stunning photography, this series follows the dramatic stories of key animal characters as these
great events unfold.
The Arctic’s Great Melt that finds polar bear families navigating their precarious way on ever-thinning ice.
British Columbia’s Great Salmon Run where grizzly bears use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect
their catch.
The Great Migration of the Serengeti that tests the survival skills of a pride of lions with young cubs.
The Great Tide of billions of sardines along South Africa’s east coast creates an action- packed feeding
frenzy of thousands of dolphins, sharks, whales, seals and gannets.
The Great Flood of the Okavango Delta in Botswana draws in families of elephants, who undertake an
epic trek to reach it.
The plankton bloom of the Great Feast in Alaska’s coastal waters attracts humpback whales and sea
lions, who face the dangers of killer whales.