Natural World (1983)

Name: Natural World
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.6
Cast: David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson

Documentary

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.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (838 votes)
Seasons: 16
Streaming (US): Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 16 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 23 (2004)

8.03 avg 3 episodes 8.3 → 7.8 49 min avg

Declining

Season 23 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat	8.3	11
10	Echo of the Elephants: The Final Chapter?	8.0	8
13	Secrets of the Maya Underworld	7.8	34

Season 24 (2005)

7.82 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 7.5 49 min avg

Season 24 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Eagle Island	8.2	8
11	Penguins of the Antarctic	7.2	11
13	Ant Attack	8.4	37
16	The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic	7.5	33

Season 25 (2006)

8.31 avg 10 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 49 min avg

Season 25 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Last Lions of India	8.4	12
2	On the Trail of Tarka	9.0	13
3	Eye for an Elephant	9.1	11
4	The Bear Man of Kamchatka	8.4	33
8	The Battle to Save the Tiger	8.2	29
9	Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen	8.8	25
10	Hawaii: Message in the Waves	7.4	10
11	Invasion of the Crocodiles	8.7	9
14	Desert Lions	7.7	34
17	Wye: Voices from the Valley	7.4	14

Season 26 (2007)

7.89 avg 14 episodes 8.1 → 7.4 50 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 26 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth	8.1	81
2	Raising Sancho	8.9	24
3	Earth Pilgrim: A Year on Dartmoor	7.4	10
4	Tiger Kill	7.6	10
5	White Falcon, White Wolf	8.2	19
6	Saved by Dolphins	5.8	14
7	Badgers: Secrets of the Sett	8.2	16
9	Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert	8.8	18
10	Lobo: The Wolf that Changed America	8.4	14
11	Reindeer Girls	8.4	13
12	Moose in the Glen	7.6	10
14	Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest	8.2	16
15	Superfish	7.4	22
16	A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific	7.4	10

Season 27 (2007)

7.80 avg 13 episodes 8.3 → 6.9 50 min avg

Season 27 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Whale Sharks	8.3	14
3	Clever Monkeys	8.2	35
5	Cork: Forest in a Bottle	7.8	9
6	Great White Shark: A Living Legend	8.3	25
7	Cuckoo	7.3	10
8	The Mountains of the Monsoon	8.4	16
9	Polar Bears and Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World	7.4	22
10	Man-eating Tigers of the Sundarbans	7.4	11
11	Elephants Without Borders	7.1	13
12	Snow Monkeys of Japan	8.1	22
13	Cassowaries	7.9	13
14	A Farm for the Future	8.3	55
15	Iron Curtain: Ribbon of Life	6.9	11

Season 28 (2009)

7.93 avg 14 episodes 8.8 → 8.0 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 28 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bearwalker of the Northwoods	8.8	22
2	Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders	8.2	31
3	Andrea: Queen of Mantas	7.8	23
4	Black Mamba, White Witch	7.4	8
5	Bringing Up Baby: The Natural History of a Mother's Love	8.5	18
6	A Highland Haven	8.1	28
7	Radio Gibbon	8.1	11
8	Birds of Paradise	8.3	205
9	The Secret Leopards	7.7	24
10	The Chimpcam Project	7.3	19
11	Prairie Dogs: The Talk of the Town	7.7	16
12	The Wild Places of Essex	7.7	16
13	A Killer Whale Called Luna	7.4	24
14	Forest Elephants - Rumbles in the Jungle	8.0	22

Season 29 (2010)

7.87 avg 14 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 59 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 29 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco	7.5	30
2	Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant	8.4	21
3	Sea Otters: A Million Dollar Baby	7.7	37
4	The Himalayas	8.6	66
5	Africa's Dragon Mountain	6.9	22
6	The Dolphins of Shark Bay	8.3	12
7	Panda Makers	7.9	20
8	Butterflies: A Very British Obsession	7.8	23
9	Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq	8.1	19
10	Elsa: The Lioness That Changed the World	7.8	21
11	Chimps of the Lost Gorge	8.6	25
12	A Tiger Called Broken Tail	7.1	22
13	One Million Snake Bites	8.0	20
14	The Last Grizzly of Paradise Valley	7.5	19

Season 30 (2011)

7.92 avg 14 episodes 8.8 → 8.0 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 30 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special	8.8	57
2	Empire of the Desert Ants	8.5	90
3	Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Gardens	7.4	18
4	Komodo: Secrets of the Dragon	8.0	27
5	The Woman Who Swims with Killer Whales	7.9	38
6	Animal House	7.7	57
7	Jungle Gremlins of Java	8.3	18
8	Tiger Dynasty	7.7	31
9	Grizzlies of Alaska	8.2	12
10	Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies	8.2	14
11	Zambezi	6.5	21
12	Queen of the Savannah	8.2	21
13	The Real Jungle Book Bear	7.5	19
14	Unnatural History of London	8.0	26

Season 31 (2012)

8.19 avg 11 episodes 7.5 → 8.6 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 31 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Living with Baboons	7.5	26
2	Tiger Island: Natural World Special	8.4	23
3	Queen of Tigers	8.2	32
4	A Wolf Called Storm	8.6	53
5	Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special	8.3	109
6	Jaguars: Born Free	7.6	27
7	Kangaroo Dundee: Part 1	8.8	53
8	Kangaroo Dundee: Part 2	8.9	32
9	Giant Otters of the Amazon	7.3	25
10	Flight of the Rhino	7.9	19
12	Killer Bees of Africa	8.6	18

Season 32 (2013)

7.82 avg 9 episodes 8.0 → 7.7

Rollercoaster

Season 32 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible	8.0	10
3	The Mating Game	8.0	20
4	Sri Lanka: Elephant Island	8.4	18
5	Meet the Monkeys	7.1	13
6	Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape	8.2	10
7	Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar	7.5	25
8	Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker	7.7	15
9	Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface	7.8	27
10	Vultures: Beauty in the Beast	7.7	16

Season 33 (2014)

7.63 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 8.0

Rollercoaster

Season 33 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Africa's Giant Killers	8.3	19
2	Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem	7.6	19
3	France: The Wild Side	6.7	11
4	Nature's Misfits	8.0	18
5	The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life	7.6	18
6	The Bat Man of Mexico	8.6	33
7	Penguin Post Office	8.0	10
8	Beavers Behaving Badly	7.1	15
9	A Bear with a Bounty	6.4	7
10	Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs	8.0	22

Season 34 (2014)

7.76 avg 10 episodes 8.4 → 6.8 58 min avg

Season 34 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Africa's Fishing Leopards	8.4	41
2	Super-Powered Owls	8.4	41
3	Galapagos: Islands of Change	7.4	32
4	Growing Up Wild	7.8	20
5	Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire	7.7	26
6	Attenborough's Big Birds	7.5	46
7	Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places	8.1	42
8	Ireland's Wild River: The Mighty Shannon	7.7	22
9	Ghost Bear Family	7.8	14
10	Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings	6.8	34

Season 35 (2016)

7.86 avg 9 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 49 min avg

Season 35 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jungle Animal Hospital	7.8	23
2	Nature's Perfect Partners	6.6	27
3	Meet the Moose Family	8.1	18
4	Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 1	8.1	12
5	Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals Part 2	7.7	12
6	Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants	8.1	29
7	My Congo	7.9	16
8	Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats	7.9	32
9	Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast	8.5	32

Season 36 (2017)

7.60 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 57 min avg

Rebound

Season 36 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment	7.9	24
2	Hotel Armadillo	7.6	20
3	Nature's Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers	7.1	12
4	Nature's Miniature Miracles	8.2	35
5	Supercharged Otters	7.9	21
6	Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos	7.1	14
7	H is for Hawk: A New Chapter	6.8	24
8	Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants	8.2	173

Season 37 (2018)

8.10 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 52 min avg

Season 37 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs	8.3	105
2	Nature's Biggest Beasts	7.2	37
3	Super Fast Falcon	8.1	24
4	Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan	8.3	17
5	Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal	8.6	85
6	Super Squirrels	8.2	40
7	Humpback Whales: A Detective Story	7.9	41
8	Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful	8.2	35

Season 38 (2019)

7.93 avg 9 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 56 min avg

Season 38 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Florida: America's Animal Paradise	7.5	35
2	Hippos: Africa's River Giants	8.1	64
3	The Octopus in My House	8.4	84
4	Weasels: Feisty and Fearless	8.2	28
5	Meet the Bears	7.6	29
6	Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers	8.6	24
7	Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 1	7.7	29
8	Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey - Part 2	7.9	21
9	Super Powered Eagles	7.4	23

Natural World (1983)

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