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The following is a list of episodes of the BBC television series Natural World.



Contents
Series: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20
21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33
Footnotes · References · External links

Series 1[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Save the Panda 30 October 1983 Barry Paine Giant panda
2 From Aardvark to Zebra 6 November 1983  
3 Programmed for Flight 13 November 1983 Barry Paine 
4 Jungle 20 November 1983  
5 Secret Weapons 27 November 1983 Tom Elsner 
6 Birds of Paradox 4 December 1983  
7 Jet Set Wildlife 11 December 1983 Barry Paine 
8 Pelican Delta 18 December 1983 Barry Paine Pelican
9 Winter Days 25 December 1983  
10 God's Acre 2 January 1984 Barry Paine 
Series 2[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Plight of the Bumble-Bee 6 May 1984 Barry Paine Bumblebee
2 Salim Ali's India 13 May 1984 Barry Paine 
3 The Kiwai 20 May 1984  
4 Commandos of Conservation 3 June 1984  
5 Long Point 10 June 1984 Barry Paine 
6 Beneath the Keel 17 June 1984 Barry Paine, Jeff Goodman, Laurie Emberson 
7 Treasures of the Gulf 1 July 1984  
8 Fragments of Eden 22 July 1984 Barry Paine 
9 On the Eighth Day 24 September 1984  
Series 3[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Among the Wild Chimpanzees 4 November 1984 Barry Paine, Jane Goodall Eastern chimpanzee
2 One Man's Island 11 November 1984  
3 Invaders of the Truk Lagoon 18 November 1984  
4 The Desire of the Moth 25 November 1984 Barry Paine 
5 A Question of Space 2 December 1984  
6 Peacocks, Parasites and the Puzzle of Sex 9 December 1984  
7 Land of Ice and Fire 16 December 1984  
8 The Lost World of Medusa 23 December 1984 Barry Paine 
9 Kinabalu, Summit of Borneo 6 January 1985 Barry Paine 
10 Wild Ireland 13 January 1985 Barry Paine 
11 Water - A Fresh Look 20 January 1985 Barry Paine, Walter Sigl 
12 Battle of the Leaves 27 January 1985  
13 The Year of the Rat 3 February 1985 Barry Paine 
14 Through Animal Eyes 10 February 1985  
15 Within a Garden Wall 17 February 1985  
Series 4[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Land of the Tiger 15 September 1985  Tiger
2 Namaqualand, Diary of a Desert Garden 22 September 1985 Barry Paine 
3 Horns of Dilemma 29 September 1985  
4 On the Verge of Life 6 October 1985  
5 The Man Who Loves Frogs 13 October 1985  
6 Emas, The High Plains of Brazil 20 October 1985 Barry Paine 
7 The Flight of the Whooping Crane 27 October 1985  
8 White Rock, Black Water 3 November 1985  
9 Never Stay in One Place 10 November 1985  
10 City of Coral 17 November 1985  Coral
11 Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean[fn 1][1] 24 November 1985  Polar bear
12 Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Land of Beyond 1 December 1985  Polar bear
13 Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Final Challenge 8 December 1985  Polar bear
14 Aspen, A Dance of Leaves 22 December 1985  
15 The Plant Hunters 29 December 1985 Barry Paine 
16 Short Grass Country 5 January 1986  
17 The Forgotten Garden 12 January 1986 Barry Paine 
18 Inside Stories 19 January 1986  
19 Masked Monkeys 26 January 1986  
20 Sky Hunters 2 February 1986  
21 Vanishing Earth: Soil 4 August 1986  
22 Vanishing Earth: Water 5 August 1986  
Series 5[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Leopard, a Darkness in the Grass 5 October 1986  Leopard
2 Where the Parrots Speak Mandarin 12 October 1986  Parrot
3 The Mystery of Laguna Baja 19 October 1986  
4 Have Fish Had Their Chips? 16 November 1986  
5 Why Dogs Don't Like Chilli But Some Like It Hot 23 November 1986  
6 The Elephant Challenge 30 November 1986  Elephant
7 Ichkeul, Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea 7 December 1986 Barry Paine 
8 Man-Eaters of Kumaon 14 December 1986  
9 A Cactus Called Saguaro 21 December 1986  
10 A Wilderness Like Eden 11 January 1987  
11 Sweet Water, Bitter Sea 18 January 1987  
12 Bats Need Friends 25 January 1987  Bat
13 Cockatoos at Three Springs 1 February 1987  Cockatoo
14 The Volcano Watchers 8 February 1987 Barry Paine 
15 The Deciding Factor 15 February 1987  
16 Reflections of a River Keeper 22 February 1987 Barry Paine, Tom Williams 
17 Towers of Wax and Paper Palaces 1 March 1987 Barry Paine 
Series 6[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Spirits of the Forest 20 September 1987 Andrew Sachs Lemur
2 Land of the Kiwi 27 September 1987 Barry Paine Kiwi
3 Lions of the African Night 4 October 1987  Lion
4 Forest of Fear 11 October 1987  
5 Icebird 18 October 1987  
6 Ticket to the Wild 25 October 1987  
7 Grizzly! 1 November 1987  Grizzly bear
8 Islands of the Fire Goddess 15 November 1987  
9 Paradise Reclaimed 22 November 1987  
10 Battle for the Eagles 29 November 1987  
11 Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: Search for the Jewel 6 December 1987 Barry Paine 
12 Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: The Living Jewel 13 December 1987 Barry Paine 
13 Okavango, Jewel of the Kalihari: A New Challenge 20 December 1987 Barry Paine 
Series 7[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Ice Pack 18 September 1988 Barry Paine 
2 Beyond Timbuktu 25 September 1988  
3 Nighthunters 2 October 1988  
4 Twilight of the Dreamtime 9 October 1988 Richard Kiley 
5 Search for the Yeti 16 October 1988  
6 A Passion for Grouse 23 October 1988  
7 Nuts in Brazil 30 October 1988  
8 Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon 6 November 1988  
9 The Journey of Gerald Through Wales 13 November 1988  
10 Coral Triangle 27 November 1988 Barry Paine 
11 Wild Waterfalls: The Natural History of Cascades 1 January 1989 Jenni Murray 
Series 8[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Gorillas in the Midst of Man 1 October 1989  Gorilla
2 Ivory Wars 8 October 1989  Elephant
3 Gran Paradiso 15 October 1989  
4 Fear of the Wild 22 October 1989  
5 Splashdown: A Diver's Natural History 29 October 1989 Martha Holmes 
6 Island in the Air 5 November 1989  
7 Amazon, the Flooded Forest: Part 1 19 November 1989  
8 Amazon, the Flooded Forest: Part 2 26 November 1989  
9 A Tramp in the Darien 3 December 1989  
10 The Taming of the Ewe 10 December 1989  
11 Under the Ice 17 December 1989  
12 The Sisterhood 7 January 1990  
13 Erin Through the Mists of Time 14 January 1990  
14 The Serpent's Embrace 21 January 1990  
15 Haida Gwai, Islands of the People 28 January 1990  
16 La Loire Sauvage 4 February 1990  
Series 9[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Running for their Lives 6 January 1991  
2 Scandinavia: Lands of the Midnight Sun 13 January 1991 Martin Jarvis 
3 Scandinavia: Fresh Waters, Salt Seas 20 January 1991 Martin Jarvis 
4 The Cat That Came in from the Cold 27 January 1991  
5 Portrait of the Planet 3 February 1991  
6 Two Weeks to Save the Planet 10 February 1991  
7 Cranes of the Grey Wind 17 February 1991  
8 Even The Animals Must Be Free 3 March 1991  
9 Marathon Birds 10 March 1991  
10 The Great Karoo, a Secret Africa 17 March 1991  
11 Big Oil: in the Wake Of Exxon Valdez 24 March 1991  
12 Wings Over the Holy Land 31 March 1991  
13 Hawaii, Beyond the Feathered Gods 14 April 1991  
14 Treasures of the Gulf 6 May 1991  
Series 10[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Vietnam: the Country not the War 24 November 1991  
2 Arctic Wanderers 1 December 1991 Barry Paine 
3 The Wonderful World of Dung 8 December 1991 Tony Robinson 
4 Monkeys on the Edge 15 December 1991  Monkey
5 Sounds of the Islands 22 December 1991  
6 Sharks on their Best Behaviour 9 February 1992 Mike DeGruy Shark
7 Land of Wild Freedom 16 February 1992  
8 The Monk, the Princess and the Forest 1 March 1992  
9 New Guinea, an Island Apart: Beyond The Unknown Shore 8 March 1992  
10 New Guinea, an Island Apart: Other Worlds 15 March 1992  
11 Birds Nuts: The Magnificent Obsession 22 March 1992  
12 For Queen and Colony 29 March 1992  
13 Mpingo, the Tree that Makes Music 3 May 1992  
Series 11[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Echo of the Elephants 3 January 1993 David Attenborough, Cynthia Moss African elephant
2 Shadows in a Desert Sea 10 January 1993  
3 Cougar, Ghost of the Rockies 17 January 1993  Mountain lion
4 Kimberley, Land of the Wandjina 24 January 1993  
5 Journey to the Dark Heart 31 January 1993  
6 Ice Fox 7 February 1993  Arctic fox
7 The Great Bears of Alaska 21 February 1993  Kodiak bear
8 The Little Creatures who Run the World 28 February 1993  
9 Strandwolf, Survivor of the Skeleton Coast 7 March 1993  
10 Ibera, the Land of Shining Water 14 March 1993  
11 The Ghosts of Ruby 21 March 1993  
12 Sanctuaries of Defence 28 March 1993 Christian Rodska 
13 Treasure of the Andes 4 April 1993  
14 Cheetahs and Cubs in a Land of Lions 11 April 1993  Cheetah, lion
15 The Burning Question 18 April 1993  
16 Secrets of the Golden River 25 April 1993  
Series 12[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Sex, Hot Eruptions and Chilli Peppers 20 February 1994 Barry Paine 
2 Firebird 27 February 1994 Josette Simon 
3 Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea 6 March 1994 David Attenborough Killer whale
4 Toadskin Spell 13 March 1994  Amphibians
5 Island of the Ghost Bear 20 March 1994 John Sparks American black bear
6 Webs of Intrigue 27 March 1994  Gladiator spider, Australian funnel-web spider
7 Vampires, Devilbirds and Spirits: Tales of the Calypso Isles 3 April 1994 Paul Keens-Douglas 
8 Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon 4 April 1994 John Shrapnel Giant panda, red panda, giant salamander, golden snub-nosed monkey, takin, bamboo rat, tufted deer, golden pheasant
9 The Witness Was a Fly 17 April 1994  
10 Untangling the Knot 24 April 1994 Ian McShane Red knot
11 Snowdonia: Realm of Ravens 8 May 1994  Common raven
12 Race for Life: Africa's Great Migration 15 May 1994 John Shrapnel Wildebeest
13 Islands in the African Sky 22 May 1994 John Hurt 
14 Comrades of the Kalahari 29 May 1994  Yellow mongoose, cape ground squirrel
Series 13[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers 27 November 1994 David Attenborough Albatross
2 Badlands 4 December 1994  Prairie dog
3 Hunters of the Sea Wind 11 December 1994 Christian Rodska Marlin, sailfish, sea snake, dolphin, tuna, turtle
4 Parrots: Look Who's Talking! 15 January 1995 Tony Robinson Parrot
5 Avenue of the Volcanoes 22 January 1995  
6 Ytene, England's Ancient Forest 29 January 1995 John Nettles Fallow deer, badger, red fox, common firecrest, hawfinch, woodlark, tadpole shrimp
7 Gentle Jaws of the Serengeti 12 February 1995 Barry Paine Spotted hyena
8 Monkey in the Mirror 19 February 1995 Geraldine James Bonobo
9 Ocean Drifters 26 February 1995 Tony Soper Plankton, loggerhead sea turtle
10 The Call of Kakadu 5 March 1995  Kookaburra
11 The Riddle of the Sands 19 March 1995  
12 Jewels of the Caribbean 2 April 1995 Joss Ackland 
13 Survival of the Fittest: a Natural History of Sport 16 April 1995 Des Lynam 
14 Sulawesi: an Island Bewitched 23 April 1995 Ian Holm Babirusa, Celebes crested macaque, maleo, reticulated python
15 The Little Creatures of Africa's Hidden World 30 April 1995 Andrew Sachs Dung beetle, tick, termite
Series 14[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation 14 January 1996 David Attenborough, Cynthia Moss African elephant
2 Incredible Suckers 21 January 1996 David Attenborough, Mike deGruy Cephalopod, nautilus, vampire squid
3 Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge 28 January 1996 Tony Soper Polar bear, narwhal, guillemots
4 Fifi's Boys: a Story of Wild Chimpanzees 4 February 1996 Bernard Cribbins, Jane Goodall Common chimpanzee
5 Last Feast of the Crocodiles 7 February 1996 John Shrapnel Crocodile, baboon, hippopotamus
6 Rhythms of Life 11 February 1996  
7 Lions: Pride in Peril 18 February 1996 David Attenborough, John Sparks Masai lion
8 Monsoon 25 February 1996  
9 Crossroads of Nancite 3 March 1996 Andrew Sachs Crocodile, monkey, coyote, turtle
10 Bowerbird: Playboy of the Australian Forest 17 March 1996 Barry Paine Satin bowerbird, Australian brushturkey, echidna
11 Hightops of Scotland 24 March 1996  Deer, hare, rock ptarmigan
12 Attenborough in Paradise 8 April 1996 David Attenborough Bird-of-paradise
Series 15[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss 6 October 1996 David Attenborough Sperm whale
2 Mara Nights 13 October 1996 Andrew Sachs 
3 Penguins In and Out of Water 20 October 1996 Tony Soper Penguin
4 Mandrills: Painted Faces of the Forest 27 October 1996 John Shrapnel Mandrill
5 Beetlemania 3 November 1996 Thomas Eisner Beetle
6 The World in a Wood 10 November 1996  
7 Himalaya 17 November 1996 John Shrapnel Red panda, snow leopard, Himalayan monal
8 Wolves and Buffalo: an Ancient Alliance 19 January 1997 Jeff Turner American bison, gray wolf
9 Benguela and the Burning Shore 26 January 1997 Tim Pigott-Smith 
10 A Lemur's Tale 2 February 1997 Zoë Wanamaker Ring-tailed lemur
11 Grand Canyon: From Dinosaurs to Dam 16 February 1997 Tim Pigott-Smith 
12 Wings over the Serengeti 23 February 1997 Ian Holm Vulture
13 New Guinea: an Island Apart 2 March 1997 Tim Pigott-Smith 
14 The Wild Dog's Last Stand 9 March 1997 Barry Paine African wild dog
15 Postcards from the Past 16 March 1997 Anna Grayson scorpion Neandertal
16 People of the Sea 30 March 1997 Shane Mahoney 
Series 16[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 The Temple Troop 26 October 1997 Roshan Seth Toque macaque
2 Denali: the Great American Wilderness 2 November 1997  
3 Jungle Nights 9 November 1997 Tim Pigott-Smith Jaguar, margay, kinkajou, ocelot, bat, frog
4 Paracas and the Billion Dollar Birds 16 November 1997 Ian Holm Pelican, booby, Guanay cormorant, penguin, sea lion
5 Komodo Dragon 23 November 1997 John Shrapnel Komodo dragon
6 At the Edge of the Sea 30 November 1997 Gareth Armstrong Acorn barnacle, mussel
7 Beyond the Naked Eye 7 December 1997  
8 On the Path of the Reindeer 21 December 1997 Geoffrey Palmer Reindeer
9 The Secret Garden 27 December 1997 Patricia Routledge 
10 The Dragons of Galapagos 18 January 1998  Iguana
11 Three Monkeys 25 January 1998 Emily Richard Howler monkey, red-faced spider monkey, white-headed capuchin
12 Borneo: Island in the Clouds 1 February 1998 John Shrapnel Proboscis monkey, Borneo elephant, Sumatran rhinoceros, orangutan
13 Oman: Jewel of Arabia 15 February 1998 Ian McShane 
14 The Lost Lands of Scilly 22 February 1998 Tim Pigott-Smith Grey seal, great black-backed gull, lesser white-toothed shrew
15 Fire and Ice: an Icelandic Saga 1 March 1998 Magnus Magnusson Arctic fox, puffin, skua
16 Metropolis 8 March 1998 Nigel Hawthorne Falcon, raccoon, horseshoe crab
17 The Otters of Yellowstone 15 March 1998 Tom Baker North American river otter, coyote
18 The Forbidden Fruit 22 March 1998 James Grout 
Series 17[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 South Georgia: an Island All Alone 11 October 1998 David Attenborough 
2 Capybara: Swamp Hogs 18 October 1998 Stephen Fry Capybara
3 Secret Sharks 25 October 1998 Christian Rodska, Mike Rutzen Whale shark, horn shark
4 Mountain of the Sea 1 November 1998 Paul Herzberg Black eagle, penguin
5 Orangutans: the High Society 8 November 1998 Andrew Sachs Orangutan
6 The Fatal Flower 15 November 1998 Honor Blackman Orchid
7 Vanishing Pools of the Zambezi 22 November 1998 Martin Jarvis African elephant, African buffalo, impala
8 Manu: Amazon Paradise 29 November 1998 Ian Holm Jaguar, giant otter, sloth, monkey
9 Impossible Journeys 6 December 1998 Peter Jones 
10 Cheetahs in a Hot Spot 13 December 1998 Veronika Hyks Cheetah
11 Dolphins: the Wild Side 17 January 1999 Ian Holm Dolphin
12 Year of the Jackal 24 January 1999 Eleanor Bron Jackal
13 Everglades: to Hell and Back 31 January 1999 Tim Pigott-Smith 
14 The Man-Eaters of Tsavo 28 February 1999 Art Malik Masai lion
15 Tough Ducks 21 February 1999 Bill Oddie Duck
16 Islands of the Vampire Birds 14 March 1999 David Attenborough Vampire finch
17 The Farm that Time Forgot 21 March 1999  
18 Iran: Secrets of the North 28 March 1999 John Shrapnel 
Series 18[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Riddle of the Right Whale 3 October 1999  Right whale
2 Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods 10 October 1999 John Hurt Crane, brown bear, eagle
3 Elephants of the Sand River 17 October 1999  African elephant
4 In the Company of Bears 24 October 1999 Miranda Richardson American black bear
5 The Millennium Oak 30 December 1999 Tom Baker English oak, common raven
6 Wild Indonesia: Island Castaways 23 January 2000 John Lynch Komodo dragon, tree kangaroo
7 Wild Indonesia: Underwater Worlds 30 January 2000 John Lynch Barracuda, manta ray
8 Wild Indonesia: Magical Forests 6 February 2000 John Lynch Sumatran elephant, flying fox
9 The Tiger's Tale 20 February 2000 Meera Syal Bengal tiger
10 The Wolf's Return 8 May 2000 Karen Archer, Paul Young Gray wolf
11 Monkey Warriors 15 May 2000  Monkey
12 Dangerous Australians 22 May 2000  Redback spider, Australian funnel-web spider
13 Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise 5 June 2000 John Hannah Wildebeest
14 Salmon: The Silver Tide 19 June 2000 Denis Lawson Salmon
15 Claws 10 July 2000 Chris McCalphy Crab
16 The Story of an African Wild Dog ?  African wild dog
Series 19[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Otters in the Stream of Life 8 October 2000 Sally Magnusson European otter, dolphin, shark, whale, puffin
2 Camels Down Under 15 October 2000  Australian feral camel
3 Deadly Vipers 22 October 2000 Paul Young Viper
4 The Tigers' Fortress 29 October 2000 Valmik Thapar Bengal tiger
5 Big Red Roos 5 November 2000 Robert Llewellyn Red kangaroo
6 Killer Whales: Up Close and Personal 19 November 2000  Killer whale
7 Madagascar: Land of Lemurs 26 November 2000  Lemur
8 Seychelles: Jewels of a Lost Continent 10 December 2000  Aldabra giant tortoise, coco de mer
9 Bower Birds: The Art of Seduction 17 December 2000 David Attenborough 
10 The Last Tusker 21 January 2001  Sri Lankan elephant
11 Seals: Invaders of the Sea 28 January 2001  Seal
12 Killer Bees and Magic Trees 4 February 2001 Gerald Kastberger Asian giant honey bee
13 Hippo Beach 18 February 2001 Stephen Fry Hippopotamus
14 Timeless Thames 25 February 2001 Ian McShane 
15 Coyote: the Ultimate Survivor? 18 March 2001  Coyote
16 Transylvania: Living with Predators 25 March 2001 Andrew Sachs Gray wolf, brown bear
17 Danube Delta: Europe Untamed 15 April 2001  Goose, pelican, beluga sturgeon
18 Buffalo: The African Boss 31 July 2001  African buffalo
Series 20[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu 7 October 2001 David Attenborough, Anne Orlando African elephant
2 Yellowstone: America's Sacred Wilderness 14 October 2001 Paul Schullery Gray wolf, elk, brown bear
3 Wild Nights 21 October 2001 Simon King Badger, red fox, owl
4 Hotel Heliconia 4 November 2001 Robert Lindsay Heliconia, hummingbird, bat, frog, viper, mosquito
5 Night Stalkers 18 November 2001  Fringe-lipped bat, fruit bat, vampire bat
6 Treasure Islands 25 November 2001  
7 Leopard Hunters 2 December 2001  Leopard
8 War Wrecks of the Coral Seas 9 December 2001  
9 The Alps 16 December 2001 Andrew Sachs Brown bear, gray wolf, golden eagle, ibex
10 A Wild Dog's Story 20 January 2002 Tico McNutt African wild dog
11 Killer Whales of Monterey Bay 27 January 2002 Andrew Sachs Killer whale
12 The Canine Conspiracy 24 February 2002 Richard Briers Domestic dog
13 The Cat Connection 3 March 2002 Charles Dance Domestic cat
14 Top Bat 10 March 2002 Mike Gunton, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rebecca Hosking Vampire bat
15 Amazon: Super River 17 March 2002  Piranha
16 Rhinos: Built to Last? 24 March 2002 Robert Lindsay Rhinoceros
Series 21[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Meerkats: Part of the Team 13 October 2002 Simon King Meerkat
2 Danger in Tiger Paradise 20 October 2002 Valmik Thapar Bengal tiger
3 Falklands: Flying Devils 27 October 2002 Jane Watson, Mark Smith Caracara
4 The Crossing 3 November 2002  Zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, crocodile, lion
5 Death Trap 17 November 2002  Whale, seal, shark, brown bear, bald eagle, fish
6 My Halcyon River 24 November 2002 Charlie Hamilton James, John James European otter, European mink, common kingfisher, mayfly, trout, moorhen, mallard
7 Killer Ants 1 December 2002  African driver ant, jack jumper ant
8 A Life with Cougars 15 December 2002 Jeff Turner, Sue Turner Cougar
9 Cats Under the Serengeti Stars 1 January 2003 Charlotte Rampling Caracal, hyena
10 Wild Women of Viramba 15 January 2003 John Shrapnel, Holly Carroll Yellow baboon
11 Killer Bees: Taming the Swarm 19 January 2003  Africanized honey bee
12 Highgrove: A Prince's Legacy 26 January 2003 David Attenborough 
13 Flying Home 2 February 2003 John Peel Whooping crane
15 The Elephant, The Emperor and Butterfly Tree 2 March 2003 Mark Strickson African elephant, emperor moth, mopane
Series 22[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs 12 October 2003 Sean Pertwee Nile crocodile
2 Elephant Cave 19 October 2003 Kenneth Cranham African elephant
3 White Shark/Red Triangle 31 October 2003 Bert Pence Great white shark, elephant seal
4 Moon Power 9 November 2003  
5 Tigers of the Emerald Forest 16 November 2003 Raghu Chundawat, Joanna Van Gruisen Bengal tiger
6 Five Owl Farm 7 December 2003 Robert Hardy Barn Owl, little owl, long-eared owl, short-eared owl, tawny owl
7 The Monkey Prince ? Kristin Scott Thomas Monkey
8 The Eagle Has Landed 2 January 2004  Osprey, red kite, sea eagle
9 Swamp Cats 9 January 2004 Jeremy Northam Lion
10 A Moose Named Madeline 8 February 2004 Richard E. Grant Moose
11 The Amber Time Machine 15 February 2004 David Attenborough bee midge long-legged fly thunder gnat aphid ant mite giant bean tree balted tree seaburn tree nazareno tree palm stingless bee assassin bug tadpole marsh beetle diving beetle poison dart frog bromelia damselfly bamboo minuet worm fig fig wasp nematodes scale insect, Theropod Dinosaur
12 Five Big Cats and a Camera 22 February 2004 David Attenborough Cheetah, leopard, serval, caracal, lion
13 Ice Age Death Trap 29 February 2004 Sean Barrett Saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, short-faced bear, Columbian Mammoth, American mastodon, Giant ground sloths, Camelops, Harlan's ground sloth, American lion, Ancient bison, Hagerman horse, Teratornis
14 Ireland: Sculpted Isle 14 March 2004 Fergal Keane 
15 Lion: Out of Africa? 11 April 2004 Jonathan Scott Asian Lion, domestic cow
Series 23[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Cheetahs: Fast Track to Freedom 14 October 2004 Simon King Cheetah
2 Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp 21 October 2004 Dan Snow Avocet, marsh harrier, crane
3 Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat 25 November 2004 Kenny Salwey Beaver, snapping turtle, sturgeon, pelican, eagle
4 Hammerhead 2 December 2004 Ian Holm Hammerhead shark
5 The Wild Wood 9 December 2004 Philippa Forrester Eurasian sparrowhawk, red fox, buzzard
6 Andes: The Dragon's Back 16 December 2004 Steven Berkoff Flamingo, puma, penguin
7 Echo of the Elephants: The Final Chapter? 19 January 2005 David Attenborough, Cynthia Moss African elephant
8 Serengeti 24 3 February 2005 Michael Praed Cheetah
9 Secrets of the Maya Underworld 9 February 2005 Simon MacCorkindale 
10 A Boy Among Polar Bears 15 February 2005 Sean Pertwee, Jobie Weetalluktuk Seal, narwhal, polar bear
11 Shark Coast ? David Attenborough Pyjama shark, leopard catshark
12 Land of the Falling Lakes ? John Shrapnel Brown bear, lynx, gray wolf, salamander
13 Caribou and Wolves: The Endless Dance ? Jeff Turner Reindeer, grey wolf
14 Wolf Pack ? Sean Pertwee Gray wolf
Series 24[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 The Orangutan King 19 October 2005 Paul McGann Orangutan
2 Eagle Island 26 October 2005 Gordon Buchanan Sea eagle, golden eagle, otter, seal, dolphin, whale, shark
3 The Queen of Trees 2 November 2005 Ian Holm Sycamore fig, fig wasp
4 King Cobra...and I 9 November 2005 Romulus Whitaker King cobra
5 Return of the Eagle Owl 16 November 2005 Roy Dennis Eagle owl
6 Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean 23 November 2005  Bee hummingbird, purple land crab and other land crabs, Cuban crocodile, sea turtle, iguana Caribbean reef shark Cuban Hutia Cuban Parrot Turkey vulture Cuban Trogon Cuban Woodpecker Cuban trama
7 Flying with Condors 30 November 2005 Judy Leden Andean condor
8 Ella: A Meerkat's Tale 7 December 2005  Meerkat
9 Wild Harvest 14 December 2005 Philippa Forrester Lapwing, skylark, dormouse, barn owl
10 Australia: Taking The Heat 28 December 2005  Red kangaroo, frog, koala
11 Penguins of the Antarctic 11 January 2006  Penguin
12 Portillo Goes Wild in Spain 18 January 2006 Michael Portillo Lynx, brown bear, vulture, bee-eater, killer whale
13 Ant Attack 25 January 2006  African driver ant
14 Stalking the Jaguar 1 February 2006 Owen Newman, Amanda Barrett Jaguar, caiman, peccary, capybara, domestic cow
15 Big Sky Bears 8 February 2006  American black bear
16 The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic 1 March 2006  
17 Bonobo: Missing In Action 8 March 2006 Frances White Bonobo
18 Satoyama, Japan's Secret Water Garden 27 July 2006 David Attenborough 
Series 25[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 The Last Lions of India 18 October 2006 Dilly Barlow Asiatic lion
2 On the Trail of Tarka 25 October 2006 John James, Philippa Forrester European otter
3 Eye for an Elephant 1 November 2006 Martyn Colbeck African elephant
4 The Bear Man of Kamchatka 8 November 2006[2][3][4] Jeff Turner, Charlie Russell Brown bear
5 The Falls of Iguacu 15 November 2006  Toucan, capuchin monkey, jaguar, coati, swift
6 Africa's Desert Garden 9 January 2007  
7 Battle To Save the Tiger 11 April 2007 David Attenborough Bengal tiger
8 Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen 25 April 2007[5] Geraldine James Japanese giant hornet, bee
9 Hawaii: Message in the Waves 2 May 2007  Turtle, dolphin, monk seal, albatross
10 Invasion of the Crocodiles 9 May 2007 Sam Hazeldine, Adam Britton Saltwater crocodile
11 Toki's Tale 10 May 2007 Simon King Cheetah
12 The Bloodhound and the Beardie 16 May 2007  Bloodhound, Bearded Collie
13 Saving Our Seabirds 23 May 2007 Roy Dennis Puffin, guillemot, kittiwake, skua
14 Desert Lions 30 May 2007 David Attenborough Lion
15 Moose on the Loose 1 June 2007  Moose
16 Rainforests for the Future 6 June 2007  African elephant, western gorilla, common chimpanzee, mandrill
17 Wye - Voices from the Valley 13 June 2007  
Series 26[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Snow Leopard - Beyond the Myth 4 January 2008 David Attenborough Snow leopard
2 Raising Sancho 11 January 2008  Giant otter
3 Earth Pilgrim - A Year on Dartmoor 18 January 2008  
4 Tiger Kill 25 January 2008  Bengal tiger
5 White Falcon, White Wolf 1 February 2008  Gyrfalcon, Arctic wolf
6 Saved by Dolphins 8 February 2008  Dolphin
7 Badgers - Secrets of the Sett 15 February 2008  European badger
8 Spacechimp 22 February 2008  Common chimpanzee
9 Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert 26 March 2008  African elephant
10 Lobo: The Wolf that Changed America 2 April 2008 David Attenborough Gray wolf
11 Reindeer Girls 9 April 2008  Reindeer
12 Moose in the Glen 16 April 2008  Moose
13 Naabi - A Hyena Princess 23 April 2008  Spotted hyena
14 Spectacled Bears - Shadows of the Forest 6 May 2008  Spectacled bear
15 Superfish 14 May 2008  
16 A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific 7 August 2008  Sea turtle 
17 Jimmy And The Wild Honey Hunters 10 August 2008 Jimmy Doherty Honey Bee
Series 27[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Titus: The Gorilla King 11 November 2008 Bernard Hill Mountain gorilla
2 Whale Shark 18 November 2008 Jessica Whittaker Whale shark
3 Clever Monkeys 25 November 2008 David Attenborough Monkey
4 Crocodile Blues 2 December 2008 Romulus Whittaker Gharial
5 Cork - Forest in a Bottle 9 December 2008 Monty Don 
6 Great White Shark - A Living Legend 2 January 2009 Peter Firth Great white shark
7 Cuckoo 9 January 2009 David Attenborough Common cuckoo
8 The Mountains of the Monsoon 16 January 2009 Sandesh Kadur 
9 Polar Bears & Grizzlies: Bears on Top of the World 23 January 2009 Peter Guinness Polar bear, brown bear
10 Man-Eating Tigers of the Sundarbans 30 January 2009 Sanjeev Bhaskar Bengal tiger
11 Elephants Without Borders 6 February 2009 Jeremy Northam African elephant
12 Snow Monkeys 13 February 2009 Iain Glen Japanese macaque
13 Cassowaries 19 February 2009 David Attenborough Cassowary
14 A Farm for the Future 20 February 2009 Rebecca Hosking 
15 Iron Curtain, Ribbon of Life 6 March 2009 Christian Rodska 
16 Uakari: Secrets of the English Monkey 26 March 2009 Jeremy Northam Red uakari
Series 28[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Bearwalker of the Northwoods 28 October 2009 Lynn Rogers American black bear
2 Victoria Falls - The Smoke that Thunders 4 November 2009 Louis Mahoney African fish eagle, baboon
3 Andrea - Queen of Mantas 11 November 2009 Alisdair Simpson Manta ray
4 Black Mamba, White Witch 19 November 2009 Lenny Henry Black mamba
5 Bringing Up Baby 26 November 2009 David Attenborough Chimpanzee, lion, mouse
6 A Highland Haven 3 December 2009 Fergus Beeley White-tailed eagle, black-throated diver
7 Radio Gibbon 10 December 2009 Adrian Edmondson Gibbon
8 Birds of Paradise 6 January 2010 David Attenborough Bird-of-paradise
9 A Killer Whale Called Luna 24 February 2010 Michael Parfit Killer whale
10 The Secret Leopards 20 January 2010 Jonathan Scott Leopard
11 The Chimpcam Project 27 January 2010 Stuart McQuarrie Common chimpanzee
12 Prairie Dogs - Talk of the Town 3 February 2010 Rob Brydon Prairie dog
13 The Wild Places of Essex 10 February 2010 Robert Macfarlane Common seal, knot, fallow deer, bearded tit, peregrine falcon, bittern, water vole, bluebell, brent goose
14 Forest Elephants - Rumbles in the Jungle 4 March 2010 Richard Armitage African forest elephant
Series 29[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco 8 July 2010 Fergus Beeley Harpy eagle
2 Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant 5 August 2010 Martyn Colbeck, Cynthia Moss African elephant
3 Sea Otters - A Million Dollar Baby 12 August 2010 Bonnie Greer California sea otter
4 The Himalayas 19 August 2010 David Attenborough Snow Leopard, takin, gray langur, gray wolf, eagle
5 Africa's Dragon Mountain 2 September 2010 Iain Glen Vulture, baboon
6 The Dolphins of Shark Bay 3 November 2010 Rupert Penry-Jones Bottlenose dolphin
7 Panda Makers 7 December 2010 David Attenborough Giant panda
8 Butterflies: A Very British Obsession 17 December 2010 Imelda Staunton Butterfly
9 Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq 18 January 2011 David Johnson 
10 Elsa: The Lioness that Changed the World 1 February 2011 David Attenborough, Virginia McKenna Lion
11 Chimps of the Lost Gorge 8 February 2011 Adrian Lester Common chimpanzee
12 A Tiger Called Broken Tail 15 February 2011 Colin Stafford-Johnson Bengal tiger
13 One Million Snake Bites 22 February 2011 Romulus Whitaker King cobra, saw-scaled viper, common krait, Russell's viper, Indian cobra, green pit viper
14 The Last Grizzly of Paradise Valley 1 March 2011 Jeff Turner Brown bear
Series 30[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special 1 August 2011 Joe Hutto Wild turkey
2 Empire of the Desert Ants 10 August 2011 Andy Serkis Honey ant
3 Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Gardens 17 August 2011 Philippa Forrester Red fox, common toad
4 Komodo - Secrets of the Dragon 24 August 2011 Peter Capaldi, Bryan Fry Komodo dragon
5 The Woman Who Swims with Killer Whales 31 August 2011 Ingrid Visser Killer whale
6 Animal House 7 September 2011 David Attenborough 
7 Jungle Gremlins of Java 25 January 2012 Anna Nekaris Slow loris
8 Tiger Dynasty 1 February 2012 Amerjit Due Bengal tiger
9 Queen of the Savannah 29 March 2012 Tamsin Greig African honey bee
10 Grizzlies of Alaska 8 March 2012 Chris Morgan Brown bear
11 Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies 15 March 2012 David Attenborough, Erik Patel Silky sifaka, bamboo lemur, pygmy stump-tailed chameleon, helmet vanga, Malagasy paradise flycatcher, common sunbird-asity, Madagascar wagtail, ring-tailed mongoose
12 Zambezi 22 March 2012 James Frain Hippopotamus, African elephant, water buffalo, zebra
13 The Real Jungle Book Bear 5 April 2012 David Attenborough, Ivo Nörenberg, Oliver Goetzl Sloth bear, Indian peafowl, mongoose, Bengal tiger, sambar deer, bonnet macaque, Indian palm squirrel, leopard, Asian elephant, Indian chameleon, painted spurfowl, Indian skipper frog, lesser mouse-tailed bat
14 Unnatural History of London 18 June 2012 Timothy Spall Fallow deer, grey seal, European hedgehog, feral pigeon, peregrine falcon, grebe, European herring gull, red fox, red deer, great white pelican, mallard, red-eared slider, rose-ringed parakeet, European yellow-tailed scorpion, red swamp crayfish, signal crayfish, European badger
Series 31[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Living with Baboons 19 July 2012 David Attenborough, Mat Pines Hamadryas baboon
2 Tiger Island: Natural World Special 26 July 2012 Paul McGann, Alan Rabinowitz Sumatran tiger
3 Queen of Tigers: Natural World Special 19 October 2012 Colin Stafford-Johnson Bengal tiger
4 A Wolf Called Storm: Natural World Special 26 October 2012 Jeff Turner Gray wolf
5 Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special 9 November 2012 David Attenborough Black lion tamarin, Sumatran rhinoceros, solenodon, olm, marvellous spatuletail, Darwin's frog, pangolin, Priam's birdwing butterfly, cane toad, Northern quoll, Venus' flower basket
6 Jaguars - Born Free: Natural World Special 21 January 2013 Zoë Wanamaker Jaguar
7 Kangaroo Dundee: Part One 26 January 2013 Juliet Stevenson, Brolga Kangaroo
8 Kangaroo Dundee: Part Two 2 February 2013 Juliet Stevenson, Brolga Kangaroo
9 Giant Otters of the Amazon 9 February 2013 Charlie Hamilton James Giant otter
10 Flight of the Rhino 16 February 2013 Sean Bean Black rhinoceros
Series 32[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Leopards - 21st Century Cats 17 May 2013 Romulus Whitaker Leopard
2 Giant Squid - Filming The Impossible: Natural World Special 13 July 2013 David Attenborough Giant Squid
3 The Mating Game 19 July 2013 David Attenborough Gorilla, Wolf, Flamingo, Kagu
4 Sri Lanka - Elephant Island 9 August 2013 Martyn Colbeck Asian Elephant
5 Meet The Monkeys 6 September 2013 Colin Stafford-Johnson Macaques
6 Orangutans - The Great Ape Escape 4 October 2013 Juliet Stevenson Orangutan
7 Meerkats - Secrets Of An Animal Superstar 11 October 2013 David Attenborough Meerkat
8 Walrus - Two Tonne Tusker 18 October 2013 Geoffrey Palmer Pacific Walrus
9 Killer Whales - Beneath The Surface 25 October 2013 Alec Newman Killer Whales
10 Vultures: Beauty In The Beast 31 January 2014 Charlie Hamilton James Vulture
Series 33[edit]

Episode
Title
Original Air Date
Presenter/Narrator
Principal Species Featured
1 Africa's Giant Killers 11 April 2014 Imogen Stubbs African bush elephant, African lion
2 Honey Badgers: Masters Of Mayhem 18 April 2014 Toby Jones Honey badger
3 France: The Wild Side 25 April 2014 Paul McGann Wolves, Wild boar
4 Nature's Misfits 2 May 2014 Bill Bailey various
5 The Pygmy Hippo - A Very Secret Life 9 May 2014 David Harewood Pygmy Hippo
6 The Bat Man Of Mexico 13 June 2014 David Attenborough Lesser long-nosed bat
7 Penguin Post Office 24 July 2014 Juliet Stevenson Gentoo Penguin
8 Beavers Behaving Badly 31 July 2014 Rob Brydon Beavers
9 A Bear With A Bounty 7 August 2014 Tamsin Greig Black Bear
10 Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs 28 August 2014 David Attenborough Frogs
Footnotes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Cameraman Hugh Miles won an Emmy Award (Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematographers) for this episode.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Natural World: Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean, Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2 March 2013
2.Jump up ^ http://www.ironammonite.com/2006_11_01_archive.html
3.Jump up ^ The Times, 9/11/2006
4.Jump up ^ http://charlierussellbears.com/2006/October.html
5.Jump up ^ http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/apr/26/lastnightstvbuddhabeesand
External links[edit]
Natural World at BBC Programmes
List of Natural World episodes at the Internet Movie Database
 


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Natural World (TV series)
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This article is about the BBC television series. For other uses, see Nature (disambiguation).

Natural World
Natural World title card
2013 series title card

Also known as
The Natural World
Genre
Nature documentary
Narrated by
Various
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
493
Production

Producer(s)
Various
Editor(s)
Roger Webb (Series Editor)
Running time
50/60 minutes
Production company(s)
BBC Natural History Unit
Broadcast

Original channel
BBC Two, BBC Two HD
Picture format
Film
SD: 576i
HD: 1080i
Audio format
Monaural, Stereo
Original run
30 October 1983 – present
Chronology

Preceded by
The World About Us
External links
Website
Natural World is a strand of British wildlife documentary programmes broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history series.[1] It is the longest-running documentary in its genre on British television,[2] with nearly 500 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983.[3] Natural World programmes are typically one-off films that take an in-depth look at particular natural history events, stories or subjects from around the globe.
Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol under the stewardship of the Series Editor, who is responsible for commissioning or acquiring content. Programmes are a mixture of in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or acquisitions from independent producers. There are 10 programmes broadcast each year, of which approximately half are produced in-house.[4] The series has close ties with the US series Nature, broadcast by PBS.[2]
The 2014-15 series of Natural World is the thirty-third, and begins on 11 April 2014 with “Africa’s Giant Killers”, a film about conflict between lions and elephants in Botswana.[5]


Contents  [hide]
1 History
2 Format, content and notable episodes
3 Awards
4 Series Editors
5 References
6 External links

History[edit]
Natural World was initiated in 1983 as a wildlife-specific spin-off to The World About Us, itself a long-running documentary strand on BBC Two. The World About Us was commissioned in 1967 by David Attenborough, at that time the Controller of BBC Two, to promote the new colour television service to British audiences. As the former head of the BBC's Travel and Exploration Unit in London, Attenborough realised that many of its telecine films had been shot in colour and would make ideal subjects for a documentary series, along with natural history content from the Bristol Unit and overseas broadcasters. The World About Us launched on 3 December 1967 to coincide with the first full evening of colour television in Britain, with Attenborough himself acting as Series Editor. The first programme was "Volcano", a film by the French vulcanologist Haroun Tazieff; the Natural History Unit's first contribution was "Forest and Firebird" featuring the brilliantly-coloured scarlet ibis.[6] Programmes such as these were no accident: The World About Us was described by Barry Paine, a frequent producer and narrator during its first two decades, as "a series designed to sell colour television sets".[7]
Due to the difficulty of sourcing colour films at the time, The World About Us started out with a broad remit of geography, anthropology and natural history as subject matter. Gradually, the contributions from the Travel and Exploration Unit diminished and the Natural History Unit's programmes grew in prominence.[8] This was acknowledged by the BBC when the series was re-launched as The Natural World in 1983; the title subsequently shortened to its current form in 2003. The first episode under the new title was "Save the Panda", broadcast on 30 October 1983 in what would become a regular time slot on Sunday evenings (where Series Editor Peter Jones claimed audiences were "hungry for natural history").[2] The World About Us continued until 1986.
The early Series Editors benefited from a generous budget, courtesy of a co-production partnership with the US broadcaster WNET.[2] The American channel was keen to commission material for its recently launched Nature strand on PBS. The first programme to benefit from the partnership was the 1982 mini-series The Flight of the Condor.[9] At the same time, researchers and field biologists were publishing many new discoveries about wildlife in scientific journals, providing the BBC with plentiful material for new programme ideas. As a result, the strand quickly expanded from 10 to 20 slots by 1985 and a number of special programmes were commissioned, helped by additional funding from BBC Enterprises (now BBC Worldwide).[2] Among them were the award-winning mini-series Kingdom of the Ice Bear (1985) and Vanishing Earth (1986).
David Attenborough has maintained a close association with Natural World throughout its long history, narrating or presenting around 50 episodes to date. In 2008, on the strand's 25th anniversary, he commented "I have no doubt that Natural World is not only the doyen and founding member of the 50-minute natural history genre but is still the one with the best and most distinguished record."[3]
In recent years, the number of Natural World programmes has reduced to 10 per series, and the strand no longer occupies a regular place in BBC Two's schedule. High-definition broadcasts of Natural World programmes started in 2008 on the BBC HD channel and following its closure are now simulcast on BBC Two HD.
Format, content and notable episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Natural World episodes
The World About Us helped to popularize the long-form documentary on British television thanks to its generous 50-minute length, a step up from the half-hour programmes which were more common at the time. Filmmakers were able to take advantage of this format to delve into a particular story in more detail, or cover broader themes.[10] More recently, the running time has been extended to 60 minutes.
The tone of the strand was set by its first Series Editor, Peter Jones, who gave his film-makers the time and budget to explore their subjects in more detail. He also decided to avoid a house style in favour of a flexible approach where the style was chosen to match the subject of the documentary. This freedom from stylistic constraints gave film-makers autonomy to make the programmes they wanted. As Natural World quickly established itself in the schedules, the Series Editors were able to take risks with unusual subjects which may otherwise have been avoided by broadcasters. According to Jones, "the idea was to give the audience a surprise each week. It was as far from the contemporary concept of formatted television as you could get."[2] Some of the more unusual subjects have included plankton, wasps, cephalopods and manure ("The Wonderful World of Dung", 1991).
Jones's successors have maintained the same ethos, mixing traditional "blue-chip" natural history[11] with different approaches to storytelling. Mike Gunton, Series Editor from 2001-2004, introduced more human elements into the programmes, granted filmmakers additional time in the field to get the shots they needed and continued to experiment with style. "Cats Under Serengeti Stars" was filmed entirely in black and white and "Dune" was told from the point of view of a grain of sand.[2]
In its current guise, Natural World programmes typically fall into three categories: strong, emotional stories; popular or unusual but interesting animal subjects; and films offering a different, personal perspective.[4] Filmmakers are granted up to 100 days in the field, depending on how much archive material can be used.
David Attenborough's notable episodes include the Echo of the Elephants films, which followed scientist Cynthia Moss and cameraman Martyn Colbeck on their lengthy study of an elephant herd in Kenya. In "Attenborough in Paradise" (1996), he fulfilled a lifelong ambition to observe and film the courtship displays of birds of paradise, whilst "The Amber Time Machine" (2004) saw him trace the origins of a piece of amber from the time of the dinosaurs. For "Attenborough's Ark", a 2012 special, he selected his 10 personal favourite species to save on an imaginary ark. The programme drew 3.2 million viewers, the strand's highest audience for eight years. Natural World's most-watched episode also featured Attenborough, this time as the narrator of "Highgrove, A Prince's Legacy" (2003). 4.8 million viewers watched Prince Charles explain the organic farming methods used on his Highgrove House estate.[2]
For many years, the series regularly included documentaries on British wildlife, but the commissioning editors no longer consider such programmes.[4] The last programme with a British theme was "An Unnatural History of London" in 2012, which featured the capital's urban wildlife. Another programme set in Britain, 2003's "My Halcyon River", became the most requested repeat by readers of Radio Times in the days following its transmission.[12]
Awards[edit]
Natural World programmes are regularly nominated at television industry awards and wildlife film festivals. Notable award-winners from the early years of the series include the 1986 Prix Italia for Vanishing Earth and an Emmy for cinematography for Kingdom of the Ice Bear. The Royal Television Society awarded Natural World the Best Documentary Strand in 1999[13] and photography prizes to the episodes "Mississippi, Tales of the Last River Rat" in 2005 and "Wye, Voices from the Valley" in 2007. "Mississippi, Tales of the Last River Rat" was also recognised at the Grierson Trust's British Documentary Awards in 2005.
Recent award-winning episodes include "A Tiger Called Broken Tail", overall winner at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in 2011 and Missoula's International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) in 2012, "Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies", a three-time winner at IWFF in 2012, "My Life As A Turkey", recipient of the Golden Panda at the Wildscreen Festival in 2012 and "Kangaroo Dundee", a prize-winner at Jackson Hole and IWFF in 2013.
Series Editors[edit]
Peter Jones (1983–1987) (also Series Editor of The World About Us 1979-1983)
Andrew Neal (1987–1989)
Mike Salisbury (1989–1993)
John Sparks (1993–1997)
Neil Nightingale (1997–2001)
Mike Gunton (2001–2004)
Tim Martin (2004–2011)
Steve Greenwood (2011–2013)
Roger Webb (2013–present)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Neil Nightingale joins BBC Worldwide". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Anderson, Kelly. "Nature focus: What a wonderful 'World'". Realscreen. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "Natural World celebrates 25 years". BBC Press Office. 2008-10-23.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Anderson, Kelly. "Wildscreen '12: The one-offs commissioners want". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "BBC Natural World 2014-2015 Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Parsons, Christopher (1982). True to Nature. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 254. ISBN 0-85059-530-4.
7.Jump up ^ "Oral History Chapter 8: The Arrival of Colour Television". WildFilmHistory. 2001-01-31.
8.Jump up ^ Attenborough, David (2002). Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster. BBC Books. p. 212. ISBN 0-563-48780-1.
9.Jump up ^ Anderson, Kelly. "Call of 'Nature'". Realscreen. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
10.Jump up ^ Bright, Michael (2007). 100 Years of Wildlife. BBC Books. p. 46. ISBN 1-84607-321-9.
11.Jump up ^ Bouse, Derek (2000). Wildlife Films. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0-8122-1728-4.
12.Jump up ^ "Charlie Hamilton James: Television". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "Programme Award Winners 1999". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
External links[edit]
Natural World at BBC Programmes
Natural World at the Internet Movie Database
 


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Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)
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Mark O'Shea
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Mark O'Shea at West Midland Safari Park 3 April 2005

Born
May 1956 (age 58)
Wolverhampton, England
Occupation
Herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer and television personality
Website
O'Shea's website
Mark O'Shea (born May 1956) is an English herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality. He is known internationally as the presenter of the Animal Planet/Discovery Channel series O'Shea's Big Adventure.


Contents  [hide]
1 Career 1.1 Television programs 1.1.1 Giant Snake and Black Mamba
1.1.2 O'Shea's Big Adventure
1.1.3 Other series
1.2 Publications
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

Career[edit]
Originally from Wolverhampton, Mark O'Shea moved to Shropshire in 2001. Since 1980, O'Shea has conducted herpetological fieldwork in over 30 countries on six continents but he has special interest in the Australo-Papuan region. He has worked in Papua New Guinea since 1986 when he first visited the country as a member of the scientific directing staff of Operation Raleigh. He continued fieldwork in the country as a member of the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine snakebite research team throughout the 1990s, and now researches there under the auspices of a fellowship from the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU), based in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Melbourne. In 2006 O'Shea designed a set of six postage stamps called "The Dangerous Snakes of Papua New Guinea", for Post PNG. The launch of these stamps coincided with the snakebite workshops and fieldwork O'Shea and his colleagues from AVRU were conducting in that country.
O'Shea is also involved in the Victor Valley College Tropical Research Initiative, initiated and led by Hinrich Kaiser. A primary aim of the project is to conduct the first herpetological survey of Timor-Leste and to provide education and research opportunities for local researchers in their native environment. An additional goal of this work is to educate the citizens of this country, Asia's newest, in issues related to conservation and sustainability.
He held the position of Curator of Reptiles at the West Midland Safari Park from 1987 until 2002 when he became Consultant Curator of Reptiles.
In 1993, O'Shea was bitten by a canebrake rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus) and almost died. He has been on the receiving end of several other snakebites, spider bites and scorpion stings.
Television programs[edit]
Giant Snake and Black Mamba[edit]
In 1997 and 1998, respectively, O'Shea made two films: Giant Snake in Venezuela and Black Mamba in South Africa.
O'Shea's Big Adventure[edit]
O'Shea's Big Adventure, or OBA, known as O'Shea's Dangerous Reptiles on Channel 4 in the UK, chronicles his many field excursions to find reptiles around the world. The programs were divided into four series, The Americas, Australasia & Pacific, South & Southeast Asia and Africa & South America. The first two series each contained 13 half-hour films, the latter two each comprised four one-hour films. They were filmed between 1999 and 2003 and have been aired worldwide.
Other series[edit]
Since OBA, he has filmed two episodes of the series Safari Park, charting the day-to-day activities of West Midland Safari Park and the Ongava Game Reserve, filming in the UK and Namibia, and has presented or appeared on other programs, including a report on the Dangerous Wild Animals Act for the BBC strand Inside Out, filming in the UK and the Netherlands.
O'Shea is represented by David Foster Management.
Publications[edit]
O'Shea has written several books, including A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea (1996), Dorling Kindersley's Handbook to Reptiles and Amphibians (2001, with Tim Halliday of The Open University), Venomous Snakes of the World (2005), and Boas and Pythons of the World (2007). He has also contributed chapters to books on subjects ranging from rainforest ecology to snakebite, and written numerous popular and scientific articles.
Honours[edit]
O'Shea is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club of New York. In November 2000 he received the Millennium Award for Services to Exploration (Zoology) from the British Chapter of The Explorers Club. The other recipients were Brian Jones (Aerospace), F. Story Musgrave (Artists), Michael Wood (History), Sylvia Earle (Marine Sciences), Sir Chris Bonington (Mountaineering), Buzz Aldrin (Outer Space), and Sir Ranulph Fiennes (Navigation).
He was Chairman of the International Herpetological Society (IHS) from 1983–86 and its President from 2003–06. In July 2010 the IHS awarded O'Shea with a life membership and fellowship for his "contributions to the Society and herpetology in general".
In September 2002 O'Shea received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wolverhampton, for "services to herpetology".
O'Shea is a patron of the National Association for Bikers with a Disability.[1] and the Small Woods Association.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ NABD Patrons, accessed 27 May 2009
External links[edit]
Graduate Feature: Mark O'Shea, University of Wolverhampton
Mark O'Shea's Reptile World, Official Website
O'Shea's Big Adventure at IMDb


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Ocean's Deadliest was a nature documentary hosted by Philippe Cousteau, Jr. and Steve Irwin. It was the final documentary made by Irwin by the time of his death, which occurred during filming.


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2 Broadcast
3 Impact of Irwin's death
4 External links

Documentary[edit]
The documentary was largely filmed around Irwin's research boat, Croc One. The pair filmed and sometimes even captured several deadly sea animals, including stonefish, sea snakes, great white sharks, cone snails, blue-ringed octopus, saltwater crocodiles and perhaps the world's deadliest venomous animal, the box jellyfish. According to Steve Irwin, one of the specimens, a Stokes' sea snake was the largest he had seen.[citation needed]
The team of researchers harvested venom from the stonefish and some of the sea snakes.
Broadcast[edit]
The documentary aired in the United States on 21 January 2007, on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel as a simulcast event. It aired on 22 January in Canada, in Australia on 29 January on the Nine Network, and in the United Kingdom on 15 April on ITV1.
Impact of Irwin's death[edit]
Irwin's widow, Terri, stated in an interview with Access Hollywood aired on 11 January 2007 that the documentary contains no footage that was shot the day he died, and that the footage of his injury and death had been destroyed. Cousteau filmed the remainder of the documentary weeks after Irwin's death.
Aside from a still image of Irwin with the text "In Memory of Steve Irwin", the documentary contains no mention of his death.
External links[edit]
Ocean's Deadliest at the Internet Movie Database
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Off the Hook: Extreme Catches
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Off the Hook: Extreme Catches

Format
Reality television
Recreational fishing
Starring
Eric Young
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
17
Production

Executive producer(s)
David Shadrack Smith
 Gregory Henry
Producer(s)
Dan Bree
Running time
30 minutes with commercials
Production company(s)
Part2 Pictures
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Original airing
July 30, 2012–present
External links
Website
Off the Hook: Extreme Catches is an American reality television series that airs on the Animal Planet and premiered on July 30, 2012. It's hosted by TNA superstar Eric Young, as he journeys out to meet and fish with the most unique fishermen he can find.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Premise
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1
3 References
4 External links

Premise[edit]
"Showtime" Eric Young, an avid yet novice outdoorsman and professional wrestler, is getting out of the ring and turning in his tights for some tackle. He's on the adventure of a lifetime to hear, smell and taste big and small stories of the one that got away. All across America, some fisherman go to extremes to haul in their catch - from using pantyhose on a rod and reel to catch sharks in the Atlantic Ocean to launching live bait with fire extinguishers on Lake Michigan and Young will try his hand at all of them. Using all sorts of unique bait, tackle, poles and transportation (and a little SPF), he is aiming to be the makeshift MacGyver of fishing while learning the best and most unique techniques this country has to offer! Showtime Eric Young is about to embark on the ultimate amateur angling road trip and quench his thirst for adventure. From New England shores to the California coast, Young seeks out the experts in extreme fishing styles that utilize nontraditional equipment like paddleboards, jet skis, fire extinguishers, kites, and even panty hose. The experiences push him to his physical and mental limits as he faces off with sailfish, sharks, and other ultimate catches of the country's waterways.
Episodes[edit]
Re-runs of episodes began airing on the Discovery Channel.[2]
Season 1[edit]

Title
Original Air Date
"Sailfish Smackdown" July 30, 2012
"Shark-a-mania" July 30, 2012
"Running with the Devil" August 12, 2012
"Amberjacked Up" August 19, 2012
"Skishing Hell Week" August 26, 2012
"Beard Gone Grabbling" September 2, 2012
"Go Ahead, Mako My Day!" September 16, 2012
"You Don't Know Jack... Crevalle" September 23, 2012
"Carpocalypse Now" September 30, 2012
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ ""Off the Hook: Extreme Catches" on Animal Planet".
2.Jump up ^ "OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES DEBUTS ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL".
External links[edit]
Off the Hook: Extreme Catches at the Internet Movie Database
 


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Orangutan Island
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Orangutan Island

Genre
Nature, documentary, drama
Created by
Judith Curran
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
26
Production

Executive producer(s)
Martha Ripp
Producer(s)
Judith Curran
Location(s)
Borneo
Cinematography
Season 2 - Alex Hubert
Running time
30 minutes
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
November 2, 2007 – March 11, 2009
External links
Website
Orangutan Island is an American documentary television series, in the style of the successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration.[1] The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer. Animal Planet's Martha Ripp is the executive producer of the series, and Lone Drøscher Nielsen of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, the founder and manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project, regularly appears with the orangutans in the show. The series premiered on Animal Planet on November 2, 2007, with new episodes airing Friday nights.[2] A second season began airing in November 2008.
The show focuses on a group of orphaned orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center that are raised to go against their normally independent nature and instead cooperate and live together in a society so they can be left to live wild on their protected island.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Orangutans
2 Production details
3 Episodes 3.1 Season 1: 2007-2008
3.2 Season 2: 2008-2009
4 Events since the end of the series
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Orangutans[edit]
Alibaba is a resourceful orangutan who hunts other orangutans. After studying the Teknisi and learning that they use water bottles as traps, Alibaba has become adept at raiding the other orangutans hideouts to take the flesh for himself.
The Bandit Boys are a group of five- and six-year-old males that formed in baby school. Known for being mischief makers, the group likes to engage in food fights and wrestling matches. Donald, "the Apprentice," is a six-year-old male who came to Nyaru Menteng with Daisy. Though they were close in forest school, Donald becomes the sidekick of the larger Chen Chen, enabling him to live a mostly worry-free life. During the series, he falls victim to an unknown illness but is able to recover. In the season premiere of Season 2, Donald died of blood poisoning. Orangutan Outreach, an affiliate of the rescue group Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation, also reported that Donald had died.[4]
Mercury is one of the victims of the mysterious illness.
Milo is the one who caused Bonita's retreat to the comforting Papau.
Rocky fights with Milo for dominance when Hamlet leaves.
Saturnus is the island's smallest male and is constantly seeking attention and discovering ways to turn anything into a toy. His love of pranks earns him the nickname of "Clown."
Togar is one of the original bandit boys, but after falling victim to the strange illness that struck the island, his role in the society is shaken. When he returns to the island, he is hesitant and fearful but eventually finds his place again.
Barata is Oren's best friend.
Bertha is the island's biggest female. She catches the eye of Saturnus, the island's smallest male.
Bonita is a five-and-a-half-year-old female who tends to be independent and something of a loner. When the Bandit Boys bully her, she quickly loses her confidence and runs away crying. Bonita's mother was killed by poachers wanting to sell Bonita as a pet, but she was rescued and taken to the Nyaru Menteng Rescue Center, where she entered baby school.
Bule is a Palas Island Male who even impressed Daisy when she first saw him. Hamlet has tried to psych him out. He is bigger than Hamlet but a real gentle orangutan.
Cha Cha is a six-year-old female who first came to the Nyaru Menteng Rescue Center when she was 18 months old. She viewed Lone Droscher Nielsen as her surrogate mother and was initially devastated at being separated from her. Her refusal to adapt to the island causes Nielsen to question whether Cha Cha can be an independent orangutan; however, Cha Cha soon bonds with the more boisterous Daisy and comes to accept her new home.
Chakra is the male invader from Palas Island who attempt to steal a bunch of bananas but is defeated by Mogok.
Chen Chen is an eight-year-old male who is missing his left eye because of an accident when he was a baby. Although Chen Chen is one of the largest and most dominant males on Orangutan Island, newcomer Hamlet has come to challenge his position. However, in episode six he and Hamlet cooperate in raiding a Teknisi supply boat. Later on, Chen Chen retires from being dominant male, and leaves the battle between Hamlet and Reno.
Chilli appears in episode 1 of season 2 alongside Pickle and Peanut.
Compost is a six-year-old female who came to Nyaru Menteng on August 29, 2003, still basically wild. She lost one of her ears after receiving an electrical shock. Compost, who is named after famed wildlife photographer Alain Compost, is nicknamed "The Photographer."
Daisy is a feisty and determined six-year-old female who takes no prisoners. Daisy came to forest school with Donald. When Donald starts bonding with Chen Chen, Daisy becomes something of a tomboy and shows that she can hold her own in an altercation. Her willingness to stand up to bullies earned her the nickname "Sheriff Daisy." Brave, determined, and sometimes rebellious, Daisy is one of the island's best foragers. Showing she can also be gentle, Daisy befriends the less confident Cha Cha.
Guy is a Palas Island male who mostly hangs out with Manisa.
Hamlet, called the "Intruder," is a 10-year-old male who escapes from the nearby Palas Island to make his home on Orangutan Island. In his first appearance on the show, he kidnaps Jasmine. However, despite this rude introduction, his five years of experience in the wild enables him to help the less experienced newcomers survive their first rainy season. Towards the end of season 1, Hamlet is deposed by Reno and then builds a relationship with Papau. Eventually Hamlet regains his position.
Hardi is a newborn baby who appears with his mother, Kiki, in season 2.
Hercules is a 20-year-old male. He is more aggressive than other adult orangutans on Orangutan Island. This Orangutan is not on Orangutan Island
Jasmine is a darker-colored, six-year-old female who is popular with the young males on the island, earning her the nickname of "Femme Fatale." Confident and self-sufficient, she rarely gets time away from her admirers.
Jordan is a six-year-old who came to Nyaru Menteng after being rescued from an illegal stage show, where he was trained to wrestle with other orangutans. Having been stolen from his mother while still a baby, he has little experience interacting with other orangutans and enters the island at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Jordan once attacked alpha male Hamlet with a bottle, but Hamlet seemed to be understanding and didn't punish him severely. Owing to a deviated septum, Jordan has a constantly running nose. In episode 4, he attempted to drink the engine oil out of a bottle he has found, which would have killed him had the Teknisi not spotted him in time.
Jupiter is a female who takes a liking to water. She discovers a new food source, fish.
Kacio is a six-year-old female who shows that Chen Chen has a soft side by playing with him on the platform in episode 3. She is also a friend of Yeyen and Nadi.
Kiki is a 15-year-old female. Kiki was kept as a pet in a cage under a house, and she could not walk or climb when she was rescued—she rolled everywhere. She was released to Palas Island and now has become a regular on Orangutan Island.
Komo, a Palas Island male, could possibly take Chen Chen's position in the hierarchy.
Mac is a Palas Island male who visited Orangutan Island with Hamlet in Season 1. Something of a bully, he has tried to challenge Hamlet for dominance; he also makes Hamlet jealous.
Mangis was rescued when she was a toddler. Her nickname is "Spoilt Princess" because she is always lazy.
Manisa is a Palas Island female with looks similar to those of Sayla and Nor. Despite her large size, she is really a quiet and sweet orangutan.
Marly was introduced to Tati when Tati first came to Orangutan Island.
Mego is a Palas Island male. He came to Orangutan Island in season 2.
Mentos is a Palas Island female, part of the Palas Island Girl Gang, who is known for beating up Mangis and acting tough. She likes to assert her dominance whenever she can.
Mogok is a brave young male who challenges the much larger invader Chakra by stealing back the group's bananas. Earlier on in the season Mogok went missing, prompting Lone and the Teknisi to form a search party. Mogok is eventually found on the opposite side of the 100-acre (0.40 km2) island six days later, looking perfectly healthy. His six-day survival was a good sign for his fellow orangutans.
Mustafa is also one of the adults on Orangutan Island. He was released into Nyaru Menteng's new 10-acre (40,000 m2) forest.
Nadi was found in a small cage outside of a house suffering from severe malnourishment. Nadi hates boat rides after having been transported to Nyaru Menteng in a boat and has to be sedated during the boat trip to Palas 2. Hypervigilant, she is quick to sound the alarm at the first sign of potential danger. After a scuffle with Daisy, Nadi is bitten by a pit viper but recovers with the help of Nielsen.
Nor is a Palas Island female who wants to attack Mangis. She spies the Teknisi and the other Orangutan Island orangutans searching for Mangis.
Oren is Barata's best friend.
Oyoy was an independent male. After he went missing in episode 3, he was found dead, facedown in the river. Lone believes he fell out of a tree.
Papau at nine years of age is the oldest female on the island and is known for her maternal manner. She often cares for the shyer Bonita. Towards the end of season 1, she forms a bond with Hamlet.
Peanut is a two-year-old male orphan who appeared on episode 1 in season 2.
Pickle is Lone's roommate on episode 1 in season 2.
Randang is a female orangutan two to two and a half years old. When Bonita is sent to forest school to recover from an illness, Randang keeps climbing on Bonita's back as if she were her mother.
Reno is a six-year-old male who uses Hamlet's absence to challenge Chen Chen's dominance. He is strong, clever and a totally mean bully. He, along with Hamlet and Chen Chen, is one of the strongest on the island, and was the main antagonist of the Season 1 finale.
Ruby is a three-year-old female whose mother was killed by poachers. She is saved and sent to the Nyaru Menteng Rescue Center. On the first episode in season 2, she is bitten by a macaque.
Sayla is a Palas Island female, part of the Palas Island Girl Gang. She usually has mud on her face.
Suka is introduced to Tati when Tati first arrives at Nyaru Menteng.
Tati is a two-year-old female who was kept in a cage by a hunter for three weeks. When she came to Nyaru Menteng Rescue Center, she was a bit aggressive at first but later on calmed down and joins the forest school. Her first friends were Suka and Marly.
Ujung is a 12-year-old male and Hamlet's old friend from Palas Island, Also befriends Jordan.
Yeyen is the mate of Chen Chen and is known for her ability to walk upright in water.
Production details[edit]
Anne Russon, a psychologist who has conducted extensive research in primate intelligence is acting as a scientific adviser for the series. Lone Drøscher Nielsen is the founder and project manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Reintroduction Center and regularly appears in the show interacting with and caring for the orangutan orphans.
Episodes[edit]
Season 1: 2007-2008[edit]

#
Title
Airdate

1
"New Beginnings" November 2, 2007
The new orangutans are introduced to their rescue center. Upon reaching the centre, a team of intellectually superior sloths share technology with them, showing the primitive orangutans star maps of the cosmos, the disadvantages of unsanitary living such as the black death and cholera, and how to relax. The orangutans concluded at the end of the episode that sloths truly are an advances species, and should have conservation priority over the orangutans, simply because of their wealth of knowledge and beauty.
2
"The Intruder" November 9, 2007
Hamlet, an older, larger male from a neighboring island, comes to the island and attempts to kidnap Jasmine, although his attempts are foiled by the bandit boys, Saturnus, and Daisy.
3
"Lost" November 16, 2007
The wet season arrives and Oyoy and Mogok become independent. Mogok successfully survives 6 days alone, but Oyoy dies when he falls into the growing river.
4
"Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost" November 30, 2007
The orangutans drop much of their food into the growing river, and use the help of Hamlet to get it back. Jordan almost dies after opening and attempting to drink a bottle of engine oil, and Cha Cha has a close call with a snake.
5
"Break Out" December 7, 2007
Chen Chen, Cha Cha, and Daisy discover that the electric fence separating Orangutan Island, and neighboring Palas Island is not functioning properly, and two Palas Island males get across. They are rounded up by the Teknisi, but Cha Cha is missing.
6
"Growing Pains" December 14, 2007
All of the orangutans are inspected for the first time by Lone and their vet, Tim. Milo bullies Bonita, and Cha Cha is found all alone in the forest.
7
"Orangutan 911" December 21, 2007
Donald catches a mysterious disease that spreads throughout the island.
8
"Eaten Alive" January 11, 2008
An invisible menace is threatening Orangutan Island, and at the Nyaru Menteng Clinic veterinarians work around the clock to unravel the mystery behind Donald, Togar, Mercury and Bonita's illness. Back on the island, fears of an epidemic worsen when Bertha is found to have an abscess.
9
"House of Cards" January 18, 2008
Jordan, the main outsider of the group, becomes more active with Chen Chen and seems to be good at climbing trees. Alibaba finds a jackfruit, and it is shared, but Daisy wants Nadi to share it with her, and doesn't let Nadi onto the platforms. Nadi is bitten by a pit viper.
10
"River's Rewards" January 25, 2008
Nadi is treated for a snakebite. She recovers and is sent back to the island. Alibaba raids the fish traps that the Teknisi set up, and earns a higher place in the group's social status.
11
"Rumble in the Jungle" February 1, 2008
Most of the orangutans sleep on the forest floor, but they are vulnerable to predators and it is not safe, so Lone tries to build a platform in the tree canopy, away from the ground, to encourage them to sleep in the trees.
12
"Who Rules?" February 8, 2008
Lone's risky plan to encourage the orphaned orangutans to spend more time in the treetops has a fatal flaw. But she isn't going to be discouraged and works on a new solution. At the same time, the island is simmering with tension over who will fill the leadership void until the unexpected return of Hamlet. But his reappearance doesn't immediately resolve the issue as another showdown begins.
13
"Many Happy Returns" February 15, 2008
For the anniversary of the island, Lone comes for a visit.
Season 2: 2008-2009[edit]

#
Title
Airdate

1
"Cheating Extinction" February 24, 2008
New orangutan orphans just arrived at Nyaru Menteng Rescue Center.
2
"An Animal In Paradise" March 2, 2008
It's been 18 months since Forest School class 103 arrived on the island, and 32 of the original 35 orangutans remain, life on the island is still unpredictable. In this episode, two travelers must put their lives at risk to help the orangutans, revealing the greatest surprise yet on Orangutan Island.
3
"No Borders" March 9, 2008
There are new arrivals on the island--mother Kiki and her nine-month-old son, Hardi, who came from bordering Palas Island. Although there is an electric fence dividing the two islands, Project Manager Lone Droscher-Nielson quickly realizes that it doesn’t work when Kiki and her son arrive unscathed.
4
"Sink Or Swim" March 16, 2008
The bold open border experiment continues, but will the weakest of the orphans end up paying too heavy a price? A wily Palas Island adventurer is already looking to settle an old score.
5
"Fight Club" March 23, 2008
Anarchy rules as a vicious battle erupts to fill the power vacuum left by Hamlet. The stakes are high as tenacious contender Reno vies for dominance, but now he must compete with the older, menacing Palas Island males.
6
"Kindred Spirits" March 30, 2008
There's calm since Hamlet's return, but it is mostly an uneasy peace between the Orangutan and Palas Island orangutans.
7
"We Are Family" March 6, 2008
Exhausted from her motherly duties with baby Hardi, Kiki will never get a break unless she decides to let the other females do the unthinkable – babysit! Meanwhile, vulnerable Mangis is put to the test.
8
"Where There Is Smoke" March 13, 2008
Reno's attempt to find his place in the society of Orangutan Island turns play into disaster, especially for Chen Chen. Meanwhile, Saturnus' naughty act sheds light on the current societal hierarchy.
9
"Double Edged Sword" March 20, 2008
Hamlet takes a walk on the wild side, which could compromise his entire future. Meanwhile, a plump Chen Chen returns from the clinic fully mended but with no one to greet him.
10
"Teen Angst" March 28, 2008
Lone wrestles with how to ensure Bonita's health without devastating the emotional health of her two-year-old foster daughter, Randang. Meanwhile, hormone-fueled Palas Island males go on a rampage, targeting mom Kiki.
11
"Chain Reaction" March 4, 2008
After an accident while play-fighting, Jordan faces amputation if an x-ray machine doesn't arrive in time. Later, Jupiter's attempt to become the feminine counterpart to Chen Chen's "demolition man" sets off a chain reaction with Bonita-the unintended and unsuspecting victim.
12
"A Walk On The Wild Side" March 11, 2008
Hamlet's dominance is suddenly in question when Lone learns that the vulnerable Bonita has left the island sanctuary after her run-in. It is a race against time to find Bonita before it is too late. The youngster is not mature enough to live in the wild alone and poachers are a constant threat.
13
"Moving On" March 17, 2008
Lone is negotiating with the government for a bigger island in order to alleviate overcrowding at Nyaru Menteng. The new island will force its inhabitants such as Cha Cha, Saturnus, Jordan, and Daisy to adapt to the wild and survive in rougher terrain.
Events since the end of the series[edit]
Lone Drøscher Nielsen was forced to leave Nyaru Menteng for a time due to health reasons but returned in late 2012. "Two years ago my doctor told me to move back to Europe. My health could not keep up with life in the rainforest anymore, and I got an infection which turned out to be life threatening. In the spring I finally received green light to return home to my wonderful red friends at Nyaru Menteng. Though at first only for a trial period to see if my health could keep up. Luckily my health kept up fine with my Borneo visit and my three weeks in the forest passed without problems."[5]
Releasing rehabilitated orangutans to their natural habitat is the ultimate goal of orangutan sanctuaries. A notable first for the "cast" of Orangutan Island occurred on February 15, 2013. Mogok became the first of the orangutans depicted in the series to be released to the wild as part of a group of five semi-wild and 15 rehabilitated orangutans who were transported from the Central Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction Program at Nyaru Menteng to pre-selected release points in Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest over a period of three days.[6] One day later, February 16, Alibaba became the second orangutan from the series to be released.[7]
After spending a few months in the wild, Mogok contracted a massive threadworm infection, and trackers found him very weak. He was evacuated back to Nyaru Menteng in late August 2013. Despite 24-hour veterinary treatment, he died on September 12, 2013. Ms. Nielsen admitted, "It is extremely sad to lose an orangutan that we worked so hard to rehabilitate and return to the wild, but we were always realistic from the start that not all of our orangutans would make it – even wild orangutans die in the forest to illness or injuries."[8]
To coincide with the 68th anniversary of Indonesia's independence, a group of 18 orangutans gained their independence so-to-speak by being released into Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest over two days, August 16–17, 2013. Among that group was Bule, who became the third "star" of Orangutan Island to be released back to the wild.[9]
At the end of November 2013, two more "stars" of Orangutan Island were released. Daisy became the "sheriff" of Butik Batikap Conservation Forest upon her release.[10] The following day, Bertha went to her new home in the forest.[11]
Some other Orangutan Island "stars" have died at Nyaru Menteng since the series concluded.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
Orangutan Diary
The Disenchanted Forest
The Burning Season
References[edit]
General – basic episode information"Episode Guide: Orangutan Island". Animal Planet. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
"Episode Guide". Orangutan Island Press Materials. Discovery. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
General – basic orangutans in show"Meet the Orangutans: Orangutan Island". Animal Planet. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
Specific
1.Jump up ^ McFarland, Melanie (2007-10-25). "Why is 'Meerkat' tragedy so tough to take? It's personal". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
2.Jump up ^ "Animal Planet Forges New Ground to Witness the Birth of a Fledgling Jungle Society on Orangutan Island". Animal Planet. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
3.Jump up ^ Orangutan Outreach: About the Islands
4.Jump up ^ "A Tribute to Donald". Orangutan Outreach. Retrieved 2008-11-19.[dead link]
5.Jump up ^ http://www.opf.org/?p=1218
6.Jump up ^ http://goingback2dforest.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/news-from-bukit-batikap-part-2/
7.Jump up ^ http://goingback2dforest.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/news-from-batikap-part-3-final/
8.Jump up ^ http://orangutan.or.id/circle-of-life-in-batikap/?lang=EN
9.Jump up ^ http://goingback2dforest.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/press-release-happy-independence-day-orangutans/
10.Jump up ^ http://orangutan.or.id/day-2-the-journey-of-8-orangutans-reintroduced-into-bukit-batikap/
11.Jump up ^ http://orangutan.or.id/day-3-the-return-of-9-orangutans-to-bukit-batikap-and-3-cross-province-orangutan-release-candidates/
External links[edit]
Official Site on Animal Planet
Orangutan Outreach
Orangutan Island at TV.com
NHNZ
 


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The Pet Psychic
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The Pet Psychic

Presented by
Sonya Fitzpatrick
Country of origin
United States
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
June 3, 2002 – January 1, 2003
The Pet Psychic is an hour-long television program that was broadcast on the Animal Planet network in the United States. The show was created by Yehuda Goldman and co-created by Todd Thompson, and senior broadcast executive Todd Mason, who also served as the shows Executive Producer. The program premiered on June 3, 2002 and featured Sonya Fitzpatrick as a psychic who claimed she could communicate with various animals including audience members' departed pets. Subject animals included the normal cats and dogs as well as horses, various birds and farm animals.
The program was scheduled on Monday evenings beginning at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. The last regular airing of the program was on January 1, 2003. Animal Planet schedules no further broadcasts.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Background of Sonya Fitzpatrick
2 Notes
3 Further reading
4 External links

Background of Sonya Fitzpatrick[edit]
As a young girl in England, Sonya learned early of her alleged unusual ability to feel the emotions and physical aches and pains of her terrier dog. One year her family raised three geese on their farm. Sonya became very attached to the fowls and believed she could feel their thoughts and emotions. When her father killed the geese for the family Christmas meal, she realized that no one else in her family had the same attachments to the animals. She then decided to make every effort to ignore her alleged unique abilities.[2]
Around 1994, Sonya reconnected with her alleged psychic abilities and used her alleged telepathic skills to serve as a conduit for all types of animals. She attempts to use her alleged talent to explain pets’ behavioral problems and ailments.
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Summary of Pet Psychic at TV.com
2.Jump up ^ Sonya Fitpatrick official website
Further reading[edit]
Farha, Bryan (2003). "Stupid "Pet Psychic" Tricks". In Shermer, Michael. Skeptic (The Skeptics Society) 10 (1). ISSN 1063-9330. OCLC 26183324. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
External links[edit]
The Pet Psychic at the Internet Movie Database
The Pet Psychic at TV.com
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Pet Star
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Pet Star

Format
Documentary/Sports
Starring
Mario Lopez
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
52
Production

Location(s)
Toluca Lake, California
Running time
60 minutes
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
2002 – 2005
Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez.
The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10.
In the end, the three pets (or more in the case of ties) with the highest score come out as finalists, and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000.
There were many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant, Mackenzie Phillips, Billy West, James Avery, George Wallace, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, John O'Hurley, Vanessa Lengies, Dom Irrera, Carol Leifer, Andy Kindler, Melissa Rivers, Meshach Taylor, Kaley Cuoco, Rosa Blasi, Jeff Cesario, Karri Turner, Peter Scolari, Bruce Jenner, Fred Willard, Shari Belafonte, Josh Meyers, Lori Petty, Ben Stein, Richard Jeni, Ken Howard, Paul Gilmartin, Maria Menounos, Tempestt Bledsoe, David Brenner and Amy Davidson.
Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.
The winner of Pet Star's first season was Skidboot from Quinlan, Texas. Skidboot died in March 2007; he was owned by David Hartwig. Finalists were Stunt Dog performer John Misita [1] and Stunt Dog performer Kyra Sundance.
The winner of Pet Star's second season was a troupe of 9 dogs owned by circus performer Johnny Peers of Sarasota, Florida.
The winner of Pet Star's third season was Spencer Lococo, a male Rhodesian Ridgeback mixed breed from Lexington, Kentucky. His owner is John Flowers. Spencer won a place in the finals through the wild card show.
One contestant from Pet Star, Smithfield the painting pig appeared on America's Got Talent. Another contestant on Pet Star was a tomcat named Tyler, who played Spot the cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation during the last season after serving as an understudy for several years.
External links[edit]
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Petsburgh USA was an American television program about pets, that premiered in 1998. It was hosted by Brianne Leary and was filmed at a soundstage in the Disney-MGM Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
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Pit Boss (TV series)
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Pit Boss
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Also known as
Pit Boss XL
Format
Reality television
Starring
Shorty Rossi
 Ashley Brooks
 Ronald Lee Clark
 Sebastian Saraceno
Theme music composer
Keith Mansfield
Opening theme
"Funky Fanfare"
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
53
Production

Location(s)
Los Angeles, California
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
Intuitive Entertainment
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
January 16, 2010 – March 30, 2013
External links
Website
Pit Boss is an American television series docudrama that follows Shorty Rossi, owner of Shorty's Rescue, an organization set up for Pit Bull rescue. The series aired on Animal Planet from January 16, 2010 to March 30, 2013.


Contents  [hide]
1 Series overview
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1
2.2 Season 2
2.3 Season 3
2.4 Season 4
2.5 Season 5
2.6 Season 6
3 Former staff
4 Newer Staff
5 External links

Series overview[edit]
Shorty Rossi, an ex-con and talent manager of Shortywood Productions, developed a passion for pit bulls when he was a teenager. Because of this, he created "Shorty's Rescue." Its main purpose: to rescue and rehabilitate pit bulls, the most misunderstood breed of dogs in the Greater Los Angeles area. Shorty enlisted the help of Sebastian, Ashley, and Ronald. Throughout the series, Shorty and his crew overcome many perils while carrying out their rescue efforts. Shorty's Rescue relies heavily on donations, so they host car washes, pet expos, etc., to raise money. In the season 6 finale, they return to see Shortywood has been destroyed.

Season
Episodes
Season premiere
Season finale
 1 6 January 16, 2010 February 27, 2010
 2 14 July 17, 2010 October 23, 2010
 3 8 January 29, 2011 March 26, 2011
 4 7 July 16, 2011 August 27, 2011
 5 6 January 14, 2012 February 18, 2012
 6 12 January 5, 2013 March 30, 2013
Episodes[edit]
Season 1[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
1 "Dogged Pursuit" January 16, 2010
Shorty Rossi, an ex-con who runs a talent-management company, and his friends rescue and rehabilitate pit bulls in Los Angeles. In the series opener, Shorty runs into trouble while trying to find an abandoned dog's owner.
Enhanced XL episode aired on June 5, 2010.
2
2 "The Big Dog Is Back" January 23, 2010
Shorty retrieves a mistreated pit bull from its negligent owner. Later, he tries to rescue a dog about to be euthanized at a shelter.
Enhanced XL episode aired on June 12, 2010.
3
3 "All in the Family" January 30, 2010
The team tries to help a man who is struggling to make ends meet keep his pooch. Meanwhile, Ronald is unhappy about a job that involves wearing a crawfish costume.
Enhanced XL episode aired on June 19, 2010.
4
4 "Home Sweet Home" February 13, 2010
Actress Linda Blair helps Shorty after he rescues 10 puppies; the team has difficulty finding a home for a rambunctious pit bull.
Enhanced XL episode aired on July 5, 2010.
5
5 "Ashley's Big Adventure" February 20, 2010
An abandoned pit bull is left at Shorty's office and Ashley tries to find a home for it. Meanwhile, Shorty takes his dog to an audition and must convince the director that a pit bull can play the role.
Enhanced XL episode aired on July 5, 2010.
6
6 "The Biggest Little Car Wash" February 27, 2010
In the first-season finale, Shorty organizes a fund-raiser to offset the cost of his dog rescues. Elsewhere, Ronald loses his cool with an acting coach.
Enhanced XL episode aired on July 5, 2010.
Season 2[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
7 "The Boss Is Back" July 17, 2010
Shorty and his staff settle into their new offices, then probe the case of a stray pit bull that may have been involved in dog fighting, causing Shorty to break one of his own rules.
2
8 "Shorty Goes Medieval" July 24, 2010
When animal control threatens to take a pit bull from a Long Beach trucking employee, Shorty intervenes in an attempt to help; Sebastian joins Ronald in working with the aggressive acting coach; the crew is tapped to work the Renaissance Fair.
3
9 "Surprise, Surprise" July 31, 2010
Sebastian, Ronald and Ashley volunteer at an animal shelter and rescue a pit bull from being euthanized; a soldier's pit bull is confiscated; Ashley explores her comedic interest at an area comedy club; Shorty plans Ashley and Ronald's birthday bash.
4
10 "Breaking Away" August 7, 2010
Ronald, Sebastian, Ashley and Hercules audition for film roles that require little people and dogs; Sebastian ponders his future when his girlfriend, Shea visits; Shorty and Ashley provide assistance for an abused pit bull in need of medical help.
5
11 "Show Me the Money" August 14, 2010
Shorty complains of back pain, then goes on the radio to set the record straight about Pits; Hercules is given a gig that no one in the staff agrees with; staff members auction themselves to raise money at the Pet Expo.
6
12 "Shorty's Family Reunion" August 21, 2010
Shorty is inspired to contact his adoptive family after he helps a 14-year-old in his efforts to persuade a neighbor to neuter his dog; Ashley seeks advice from professional comic James Davis on perfecting her stand-up routine.
7
13 "Breeders and Followers" August 28, 2010
Shorty finds an abandoned dog in a high-end foreclosed home; Ashley books a gig; Sebastian moves into his new apartment.
8
14 "Shorty Knows Best" September 11, 2010
Shorty and his team get an emergency phone call about a pit bull locked inside an abandoned car; Ronald's best friend from college visits and they share a week of partying and fun.
9
15 "Smackdown!" September 18, 2010
A parolee from Utah has to choose between saving his family pit bull and going back to jail. Shorty, Sebastian, and Ronald teams up with an MMA club to promote an anti-dogfight campaign.
10
16 "The Seventh Dwarf" September 25, 2010
Shorty and his team help save a pit bull and a dalmatian tied to a post in LA's Skid Row.
11
17 "Back Behind Bars" October 2, 2010
Shorty returns to the California Youth Authority, a juvenile reform facility where he once stayed.
12
18 "Great Balls of Fire" October 9, 2010
Shorty searches for a stray pit bull and find a surprise when looking for the animal in an RV yard; Ashley consults a booking agent about the future of her career in comedy; Sebastian performs a fire-breathing stunt during a luau.
13
19 "The Great Escape" October 16, 2010
Shorty surprises his staff with an R & R trip to Mexico, but the fun is cut short when one of Shorty's pit bulls, Dominico, goes missing.
14
20 "So Long, Shorty" October 23, 2010
A dangerous dog rescue leaves Shorty hurt, and his sister rushes to his bedside. Also, due to acting classes, Ronald quits working for Shorty.
Season 3[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
21 "Shorty Breaks In" January 29, 2011
Shorty goes to extreme measures to save three pit bulls trapped in a house. Meanwhile, Sebastian and Ashley strive to perform at their best after Ronald walks out.
Enhanced XL episode aired on March 12, 2011.
2
22 "The Showdown" February 5, 2011
Six rescued pit bulls are living in crates in the Shortywood office as Shorty feels extreme pressure to secure their placement in foster homes as soon as possible in order to stave off an upheaval among the members of his staff.
Enhanced XL episode aired on March 12, 2011.
3
23 "Pit Bulls & Paintball" February 12, 2011
Shorty and Sebastian experience a harrowing encounter with a group of wayward teenagers that uses stray dogs for target practice with their paintball guns as their attempts to stop it cause the situation to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, Shorty searches for a new employee for Shortywood.
Enhanced XL episode aired on February 19, 2011.
4
24 "Shorty Goes Home" February 19, 2011
Shorty reunites with his estranged parents in Texas, but the outcome isn't exactly what he anticipated; Sebastian takes part in a troublesome rescue that ultimately leaves him and five pit bull puppies in an uncomfortable predicament, and enlists Ronald's help. Ronald makes a compelling argument to Shorty about why he deserves to have his job back.
Enhanced XL episode aired on February 26, 2011.
5
25 "The Prodigal Son Returns" February 26, 2011
Shorty rehires Ronald, which is upsetting to Amanda; Shorty and his crew must work within a limited time frame to save an injured pit bull; Amanda has goofed on her casting video auditions; Ashley enters a comedy competition.
Enhanced XL episode aired on March 5, 2011.
6
26 "Little Chippendales" March 5, 2011
Amanda books a major gig for Shortywood that involves Ronald and Sebastian participating in the famous Chippendales male dance revue, but they must get waxed before they can attend rehearsals; Shorty visits the pet resort at which he used to work.
Enhanced XL episode aired on March 19, 2011.
7
27 "Shorty the Ghostbuster" March 19, 2011
A pet owner wants to adopt one of Shorty's pit bulls, but she would first like for Shorty to join her in a séance to ask if her deceased dog approves; Ronald rushes back to his hometown to spend time with his ailing parents.
Enhanced XL episode aired on March 26, 2011.
8
28 "Shorty's Confession" March 26, 2011
To rescue group owner Shorty Rossi's disappointment, he has acquired an abundance of pit bulls, and is extremely unsuccessful when he attempts to find a sufficient number of quality homes for all of the canines he has rescued.
Enhanced XL episode aired on June 16, 2011.
Season 4[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
29 "Dreams Come True" July 16, 2011
A nighttime rescue in a deserted building in downtown Los Angeles goes horribly wrong when Sebastian is not able to hear Shorty's shouts for assistance; Shorty and his team go to great lengths to fulfill a young Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient's wish.
Enhanced XL episode aired on July 23, 2011.
2
30 "Death in Denver" July 23, 2011
Shorty goes to Denver to try to change the minds of lawmakers who have passed breed-specific legislation that bans pit bulls from being inside the city limits; Shorty helps reunite a pit bull owner with her dogs and joins a nonviolent protest.
Enhanced XL episode aired on August 27, 2011.
3
31 "Pit Bulls and Pinot Noir" July 30, 2011
Shorty and his team help raise money for an impounded dog in serious need of a leg operation; Shorty attempts to convince the owners of three abused pit bulls to surrender their dogs; Ashley gets stage fright prior to her improvisational performance.
Enhanced XL episode aired on August 27, 2011.
4
32 "Bad Owners, Mad Neighbors" August 6, 2011
Shorty goes on a rescue by himself to save a friend's trapped pit bull, and he comes face-to-face with an irritated neighbor who is not fond of the breed; Sebastian and Ronald are given the opportunity to co-star in a major motion picture; Ashley gets stage fright prior to her improvisational performance.
Enhanced XL episode aired on August 27, 2011.
5
33 "For Our Fans" August 13, 2011
A "Best Of" special episode that takes a look back at some memorable moments from the series. In addition to highlights, Shorty and his crew share outtakes, bloopers and unseen footage from action-packed rescues.
6
34 "The Betrayal" August 20, 2011
Shorty renews his commitment to hold a series of frequent pit bull-only adoption events. Meanwhile, Sebastian books a secret entertainment gig on the side to help pay for his new hearing aids and convinces Ronald and Ashley to help out.
Enhanced XL episode aired on August 27, 2011.
7
35 "Separate Ways" August 27, 2011
Shorty's angry confrontation with Sebastian leaves everyone at Shortywood reeling. Meanwhile, Sebastian and Ronald get cast as actors in the opportunity of a lifetime, and consider leaving Shorty's Rescue for good.
Season 5[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
36 "Trouble in Shortywood" January 14, 2012
Shorty and Ashley call on Hercules to find a puppy locked in a car before time runs out; a rescue in a graveyard goes terribly wrong, and Shorty's new employees are caught in a deadly situation.
2
37 "Crossroads" January 21, 2012
Shorty and his new rescue crew hear about a stranded pit bull In a train yard and spring into action; choppy water and a drifting houseboat put an operation and lives in peril; Ashley attempts to convince Ronald and Sebastian to return to Shorty's Rescue.
3
38 "Mending Fences" January 28, 2012
Sebastian goes on a rescue mission at a horse stable in hopes of repairing his damaged relationship with Shorty; a situation gets out of hand when a pit bull faces off with an agitated mare; Ashley tries to show Shorty that she can be a good manager.
4
39 "When Good Rescues Go Bad" February 4, 2012
Shorty Rossi and Sebastian Saraceno's lives are in danger when a seemingly normal rescue that involves a severely abused pit bull goes wrong; Shorty learns that pit bull is terminally ill, and he faces a devastating decision.
5
40 "Four Feet Tall and Rising" February 18, 2012
Ashley returns from a trip to Maryland and decides to step up her game by booking a big-time client, but when she lands the gig, it jeopardizes her friendship with Mikey; Shorty visits his sister and breaks big news about his upcoming tell-all book.
6
41 "The Roast" February 18, 2012
Shorty is determined to help financially strapped Dawn with a rescue; Shorty volunteers to raise money by appearing as the guest of honor at a roast; Shorty has no idea what is in store for him when he takes center stage with Ashley performing. Shorty Goes back to the L.A. River to save a stranded pit bull that is chained up.
Season 6[edit]

Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate

1
42 "When the Pit Boss is Away..." January 5, 2013
Shorty and Hercules hit the road to promote pit bull tolerance and his new book, but Shorty ponders what being an open book to the world will mean to his family. Ashley is left in charge but it's possible that the power may be going to her head.
2
43 "Shorty's Master Plan" January 12, 2013
Shorty may expand his operation after a local rescue refuses to taken in pit bulls; Ashley gets the chance to show growth as a manager when a deal goes bad. Seb wants to devote more time to pit bulls, but Ronald is still fixed on stardom.
3
44 "Racetrack Rescue" January 19, 2013
Shorty has a new pit bull kennel up and running but he may have underestimated how much hard work there was to be done and what kind of shape he was in to do it. Ashley feels she needs to devote her time to the talent-agency and not the kennel.
4
45 "Dog Days at Shortywood" January 26, 2013
Shorty gets a little person he's mentoring to help out at the kennel when things get a bit strained. Shorty takes risks to rescue a pit bull trapped in an abandoned house. Ashley gets in trouble for going over budget on a commercial for Shortywood.
5
46 "Clash of the Titans" February 2, 2013
Shorty attempts a risky rescue at a farm and must take Ashley because the businesses are understaffed and Sebastian is leaving to visit his family. Ashley fusses at Shorty for ignoring the business when Ron doesn't show up for a big gig she booked.
6
47 "The Boiling Point" February 9, 2013
Shorty volunteers Ronald and Sebastian for an L.A. Animal Rescue benefit without telling them the event is a drag-queen bingo. Ashley and Shorty seem to stay at odds over the mission and Shortywood and Ashley is faced with a major decision.
7
48 "Everybody's Changing" February 23, 2013
Ashley decides to leave Shortywood which leaves Shorty with the enormous task of replacing her, and the interview process is already taking a wrong turn. Ashley books her final job at Shortywood but the client makes a difficult request.
8
49 "Goodbye, Ashley" March 2, 2013
Shorty and his staff are forced to spend a night at a campground in the wilderness when the rescue of a stray pit bull takes longer than they anticipated; Shortywood puts on a variety show to help with dog adoptions but the headliner is a no-show.
9
50 "Barely Staying Afloat" March 9, 2013
As Ashley adjusts to her new job as talent agent for the Sid Levine Talent Agency, Ron and Sebastian struggle to fill in for her at the Shortywood offices and on rescues, but sadly Shorty is no help as he attends his niece's graduation ceremony.
10
51 "Shorty is Betrayed" March 16, 2013
Shortywood gigs are suffering, but even though Ron and Sebastian are stretched thin at the office, they hope to turn things around at a music video shoot until they get there and realize Ashley has stolen the star they booked to perform.
11
52 "Things Get Ugly" March 23, 2013
Ashley deals with guilt when Shorty confronts her boss at Sid Levine Talent Agency about her stealing talent from the Shortywood roster and things get a little rough. Shorty needs help with the rescue of an abandoned dog at a construction site.
12
53 "The End of Shortywood?" March 30, 2013
Shorty and his staff shine at a rally where they garner support and help repeal bans against pit bulls residing within Miami-Dade city limits. Ashley tries to smooth things with Shorty, but on his return he finds that Shortywood has been destroyed.
Former staff[edit]
Amanda - Fired at the end of "Little Chippendales" due to her dishonesty about being a dog person in her job interview.
Ronald (Returned) - Ronald quit Shorty's Rescue for acting classes, can be seen in the episode "So Long, Shorty". Returned after helping the team in a rescue when Amanda would not help. Ronald left briefly with Sebastian to pursue an acting career in the movie Mirror, Mirror. Months later, he returned to help in future rescues.
Sebastian (Returned) - During Season 4 when Sebastian needed $20,000 for medical expenses, he didn't want to ask Shorty for help so he started secretly working side jobs in his time off. However when he booked a live event, the type of work usually booked through Shortywood, through a contact who was a former Shortywood client and Shorty found out, Shorty felt he could no longer trust Sebastian and fired him at the end of "The Betrayal." At the end of the "Crossroads" episode, Sebastian was rehired after the first few rescues on season 5 went from bad to worse.
Steven - Resigned (Returned) during the episode "Mending Fences". He has reappeared (rarely) in one or more episodes in season 6.
Ashley - Resigned (gives two week notice) during the episode "Everybody's Changing" and she returns in "The End of Shortywood?".
Newer Staff[edit]
Christan (New) he is helping out the Shortywood Dog Rescue Kennel. He is one of the newer volunteers.
External links[edit]
Official website
Pit Boss on Facebook
Pit Boss at the Internet Movie Database
Pit Boss at TV.com
Shortywood Productions
 


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Pit Bulls & Parolees
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Pit Bulls & Parolees

Genre
Reality
Starring
Tia Torres
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
39
Production

Executive producer(s)
Lisa Lucas
 Rasha Drachkouitch
Producer(s)
Patrick Keegan
Running time
42 minutes
Production company(s)
44 Blue Productions
 Rive Gauche Television
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Picture format
480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run
October 30, 2009 – present
External links
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Pit Bulls & Parolees is an American reality television series on Animal Planet. The series debuted on October 30, 2009. The series features the Villalobos Rescue Center, originally located in Agua Dulce, California, now located in New Orleans, Lousiana is the United States' largest pit bull animal shelter, with approximately 150 to 200 dogs.[1]
Pit Bulls & Parolees was renewed for a fifth season on February 27, 2013,[2] that premiered on November 2, 2013.[3] The sixth season was announced on March 4, 2014, with the premiere later in the year.[4]
In October 2013, Animal Planet re-released selected episodes with never before seen footage and additional information known as Pit Bulls & Parolees: Unchained.


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1 Background 1.1 Relocation
2 References
3 External links

Background[edit]
Pit Bulls & Parolees depicts the day-to-day operations at Villalobos, including rescues of abused, neglected, and abandoned dogs, and the Center's efforts to adopt out dogs to new owners. The Villalobos Rescue Center (VRC) founder, Tia Maria Torres, agreed to be on the show to help pay part of the Villalobos' then $25,000 per month bills. Since moving the entire rescue group, including all the dogs, parolees who wanted to go, and her family to New Orleans, the expenses have tripled. They are now $80,000 per month.[5] The show's main focus is the interaction between Tia, her dogs, and the parolees who work for her, during daily care and training duties, and pit bull rescue missions. The center "works ceaselessly to give pit bulls another chance in life. Each and every dog taken in gets spayed or neutered and is given any medical treatment necessary. We work patiently to reacclimatize fearful dogs to the loving care of a human, so that they may eventually be adopted ... After determining temperaments and compatibility factors, we begin that long search for the perfect home." Tia states in the show "My mission is to rescue, my hope is that one day I won't have to." [6]
The show also depicts the interactions between Tia, her daughters, (Tania and Mariah) and twin sons (Kanani and Keli'i). All four help run the center,[7] and Villalobos' staff of volunteers and employees, many of whom are the eponymous parolees.[5]
Relocation[edit]
In 2011, Torres had planned to move Villalobos to a small town called Tehachapi, California, around 75 miles north of where it had operated in Agua Dulce. It appeared to be the perfect place for VRC to relocate with the over abundance of Pit Bulls in Kern County and a prison facility right there in town with newly released inmates looking for work. VRC jumped through all the right hoops and secured all the proper permits and at the final moment and down to the wire, Kern County pulled the rug out and decided against granting permission for the rescue to conduct their business in the remote area of "Old West Ranch", Tehachapi. Losing all of her personal savings spent on the Tehachapi project and not to mention hundreds of man hours, VRC was forced to remain at the Agua Dulce location (despite it being promised to another rescue to move into) As the rules regarding kennel permits were becoming increasingly strict and expensive in Los Angeles County, the rescue announced on November 13, 2011, that they would be moving the facility out of California in order to survive financially. After much consideration of various locations, it was the memories of the rescue efforts of VRC during Hurricane Katrina that lead the non-profit group into making the decision of Louisiana becoming their new home. It took almost a year to make the entire move complete and on January 1, 2012, Tia Torres arrived with the last group of dogs, making the state of Louisiana, their one and only permanent location. The new rescue and adoption facility is located in the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, with various other "satellite" locations scattered throughout the South Louisiana area [8]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Pit bulls and parolees get reality show on Animal Planet". USA Today. August 20, 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
2.Jump up ^ Kondology, Amanda (February 27, 2013). "Animal Planet Renewes 'Pit Bulls and Parolees' for Fifth Season". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
3.Jump up ^ "New Life. New Orleans. New Season. Animal Planet's "Pit Bulls and Parolees" Returns This November". The Futon Critic. October 7, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "Animal Planet Triggers Sixth Season of "Pit Bulls and Parolees"". The Futon Critic (Press release). Animal Planet. March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Manning, Sue (August 18, 2009). "On TV: Reality show funds dog rescue". Fort Wayne New Sentinel. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
6.Jump up ^ "AnimalPlanet.com - About Villalobos". Retrieved 29 January 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "Woman rescues pit bulls and parolees". MSNBC. August 13, 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
8.Jump up ^ "Villalobos is leaving California". February 12, 2012.
External links[edit]
Villalobos Rescue Center website
AnimalPlanet.com - Pitbulls & Parolees
Pit Bulls and Parolees at the Internet Movie Database
Pit Bulls and Parolees at TV.com
 


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The Planet's Funniest Animals
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The Planet's Funniest Animals

Genre
Entertainment
Created by
Brad Lachman
Presented by
Matt Gallant (1999-2005)
Keegan-Michael Key (2005-2008) (USA)
Richard Arnold (UK)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
 United States
Production

Producer(s)
Brad Lachman Productions
Running time
30 minutes
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February 17, 1999 – 2008
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America's Funniest Home Videos
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The Planet's Funniest Animals is an American television program featured on the Animal Planet cable channel.


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1 Background
2 International versions
3 Broadcast
4 External links

Background[edit]
Following a similar format as America's Funniest Home Videos and others, the program shows a series of home movies on video submitted by viewers featuring humorous and odd behavior by pets and animals that are voiced over by the host, who usually describes the action in the clips in a funny way. The show was taped before a live studio audience; however, for some clips, a laugh track was used in place of the audience's laughter. The show was originally hosted by Animal Planet announcer Matt Gallant until 2005 and then hosted by MADtv cast member Keegan-Michael Key until the show's ending. The announcer was John Cramer. In 2005, there was a studio audience in this set. The show's regular features include "Ani-Mail", where the host reads "letters from viewers" (it has not been verified that the letters read on the show are sent from actual viewers) and shows clips demonstrating his reply. The show also features a "Animals in the News" part where the host has a newscast only with clips and photos to associate with. And there's a clip in the show called "This Old Clip" (a parody on the home-improvement show This Old House) where it shows a regular clip.
International versions[edit]
A British version of the show was also created by Brad Lachman Productions with the same set, music and the same canned laughter. Hosted by Richard Arnold, it is often shown on the ITV Network and ITV2. The UK version has a few added features, such as a post bag, where viewers send in their funny stories, and they would be read out on the show.
Broadcast[edit]

Country
Network/s
Year/s
 United States Animal Planet 1998 - 2008
 United Kingdom ITV, ITV2 1998 - 2008
 Philippines GMA News TV 2012 - 2013
 Poland Polsat, Polsat 2 2001 - 2003
External links[edit]
Official website
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The Planet's Funniest Animals at TV.com
 


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List of Prehistoric Park episodes
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 The following is a list of episodes of Prehistoric Park.


Contents  [hide]
1 Season 1, Episode 1: T. rex Returns
2 Season 1, Episode 2: A Mammoth Undertaking
3 Season 1, Episode 3: Dinobirds
4 Season 1, Episode 4: Saving the Sabretooth
5 Season 1, Episode 5: The Bug House
6 Season 1, Episode 6: Supercroc
7 See also

Season 1, Episode 1: T. rex Returns[edit]
Montana, 65 million years ago, Cretaceous.
Genera encountered:
Ornithomimus
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Nyctosaurus (unidentified)
The episode starts with the crew erecting the prehistoric animal enclosures. Nigel immediately knows which animal he wants to bring back first: the huge dinosaur Tyrannosaurus.
Nigel goes through the time portal, aiming to bring back a Tyrannosaurus. He finds a flock of Ornithomimus and tries to catch one by putting a sock over its head to quieten it, but must let it go when three Tyrannosaurus arrive. Nigel is pursued by the Tyrannosaurus, but they give up when he heads into the deeper forest where they cannot pursue as they are so top-heavy, tripping could kill them.
He tracks the Tyrannosaurus to the middle of their territory. He finds some Tyrannosaurus eggs, hoping to bring some back for hatching, but they are broken and empty, either hatched or eaten. As he returns to camp, in the sky are meteors running ahead of the asteroid which will wipe out the dinosaurs.
The next day he finds a herd of Triceratops. The pride of Tyrannosaurus attack the Triceratops herd. A female Tyrannosaurus is gored in the thigh during the attack. The male Tyrannosaurus back off, leaving the wounded Tyrannosaurus to catch her prey alone. It goes after a 3-ton young male Triceratops, Nigel opens the time portal and leads the Triceratops through it by waving his jacket at it matador-fashion. It follows him through but the Tyrannosaurus does not follow. The Triceratops is named Theo and becomes the park's first exhibit. Theo starts persistently charging the same tree, and his neck frill changes color. Susanne thinks that it is rutting. This gives Bob an idea.
Nigel heads back through the time portal and finds a Tyrannosaurus track in volcanic ash, and sees by the dragged toes that it is the female with the gored thigh. Nigel sees that the Tyrannosaurus is walking alongside a river following a drifting Triceratops carcass. The carcass gets stuck in rocks in the riverbed. She cannot reach it and carries on downriver. Nigel and others build a crude stockade wall alongside the river out of local fallen timber, trying to funnel her through the time portal. A flock of Ornithomimus appear and run ahead, and the Tyrannosaurus chases them through the time portal into the park. The Tyrannosaurus catches a straggler, a young Ornithomimus near Nigel and turns back. Instead of eating it there, she carries it towards the volcano despite her injured thigh. Nigel follows.
Back at the park, Bob puts the Ornithomimus into their new paddock and gets back to his plan for Theo.
Meanwhile, Nigel continues to follow the wounded Tyrannosaurus until he finds that she has two babies. Nigel plans to bring the Tyrannosaurus mother and her babies back to the park with him, but a male Tyrannosaurus attacks the female for her kill. In the ensuing battle, the male Tyrannosaurus smashes the female's head against a rock formation, an injury that results in the mother's death before her last roar to Nigel to save her children.
At this point, a 6-mile-wide asteroid enters the Earth's atmosphere at 20,000 mph (32,000 km/h) and hits the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion is 7 billion times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, and its blast column can be seen in Montana. It leaves Nigel with three minutes while the blast front travels from Chicxulub to Montana at 200 times the speed of sound (c 245,000 km/h) and reaches him. Under a sky full of bright meteors, he uses the only meat that he has (what appears to be a ham sandwich) to entice the two young Tyrannosaurus through the time portal with a second to spare; a bit of the impact blast chases him through the Time Portal. In the park, they are put in an observation pen and named Terence and Matilda.
The head keeper copes with Theo's rutting by making a "rival" for Theo by using old tires and oddments to build a crude mock Triceratops head and neck on the front of a tractor, providing something for Theo to take his aggression out on. Later, Terence and Matilda are moved to their new enclosure. The Park takes into account that keeping the pair under control is going to be a major challenge.
Airdate: 22 July 2006
Season 1, Episode 2: A Mammoth Undertaking[edit]
Siberia, 10,000 and 150,000 years ago, Pleistocene.
Genera encountered:
Cave Bear
Woolly Mammoth
Cro-Magnon (live-acted by Human)
Cave Hyena (live-acted by Spotted Hyena)
Gray Wolf (live-acted by Siberian husky)
Elasmotherium
In the park, the dinosaurs are settling in. The Tyrannosaurus are being fed. Nigel goes to visit a herd of African elephants in the park: there are at least four including a young calf. He now wants to rescue a mammoth from extinction.
He goes through the Time Portal to 10,000 BC northwest Siberia just east of the Ural Mountains where the last mammoths lived. It is early spring but the land is still under snow. He drives a snowmobile over a frozen lake. He sees nothing but dense taiga forest and rocky mountains: as the land became warmer as the Ice Age ended, trees replaced tundra grass and Mammoths lost their grazing lands. As they cannot eat pine needles, this reduced their numbers. Then prehistoric Cro-Magnon humans finished them off by hunting them for food
He explores a nearby cave and comes face to face with a muscular male cave bear; he had disturbed its hibernation. He had thought that the cave bear would already be extinct by this point. It chases Nigel and the cameraman away. Without the equipment to transport it safely, Nigel cannot save it, so he decides to get back to saving a mammoth.
Nigel goes up a rocky slope to scout the area. He sees what a gap in the trees: it may be open land, and perhaps there are mammoths there. He decides to check.
He finds two adolescent female mammoths. The older mammoth is dead in a pit. The younger mammoth makes rumblings in her stomach, trying to communicate with her dead companion. She looks ill. She staggers and falls to the ground. She is so weak that she can barely lift her trunk. She is staying with the fallen mammoth; they may be sisters. Nigel sees a spear wound in her left shoulder. He brings in his team to help.
In the park, the Ornithomimus are not eating the grass, nor the beetles living there. Bob realises that they have duck-like mouths: rough like sandpaper. He decides to put them into an enclosure with a pond. The Ornithomimus thrive in their new home.
Nigel needs to get the mammoth strong enough to walk through the Time Portal. He gives her an antibiotic injection. Evening comes and the palaeolithic hunters are back. The Park men put up a line of big burning torches stuck in the ground. The men plan to guard in turns, but Nigel decides to sit up with the Mammuthus all night, to keep her company. Wolves prowl about at a distance all night.
Morning comes and the mammoth is strong enough to stand. It shows no aggression, and stays with her dead sister, but the team must get her back to the park. They set up the Time Portal. Nigel leads the mammoth back to the present and calls on a walkie-talkie for urgent medical help.
In the park, Susanne gives sedative and antibiotic to the mammoth, treats the wound, and after some pulling extracts a stone spearhead from it. She is on the road to recovery. They name her Martha.
Martha is healthy, but is not eating, and needs to eat for strength to recover. They put Martha in an enclosure labeled "Mammoth Mount". Suzanne looks at an African elephant molar and a mammoth molar, and sees that they are designed to chew about the same sorts of food. Maybe Martha is not eating because she needs a specific diet.
To solve the mystery, Nigel goes through the Time Portal to the same place in Siberia 150,000 years ago at the peak of the ice age. Mammoths range across from Europe to northeast Asia. He finds a large herd of adult female mammoths. The land is cold but dry and has many kinds of grass and no trees. Each herd follows a matriarch, who is 50 or 60 years old. He collects a large sample of grass and mosses to bring back and analyse. A male mammoth on musth comes, looking for females ready to mate. All the mammoths are thriving on the grassland diet.
He sees a sub-adult male Elasmotherium by the snowmobile. It is downwind from him. but there is a risk of it seeing him, and if it sees anything unexpected it may charge. Nigel is between the Elasmotherium and the musth male mammoth. He drops the bag of vegetation and runs to the snowmobile and drives to a safe distance. Nigel decides to bring the Elasmotherium back, riskily using himself as bait, as Elasmotherium will soon be extinct due to climate change. Nigel runs to the sample bag. The Elasmotherium charges at him. Nigel picks the bag up and runs. The Elasmotherium chases him through the Time Portal into the entrance stockade in the park.
Back at the Park, Nigel offers Martha the Ice Age grass, but Martha still refuses to eat. Whilst he admits it is anthropomorphic to say so, Nigel thinks that she looks lonely; in the wild female mammoths are always in groups.
The Elasmotherium, which is accustomed to being alone, is settling in but Martha is accustomed to being with relatives. There is a council, to decide on putting Martha with the elephants. It is risky: elephant matriarchs have been known to kill new elephants that tried to push into an established herd but they decide to try it.
At Mammoth Mount, the elephants come up to Martha's enclosure. Martha and the elephants' matriarch approach each other, curious, and non-aggressively. Nigel calls to open the gate. Martha follows the elephant matriarch. Martha is now eating well.
Airdate: 29 July 2006
Season 1, Episode 3: Dinobirds[edit]
Northeast China, 125 million years ago, Cretaceous
Genera encountered:
Incisivosaurus
Mei long
Microraptor
Pterosaurs
Titanosaurs
This is a rescue mission just before the site area's dinosaurs were wiped out by a volcano. It is aimed at getting specimens of Microraptor, which is threatened by volcanoes and with being out-competed by the coming birds. (Note that unlike the other dinosaurs in the episode, Microraptor was not present in the Lujiatun Beds of the Yixian Formation, and did not live alongside Mei and Incisivosaurus. In reality, it lived several million years later, and hails from the Jiufotang Formation, 120-110 million years ago).
In the park, there are now more than 24 animals. The two juvenile Tyrannosaurus often threaten each other. There is a heat wave and Martha the mammoth with her small ears and long hair and blubber is affected by the heat, as she had been brought from an Ice Age winter.
Nigel and four other people go on foot through the time portal to the site. A large threatening volcano stands over the area. There are hot springs, and a risk of natural carbon dioxide seepage. There is a small earthquake. They get away onto higher ground.
They come to an apparently non-volcanic lake. Pterosaurs fly in and fly with their lower jaws skimming in the surface of the lake for fish. When they get back to camp they find that something had raided their camp and torn much of their equipment apart looking for the meat that was part of their rations. This loss of food supplies causes a crisis. As they walk through a forest, something follows them through the fern undergrowth, then goes away.
In the park, Martha the Mammuthus is led to stand between two jeeps, and several members of the team stand on one of them to clip her hair short to avoid the overheating. During this Martha sneezes over everybody and the camera.
On site, four Mei long attack one of the party, who gets them off him by jettisoning his pack, which contains the meat which they were after. Due to the nature of the attack, it is implied that the Mei long were responsible for the destruction and raid of the camp. Nigel finds an Incisivosaurus. It displays at him and then charges, and bumps the camera with its nose, leaving spit and snot on its lens. It has short quill feathers on its arms, too short for flight, and also quill feathers on the sides of the ends of its tail. It was thought that dinosaur feathers first arose for insulation for warmth, then the quill feathers arose for displaying and later got big enough for gliding.
In the park, Bob is looking at the Ornithomimus from a hide and sees that one of the Ornithomimus starts to go off by itself looking in undergrowth, and there are fears about its health.
On site, Nigel using binoculars sees some Microraptors going in the same direction, and follows them. This brings him to a herd of titanosaurs pushing through the dense forest making a trampled track as if a convoy of trucks had gone that way. That is not a usual habitat for titanosaurs, and it turns out that they are looking for somewhere to lay eggs safely hidden from egg-eaters. 12 Microraptors come: they were after insects disturbed by the titanosaurs pushing through vegetation and tearing up the ground and treading on insect-ridden rotten logs. Nigel tries to catch some Microraptors, but they are all too quick for him.
Nigel makes an enclosure of net, with inside it a hollow baited with insects, as Microraptors can only glide and cannot take off from flat ground. The Microraptors see the insects but mistrust the net. Out of nowhere, two male Incisivosaurus, one chasing the other, run into the net and flatten it and get away. Then the Microraptors land and eat the insects. Nigel runs at them but catches nothing. The men go back through the time portal to the park.
In the park the one Ornithomimus has started lying about in the shade. Nigel has seen this behavior in birds, and guesses that the Ornithomimus is broody.
Nigel and at least four others go back through the time portal to the site. Nigel now has a net gun (which he has tested on Bob), and a carbon dioxide detector. Each man has a gasmask in his pack, as volcanic ash in the air damages the lungs. In a forest Nigel comes across a pair of Incisivosaurus who seem to be courting, by calling and displaying at each other close up.
In the park, the Ornithomimus is taken into the vet's examination room. A bag is put over its head, to quieten it. Medical ultrasound shows that it has two fully developed functioning oviducts, each containing an egg. (Modern birds only have a left oviduct.)
The two Tyrannosaurus are threatening each other.
On site Nigel sees that the titanosaur trail goes downhill towards the volcano, but he must follow it. They find several Mei long which had gone to sleep in a flat-bottomed hollow. Nigel plans to avoid the hollow to avoid waking them, but something seems wrong. He claps a few times, but nothing happens. He pokes one with a stick, but it does not wake. He realizes that the Mei longs are dead from gassing by carbon dioxide of volcanic origin. He looks at his carbon dioxide detector, which gives a reading. He calls out "carbon dioxide!" and tells everybody to go to higher ground.
In the park the two Tyrannosaurus start to fight. They are separated by water blast from a watercannon mounted on a large water tanker truck and put in separate small pens while a partition is built dividing their enclosure. Both growl and roar in frustration.
On site, Nigel and his party finds the titanosaurs laying eggs in ground warmed by underground volcanic heat, a good place for incubation. He picks up one of the eggs and puts it back in the nest. Unlike with a hen's egg, it must always be the same way up, to avoid damage to the embryo. He reflects that the hatchling would grow to 30,000 times the weight to become adult. The Microraptors arrive, and with his netgun Nigel catches 4 of them. The strongest quake yet happens, and the top of the volcano explodes violently with an ash cloud. This spooks the titanosaurs, which stampede. Some titanosaurs are coming straight at Nigel, who curls up on the ground wrapped around the Microraptors until they pass. He is uninjured but one of the Microraptor has a simple broken left forearm bone. The volcano erupts, blasting out a huge ash cloud. The dinosaurs stampede. Nigel and his team put their gas masks on and quickly set up the time portal in the falling volcanic ash. It comes active just in time, and nine titanosaurs come through it, surprising the men in the park, who have to find somewhere to put them; Bob says "I don't believe it." seeing them come through the time portal.
In the park the broody Ornithomimus starts to lay eggs: it has laid six eggs (one pair per day) in a part circle when the episode ends. The injured Microraptor's arm is splinted under anaesthetic; one of the staff refers to it as "she". Bob erects a new fence which he believes will keep the Titanosaurs contained: however, the dinosaurs beg to differ...
Airdate: 5 August 2006
Season 1, Episode 4: Saving the Sabretooth[edit]
South America, 1 million and 10,000 years ago, Pliocene and Pleistocene/Holocene, respectively
Genera encountered:
Toxodon
Smilodon
Phorusrhacos
Six-banded Armadillo (live-acted)
Red Brocket Deer (live-acted)
Nigel is shown walking with a tame cheetah. He comments that specialization has threatened the cheetah, and later that specialization may have wiped out the Smilodon. In the park the titanosaurs break their fence and have to be let wander around the park. They go towards the park's main gates. Bob follows one in a tractor. During this he shouts at a titanosaur "Get back, you great lummox." To his disgust it discharges runny smelly faeces in front of him: its gut clearly does not like some of the modern vegetation. At the same time, Nigel radios to Bob that he will need a birdcage for a bird standing 10 feet high, but due to tractor engine noise and titanosaur noise, Bob only hears part of the message, and provides an ordinary parakeet-sized birdcage. Nigel explains to Bob what is needed.
Nigel goes through the time portal to South America 1 million years ago when the sabre-tooth species known as Smilodon were in their prime (having recently entered South America after the Panama land bridge formed), but the terror birds (Phorusrhachids) were dying out; before that South America had been cut off from the other continents for 30 million years. He drives through a moving herd of Toxodon; he follows them to find where they were going, and he sees that they were going to water to swim or wallow in: he sees that they lived like modern hippopotamus, and thus may be dangerous like hippos. A huge male Toxodon chases Nigel's jeep, and he has to drive fast and far before it gives up the chase.
In the park the female Ornithomimus had laid more eggs. Two of them have rolled out of the nest and she leaves them there, so Susanne must rescue them for artificial incubation, as all those eggs are precious. Susanne stalks up to them and picks them up; the Ornithomimus does not chase, but demonstrates, causing a flurry among some white egrets. Bob puts the 2 eggs in an incubator at 33 °C, as this is best temperature for crocodile and ostrich eggs.
On site Nigel sees a female Smilodon stalk a Toxodon and then after a short chase, jump on its head and bite its throat to kill it. More Smilodon come, including some 6 to 8 week old cubs. While waiting Nigel has a coffee and the Smilodon eat their fill and go away. A Phorusrhacos starts to eat from the carcass. Another Smilodon appears and chases it away, forcing it to drop a lump of meat which it had pulled off. That sort of pressure is why the Phorusrhacos were dying out. Nigel stalks up to that dropped piece of meat and picks it up. The Smilodon on the kill demonstrates at him but does not charge at him. Nigel tows the piece of meat behind his jeep and entices the Phorusrhacos to chase it through the time portal into the park.
In the park the eggs incubated by the Ornithomimus hatch and the resulting young run about (the first baby dinosaurs for 65 million years), but the two eggs in the incubator do not hatch. The young Ornithomimus are covered in downy feathers.
Accompanied by big cat expert Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Nigel goes through the time portal to South America in 10,000BC when the sabertooth species were dying out. They find a drier climate and no big game. Nigel and Saba separate, on foot. Saba hears animals' alarm cries, but Nigel finds nothing.
Saba finds a deposit of fresh Smilodon faeces. She pulls it apart with a knife and fork and finds that it is full of hair and bone and bits of animal hide, as if hunger had forced the Smilodon to scavenge old remains of carcasses.
Nigel hears vegetation noise from an animal near him. He finds, catches and releases an ordinary modern-type armadillo and remarks that a million years earlier there were giant armadillos about.
Saba later finds something in the grass; sadly, it is a dead Smilodon cub. Nigel cannot find any signs of ill health and realises that the cub must have died from starvation. This has at least given them a hint. A female Smilodon cannot be far away. However, she must be in very poor condition.
Nigel has a videocamera with a movement detector: he leaves it overnight watching over a trail. In the morning he plays it back and finds that a male Smilodon had investigated it and knocked it over, urinated on it and left a musky mammal smell.
Saba watches the female Smilodon hunting. It sees her and confronts her. She backs off. Nigel meets Saba. Due to lack of prey the female Smilodon is hunting unsuitably light fast prey, a deer: when she charges, the deer runs away easily. Later they see her suckling a live cub, but she is making little or no milk for it. A male Smilodon turns up: there is risk that it will kill the cub to bring its mother into oestrus sooner. In the jeep they anaesthetic-dart the male Smilodon and start to wait 10 minutes while the dart drug works. The Smilodon charges out of bushes and jumps on the front of the jeep; they back off.
In the park the men have finished building a partition across the Tyrannosaurus enclosure, and put a Tyrannosaurus on each side. Matilda keeps threatening Terence but now cannot reach him.
On site, they find the male Smilodon and load it up on the back of the jeep. Then they go for the female, planning to anaesthetic-dart her and load her and her cub. When they reach her, the cub has starved to death. The female Smilodon is badly underweight from trying to lactate on too little food, and is dying as well, so Saba anaesthetic darts her. A little while later, Nigel and Saba load the female into the jeep, but both are upset that the cub could not be saved.
The two Ornithomimus eggs in the incubator hatch, late but successfully: Bob guesses that the incubator's temperature had been set a little too low. The two resulting hatchlings see Bob and imprint on him, thinking that he is their mother and follow him about. They eat food pellets out of his hand.
With good food and no need to lactate, the two Smilodon and the Phorusrhacos recover from their hunger over the next fortnight. However, tensions remain high, as Matilda's increasingly aggressive behaviour could spell danger for the Park.
Airdate: 12 August 2006
Season 1, Episode 5: The Bug House[edit]
Isle of Arran in Scotland, 300 million years ago, Carboniferous
Genera encountered:
Meganeura (identified as Giant Dragonfly)
Arthropleura
Pulmonoscorpius (identified as Giant Scorpion)
Crassigyrinus
In the park, Bob puts the two imprinted baby Ornithomimus in an enclosure with the other baby Ornithomimus and tells them to stay there, one nips his leg. The Smilodon are in adjacent enclosures. The male wants the female, but the more mature female is not interested, either ignoring him or acting aggressively towards him.
Nigel goes to modern Arran (in a large RIB with an A-frame and a steering wheel), and sees a fossil Arthropleura track in rock. He talks about what Arran was 300,000,000 years ago.
He goes back to the park to serious trouble among the Tyrannosaurus: Matilda has broken into Terence's enclosure. Terence has refused to allow his sister to intrude on his territory and a fight has broken out, in which Matilda is gaining the upper hand, soon knocking him down. Terence has been badly wounded on the face and is losing blood. Bob has drug-darted Matilda, but these drugs take time to act on reptiles. When Terence is badly injured by his sister, Nigel arrives in a roofed jeep and encourages her to chase his jeep, distracting her from finishing off the wounded Terence. When he comes to dense woodland, he can drive no further and climbs a tree. Matilda pulls the cloth cover off the top of the jeep, and then collapses due to the tranquilliser.
The injured Terence is in good hands, so Nigel, with assistants, drives in the jeep through the time portal to Upper Carboniferous Arran, where the land is covered with coal forest. He had aimed at an island of dry land, but drives out of the Time Portal's field into a swamp over his jeep's axles. The jeep's engine gets wet and stops and will not start. The forest is very quiet, as there is no bird song or tree-frog noise, only wind and insects. A Meganeura flies over.
In the park, Terence is in the animal clinic, anaesthetized, and Susanne is operating on the wounds. She prefers absorbable sutures to surgical clips, since Terence would need to be anaesthetised again for the clips to be removed. She sews the wounds with the skin edges sticking out a bit, as is sometimes done when operating on reptiles.
On site, Upper Carboniferous air is 35% oxygen, not 20% as now, and that is why the insects are so big. Nigel climbs a 150-foot-tall tree (Sigillaria or Lepidodendron or similar): it has no branches until near its top, and he must use a loop of strap around himself and the tree, to climb. He reaches its top and sees a wide view, and patches of open water: the place to look for Meganeura. A Meganeura flies over.
In the park, an enclosed building to contain a 35% nitrox atmosphere for the coal forest wildlife is being built, with airlock doors. A titanosaur goes past, knocks a partly built wall down with its head, looks at the rubble, then goes away. Bob says that the titanosaurs cannot seem to settle in one area. Bob offers the titanosaur a cycad leaf, but it does not eat.
On site, Nigel wades through a swamp. Something big moves about underwater and makes bubbles. Nigel hears something big moving about in undergrowth on land, and chases it, and finds an Arthropleura. It rears and confronts him. It is 10 feet long and has big dangerous-looking mandibles. Some modern millipedes (see Harpaphe haydeniana) can squirt cyanide, which smells of almonds, and Nigel fears that Arthropleura may also.
In the park, Susanne has put climbing poles in the Smilodon enclosures: this is environmental enrichment, which will hopefully make them happier so she will be more accepting of the male.
Bob suspects that the titanosaurs are looking for stomach stones, and collects stones for them.
On site, the Arthropleura has gone, leaving a track. Nigel says that that may be the same track that he saw fossilized on modern Arran. He sees two male Meganeura have a dogfight. Afterwards, one flies away and the other looks for food. Nigel has a butterfly net, but a butterfly net big enough to catch a Meganeura is cumbersome. As Nigel makes a move to catch a Meganeura, something in the water bites his right ankle. He says "Animal bites for us wildlife folks are just a badge of courage." They look for a dry area to camp. Evening is coming. The crew camp for the night. They have head lights strapped to their heads. Nigel warns them never to walk without boots on in case of stinging animals. Someone by force of habit puts mosquito net up, and Nigel tells him to take it down, as mosquitoes have not evolved yet. Nigel sleeps under a waterproof sheet in a hammock slung between two giant lycopsid trees in the coal forest. There is a thunderstorm in the night.
In the park, Bob brings a wheelbarrow full of the stones to some titanosaurs; one of them investigates it.
In an observation enclosure, Terence is lethargic, and blood tests show Susanne that Terence has septicaemia, and she reluctantly gives him antibiotic (not knowing how the drugs will react with a prehistoric reptile). While it is risky giving antibiotics to an unknown species, Suzanne knows if she does not, the infection of his injuries will probably kill Terence.
On site, the thunderstorm stops, and it is still night, and animals tend to become active after rain. Nigel goes about with a large ultraviolet light. He finds a Pulmonoscorpius nearly a meter long, by its shell fluorescing. He films it, but his camera work is shaky and he would need the team's cameraman to take good footage. The Pulmonoscorpius then begins crawling onto Jim's bed, and looks as if it may sting him when he twitches in his sleep. Nigel grabs it by the tail end, and it nips him with its pincers. He lets it go away from the camp. This wakes Jim, and Nigel explains to Jim what happened.
In the park Sabrina, the female Smilodon, seems happier, and as if she will accept the male. Susanne wonders whether to raise the door between their enclosures.
On site, Nigel tries to catch a Meganeura by a technique known for catching modern dragonflies, by filling a long two-handed hand-pumped water-gun with detergent solution to squirt on a Meganeura so that it will fall in the water and become wet, so it can be caught easily. The Meganeura are very fast and agile, but after many failed attempts, he hits one perched on a floating log. Nigel gets his net and catches the Meganeura. In the water he sees a big amphibian. He passes the net with the Meganeura in to a companion and swims underwater (without a diving mask) and catches the amphibian after a struggle, as it is very strong and slippery. He shows that it is an underwater ambush predator. It has two rows of teeth in its upper jaw and one in its lower jaw. He sees that it is a Crassigyrinus, whose fossils have only been found in Scotland; he nicknames it a "swamp monster" as it has no common name. That is what bit his ankle earlier. He has to let it go, as he has no way to transport it safely. He holds the Meganeura vertically by its thorax so its wings fan his face, as the forest is very hot and damp, then puts the Meganeura in a net cage.
In the park Susanne lifts the door between the Smilodon enclosures. They have a water jet ready to separate the two if they fight. The male goes into the female's enclosure. They growl somewhat at each other, but do not fight.
On site, Nigel looks for the Pulmonoscorpius. He finds one nearly a meter long under a half casing of a rotted-out fallen lycopsid log. It has thin claws, so Nigel is worried, because with scorpions small claws mean big sting. He holds its attention with a thin stick and works his a hand behind it and grabs its telson just in front of its sting. As he puts it in a dog carrier, it stings the back of his right hand as he lets it go. But a worse danger is coming.
In the park, Bob has filled the insect house with 35% nitrox atmosphere and has realized the resulting increased fire risk. He lights a thin piece of wood to show the fire risk.
The lightning storm has started a forest fire, which is spreading fast towards them, and in the 35%-oxygen air vegetation is much more inflammable than in modern air. They run towards the jeep. Nigel trips over a big Arthropleura hidden in ground litter. It rears to confront him. Nigel, who was wanting to get away quickly, was not thankful for this delay, but says he must rescue it, otherwise it will be burned alive. After a struggle, he and another man wrap it in a plastic sheet and tie red cord around it. They load everything on the jeep and set up the Time Portal just in front of the jeep, whose engine still will not start. Nigel runs through the Time Portal, comes back with the end of a tow rope, and ties it to the jeep, which is towed out of the coal forest swamp back into the modern age. They see that the tow rope was being towed not by a towtruck or other vehicle, but by a titanosaur, which Bob was enticing with the wheelbarrowfull of gastrolith stones. (This seems to imply that someone went back through the Time Portal earlier to tell the park staff to arrange a tow.)
The Arthropleura, the Meganeura, and the Pulmonoscorpius are put in the high-oxygen building. Terence is recovering well from his injury and infection but wrecks Suzanne's surgery once he wakes up from anaesthetic: Susanne had not restrained him, not realising he would come around so fast. Terrence is taken back into his enclosure, since he seems likely to make a full recovery. Nigel's sting site has swollen but still shows no serious symptoms, so either the Pulmonoscorpius's venom does not affect mammals (it came from a time before mammals), or it did not inject any venom, or he pulled his hand away before it could inject. Bob seems to take a liking to the Arthropleura and hand-feeds it ferns. He says that he likes it because "it isn't some kind of creepy-crawly bug, it's more like a proper animal." At the end of the episode is shown Terence is roaring at the Sunset.
Airdate: 19 August 2006
Season 1, Episode 6: Supercroc[edit]
Texas, 75 million years ago, Cretaceous
Genera encountered:
Parasaurolophus
Albertosaurus
Nyctosaurus
Deinosuchus
Troodon
In the park, near the Time Portal site there is a crocodile enclosure. There is a suspension bridge across it (the simple sort where the footway follows the catenary); Bob walks across it to feed the Nile crocodiles in the lake. Nigel plans to add a Deinosuchus, an ancient species of giant crocodilian (more closely related to alligators than crocodiles) which weighs up to 9 tons, to the park. Bob mutters that Nigel may have bitten off more than he can chew this time.
In a jeep, Nigel goes through the Time Portal to the Cretaceous in Texas, where Dallas is now. At this time North America is divided into three land areas by a Y-shaped internal epicontinental sea. The land around the Time Portal exit point is dry: gravelly sand with patches of trees and bushes. Two half-size juvenile Parasaurolophus go by and stop about 10 m away. Nigel chases them towards the jeep. Then two Albertosaurus appear. The Parasaurolophus honk and run away. Nigel revs his jeep's diesel engine: that makes the Albertosaurus back off, but not for long and they get accustomed to the noise (and presumably to diesel exhaust smell). He drives away. They chase him, at speed up to 30–38 mph, but they tire and turn away.
In the park, Bob is planting young trees to help feed the titanosaurs: he says that he will have to plant 2000 trees each year for this. The titanosaurs, of course, are no help whatsoever at this, and keep trampling trees down.
The Smilodon have bred and now have two cubs. Susanne sees that their mother is not making enough milk for the cubs, so she has to take the cubs and bottle-feed them, thus breaking the natural mother-cub link. If she were to put them back into their mother's enclosure, they would be killed.
On site, Nigel drives onto a sea beach, and looks out to sea for signs of Deinosuchus which could survive for a limited time in salt water like modern saltwater crocodiles. He stops. A herd of Parasaurolophus run past. They are each 10 meters long. He shouts at them to clear off in case they damage his jeep's paintwork. He finds a conch-sized gastropod shell and makes a hole in it and blows it to try to have an exchange of vocalizations: they make noises using their hollow crests.
Nigel, with binoculars, sees 5 Nyctosaurus fly in from the sea. They fish by skimming the lower jaw through the water surface. Nigel has brought a microlight with him: he uses it to fly with the Nyctosaurus. A Deinosuchus reaches its head out of the sea and grabs one of the Nyctosaurus. Nigel sees another Deinosuchus swimming from the sea up a river, and decides to head in that direction.
In the park, Susanne visits Martha the Mammuthus. Martha tries to be an "auntie" to the elephant herd's matriarch's calf. The frightened matriarch drives Martha away. Martha is becoming isolated again, and there is fear that she will again stop eating.
On site, Nigel paddles in a red inflatable boat on the river. A Deinosuchus bites the boat's stern, does not like the taste of rubber, and lets go. It snaps out of the water again by the boat, then disappears. Nigel paddles two miles upstream to a freshwater lake, where he sees some Deinosuchus on a sandbank, and a herd of Parasaurolophus forced by thirst to come to the lake to drink. Nigel paddles. He mentions that Deinosuchus will (geologically) soon be wiped out when sea floods the area, as they have a specialised lifestyle, so he must rescue one. An unwary young Parasaurolophus goes to the lake to drink. A Deinosuchus rockets out of the lake and grabs it by the chest. The two roll over and over in the lake. More Deinosuchus swim in. They take turns to hold the kill while another tears at it.
In the park, the Phorusrhacos has developed a habit of dust bathing near its enclosure's fence, undermining it. Each time, Bob fills the resulting hole with big stones. He realises that this tactic is only "firefighting" and that he will have to make a new fence with the bottom ends of all its posts buried four feet deep.
On site, Nigel has made a long double row of wooden posts ending in a blind end. He plans to entice a Deinosuchus with meat up the fenced route to the blind end. To get back to the jeep, he walks through a dense forest, but he is worried about dangerous predators. Something is following him. He feels relieved when a Troodon sticks its head up out of bushes and shows that it is much smaller than an Albertosaurus. When he reaches the jeep, he sees that three Troodon are eating the meat that he had brought as bait. He chases them away using a portable aerosol-like horn.
In the park Bob is shoveling up Elasmotherium dung when he sees the Phorusrhacos looking at him through a fence. He calls on his walkietalkie that the Phorusrhacos has escaped again. A keeper comes in a jeep, and by towing some meat behind the jeep leads the Phorusrhacos back to its enclosure.
On site, Nigel plans to use the rest of his meat to bait a Deinosuchus up the stockade. He sets the bait at the stockade's end. They rig hammocks. It gets dark. With their helmet headlights they see that some a Troodon was pulling away his bait. When Nigel chased after it, another came and ran off with the rest. The meat that was left was not enough to lure a Deinosuchus. They go to bed.
They are woken in the morning by the noise when three Albertosaurus kill a Parasaurolophus. Three Deinosuchus come out of the lake to steal the kill. There is noisy confrontation and some biting, and tugs-of-war over the flesh. The Albertosaurus admit defeat and back off.
In the park Martha the mammoth is still isolated from the elephant herd.
On site, Nigel must use himself as bait. He wades into the water and splashes it hard with a paddle until a Deinosuchus investigates. He backs off too soon; the Deinosuchus backs off. He splashes again. The Deinosuchus charges out of the sea and chases Nigel, who runs up the stockade path and at its blind end squeezes between two of its posts. He and 4 men with him struggle to hold the stockade posts upright, until the Deinosuchus tires, as cold-blooded reptiles tire quickly. They set up the time portal close outside the blind end of the stockade. Nigel in the jeep tows three of the end stockade posts out and through the Time Portal; the Deinosuchus is confined too closely to turn round, so it must follow him through the portal. It is enticed with a piece of meat to its pond (made close by the time portal), which it goes into.
In the park Bob as usual has to "pick up the pieces". He drives the jeep to his next job, and mutters that Prehistoric Park needs more keepers, as they have so many problems: the Phorusrhacos escaped its enclosure again; the Smilodon cubs have had Suzanne up half the night, the titanosaurs eat too much, and to make matters worse, their digestive systems cannot handle the modern vegetation resulting in bad diarrhea, and Nigel constantly bringing back more creatures is not helping. Suddenly, a Troodon emerges from the kit on the back of the jeep: enticed by the meat in the jeep intended to lure the Deinosuchus, it has stowed away. It snaps at Bob, and the swerving jeep runs straight at a titanosaur, causing it to stampede through several enclosures, causing the Ornithimimus flock, Phorusrhacos, Elasmotherium, and, worst of all, Matilda the Tyrannosaurus, to flee through the broken fences and run around freely through the park. Paying no attention to the titanosaur lumbering through her enclosure, Matilda walks right out into freedom, getting the scent of an easy meal. Bob manages to stop the jeep, and the Troodon leaps out and escapes into the undergrowth nearby. Bob runs off to try to capture the escapees. When trying to round up a group of escaped Ornithomimus and the Elasmotherium, Bob is warned that Matilda is on the loose and closing in on him, so he must flee. Matilda then heads for the elephants – she separates the calf from the rest of the herd and quickly runs it to the ground. But Martha, although the herd earlier drove her away, instinctively defends the calf, and with some trumpetings, growls, roars, and waving of tusks, her attack stops Matilda. Nigel then arrives and runs away on foot, trying to lure Matilda away to follow him. Matilda, seeing the prospect of an easy meal, turns away from Martha and starts chasing Nigel.




 Matilda barely managing to evade the Deinosuchus' attack.
Nigel runs past the Nile crocodile pond, across an open area, and along a jeep track past the Deinosuchus lake, with Matilda closing the gap behind him. The Deinosuchus, accustomed to fighting giant theropods, surges out of the lake at Matilda, who swings around just in time to dodge the attack. This delay buys time for Nigel, who runs into the Time Portal's entry stockaded enclosure and climbs out of it by a ladder. Matilda's jaws are only about a foot distance from one of his feet as he climbs to safety. Nigel shuts the enclosure and Matilda is contained.
A few weeks later, extra keepers have been hired. The escaped animals are back in their enclosures. Bob catches the Troodon in a long tunnel trap with droppable doors at both ends, and presumably finds somewhere to keep it. The elephants, thankful for the help and rescue, let Martha join them as a full herd member and be an "auntie" to the elephant calf. The Smilodon cubs have been weaned and are eating meat, but they have not grown visible saber teeth yet.
At the end of the episode we see Nigel at his headquarters planning his next mission before travelling through the time portal, suggesting that a future series will be made.
Airdate: 26 August 2006
See also[edit]
Prehistoric Park
List of locations in Prehistoric Park


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List of locations in Prehistoric Park
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This is a list of locations in the fictional show Prehistoric Park


Contents  [hide]
1 Main complex
2 Time portal site
3 Nigel's base
4 Animal Enclosures 4.1 Mammoth Mount
4.2 Triceratops Creek
4.3 Big cat climb
4.4 Crocodile lake/Deinosuchus dip
4.5 T. rex Hill
4.6 Ornithomimus pond
4.7 The Bug House
5 Other locations
6 See also

Main complex[edit]
The park appears to have a central base, not far from the entrance, on a grassy hill. The main road appears to lead to the Main complex and is surrounded by trees next to an ornate lake. The main complex appear to be a many buildings next to each other. The design is wooden supports with asymmetrical thatch roofs. This may have been a deliberate design choice, as the enclosure fences also appear to be made of wood in an attempt to make the park seem as natural as possible. This complex is actually Didima camp in front of Cathedral Peak in the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa.
Time portal site[edit]
The time portal is near a set of barracks. The portal is inside a strong stockaded corridor which channels the creatures coming through down into the many (roofless) containment chambers along its length. The containment chambers are built alongside the main corridor and are connected to it via sliding doors that herd the animals into different sections of the barracks, like a labyrinth.
The compound has walkways all along the main corridor and the containment chambers to let park workers look down at the animals, with metal ladders for climbing up and down into the corridor and chambers. Each chamber has a back door for trucks and containment vehicles to move back and forth and its own stone water trough and appears designed to hold the animals for extended periods until transportation can be sent to pick them up.
Nigel's base[edit]




 Nigel's base of operations
Nigel’s base appears to be separate from the main complex, which means it deserves special mention. Like the main complex it appears to be a wooden structure with a thatch roof (which the escaped titanosaurs seem to find tasty, as seen in one of the episodes). Unlike the main complex it is a two-storey structure with balconies connecting the rooms. The ground level was never seen, although below one balcony there appears to be an aviary, which is probably where the Microraptor were put, given that one of them was seen with Nigel on a balcony at the end of the third episode. The Base is definitely home to Nigel’s pets and maybe the tame cheetah (and Microraptor) which have free run of his office and the facility.
Alongside one balcony there is a small veranda with a drinks table, chairs, and a hammock that overlooks the park, presumably where Nigel entertains important visitors. Nigel’s office is surprisingly small, although it is made to look that way because Nigel rarely puts anything away and leaves books and bones all over his desk and shelves, clearly more interested in rescuing more and more animals than the day-to-day running of his park (which falls on Bob's shoulders). But it has telephones, computers, and the latest equipment, and a pin-up map of the park. The park conferences are convened in his office. An interesting piece of trivia is that the only employees given free access to his base are Bob and Suzanne, which shows just how important they are in the parks command hierarchy.
Animal Enclosures[edit]
Mammoth Mount[edit]
Mammoth Mount is in the upland regions of the park and has a home for the park's resident woolly mammoth and a small herd of modern African elephants. The terrain is dry, made up mostly of Serengeti-like open grassland with a few trees and shrubs. Its one of the few exhibits that is not suited to its residents, as the climate is far too warm for an Ice Age mammal; building the park in a warm country was necessary for the park's growing reptile and dinosaur population which make up the bulk of the park's inhabitants, so this problem was rectified by making sure Martha's hair is regularly cut to prevent overheating.
Unlike the other exhibits, Mammoth Mount only has small wooden barriers, which appear to keep the animals caged despite their paltry appearance. There is also a small holding paddock within the enclosure where Martha was kept before releasing her into the main enclosure because they were unsure of how the elephants would react. Mammoth Mount recently endured a serious Tyrannosaurus Rex invasion, which broke barriers and almost caused the death of the elephant herd's only calf, which given their slow reproductive rate would have been a major blow. Fortunately Martha repelled the attack and the damage to the enclosure was quickly repaired by the new employees.
Triceratops Creek[edit]
Located in a region of the park with little grass, Triceratops Creek is on the banks of a creek which flows through it, presumably under the fence, and is probably the most visually attractive enclosure in the park. Because of the Triceratops' diet it has a thick forest of low shrubs and small trees. The enclosure is surrounded on all sides with tall wooden fences and a dirt road leading up to a bare region near the enclosure's main entrance (which is big enough to drive a tractor through) and sign. The wooden fences are surprisingly strong, as they withstood the temper tantrums of a five-ton Triceratops. It was also spared destruction during the mass breakout, which Theo did not take part in, although the T-Rex did pass his enclosure whilst chasing Nigel.
Big cat climb[edit]
The Smilodon enclosure is surrounded on all sides with tall wooden fences, as Smilodon, like most cats, appear to be excellent climbers. The terrain is open grass with little foliage. There is a partition, with a door that can be raised, separating the two Smilodon from each other. When the two mated the door was presumably left open letting them wander between both sides. It has two small wooden bunkers on both sides for the cats to sleep in and find shade and numerous climbing frames to keep the Smilodon happy.It is stated that it is just a breeding enclosure in episode 4.
Crocodile lake/Deinosuchus dip[edit]
In the park, a crocodile lake has been made near the Time Portal site. The lake appears artificial with small islands and a foot suspension bridge across it, the simple sort where the footway follows the catenary. The Deinosuchus pond is nearby and is almost identical. It could be the same location, although this is unlikely given that the Deinosuchus is aggressive and would most likely eat the resident Nile crocodiles if left unattended. Although both have jeep roads running alongside, there are no visible barriers or fences around either lake, although the storyboard sequences shows Nigel jumping over a chain link fence, showing that both lakes have fences to contain the animals, but the fences were never shown.
T. rex Hill[edit]
The Tyrannosaurus enclosure is at the base of a hill and is filled with thick forest for shade with open areas for the dinosaurs to run around in and a lake with a small footpath cutting through it.
The enclosure has a derrick used to feed the animals inside. The derrick probably remains on site, as it would be illogical and unnecessary to bring it back and forth every day. The Tyrannosaurus enclosure is surrounded on all sides with tall wooden fences and a dirt road leading up to a bare area near the enclosure's main entrance and sign. The wooden fence near the entrance is made up of slats with gaps between them, for viewing the animals, but the fence at the back is made up of wooden slats with no gaps as a solid wall.
As the Tyrannosaurus got older, they began to fight, so Bob built a partition across their enclosure, and put one of them on each side. The first partition was not strong enough and Matilda broke through. The repaired partition worked better, and now Matilda, while still keeping on threatening Terence, cannot reach him nor do anything to him except roar with impotent rage. During the mass breakout Matilda’s side of the enclosure was breached and she promptly escaped. Terence's side of the cage was untouched and he played no part in the rampage.
Ornithomimus pond[edit]
The Ornithomimus paddock is a converted ostrich paddock and was seen as an ideal place to keep them. The terrain is mostly large open areas with woodland around a central lake. The lake was added after the Ornithomimus were put into their new home when it was realized that they cannot eat the grass. They may look like ratites but "they have more in common with Daffy Duck than Emu".
Bob also built a small hide on the lakeside where he could observe what appear to be his favourite dinosaurs. It was in the foliage near there where the broody Ornithomimus nested. The fences are waist-high and wooden made up of slats with gaps between them. Unlike most other enclosures, the main entrance door is kept shut with rope rather than with metal locks. The Ornithomimus Paddock was damaged during the mass breakout but none of the flock was hurt and the damage was repaired.
The Bug House[edit]
The Bug House is a concrete and brick structure with two adjoining rooms, each with a dome on its roof. They resemble the biomes used in the Eden Project and are presumably constructed in the same way, with tubular steel frames with hexagonal transparent panels made from a triple layer of thin UV-transparent ETFE film, inflated to create a large space between the two sides and trapping heat like double-glazed windows. (Glass is too heavy and potentially dangerous). The occupants include an Arthropleura, a Meganeura and a Pulmonoscorpius.
During the construction, the site was plagued by the free-roaming herd of titanosaurs, which were probably searching the site for gastroliths. This may have been a minor problem for the dinosaurs, but they would frequently knock over the walls and generally cause havoc. Fortunately, this restless behavior stopped soon after its completion.
The entrance has two air-tight doors with a long corridor between, serving as an airlock. The two adjoining rooms have walls made mostly out of transparent bubbles, presumably for viewing the animals inside. Inside there appears to be no partition separating the species. It is filled entirely with tropical plants, but does not have a pond: this may be why Nigel was reluctant to bring back large amphibians. The Bug House was only seen in the titular episode, so little is known about its construction besides the above mentioned. A demonstration with a lighted taper showed that the structure, due to its high oxygen atmosphere (35% nitrox), is vulnerable to fire; so it presumably has adequate fire alarms and sprinkler systems. It was spared destruction during the mass breakout, which is fortunate, as the inhabitants would probably suffer hypoxia if exposed to the modern-day atmosphere with its 20% oxygen level, if they were not crushed by the heavy walls and roof collapsing in on them.
Other locations[edit]
These locations were seen only briefly, only mentioned, or have been abandoned.
Titanosaur Treetops. Titanosaur Treetops was made of thick wooden walls, some parts had gaps and some parts did not. Soon after Nigel brought them back, however, the titanosaurs reared up and smashed down their fence, and the titanosaurs now roam free. It is possible that another enclosure was built for them after the mass breakout (which was caused by a spooked titanosaur). Name of enclosure can be seen faintly in the foreground of the special features menu in the DVD.
Elasmotherium Paddock. This is where the Elasmotherium is kept. This enclosure is composed mostly of muddy grassland. Its fence was broken during the mass escape, but was presumably mended by the end of the episode.
Terror bird Paddock. The Terror bird Paddock is composed mostly of sandy grassland due to the Phorusrhacos's need to dust bathe. The fences were tall but did not go deep enough into the ground, so the Phorusrhacos undermined it when digging dust-bathing holes. It was broken during the mass escape and supposedly rebuilt with fence posts buried four feet deep.
Troodon Captivity. This is where the Troodon is kept.
Microraptor Fortress. Microraptor Fortress is a place for the Microraptors to fly around.
See also[edit]
Prehistoric Park
List of Prehistoric Park episodes


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Prehistoric Park
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Prehistoric Park
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Prehistoric Park title card

Genre
Science fiction / Docu-fiction
Starring
Nigel Marven
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
6
Production

Running time
48 minutes
Production company(s)
Impossible Pictures
Broadcast

Original channel
ITV (2006)
Animal Planet (2006–present)
National Geographic Channel (2012–present)
Original run
22 July 2006 – 26 August 2006
Chronology

Related shows
Chased by Dinosaurs
Sea Monsters
Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Beasts
Walking with Monsters
Prehistoric Park is a six-episode Docu-fiction television mini-series that premiered on ITV on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. The program was produced by Impossible Pictures, who also created Walking with Dinosaurs. Each episode is an hour long including commercial breaks. Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on Watch.
The program is narrated by David Jason and presented by Nigel Marven. The fictional component is the theme that Nigel goes back to various geological time periods through a space-time portal, and brings back live specimens of extinct animals back to the present day, where they are exhibited in a wildlife park named Prehistoric Park, which is a big area between high steep mountains and ocean, with varied environments.


Contents  [hide]
1 Story
2 Characters
3 Episodes
4 Locations within the park
5 Animals
6 Filming locations
7 DVD
8 See also
9 External links

Story[edit]
The story, which is told in the style of a documentary, focuses on naturalist Nigel Marven leading missions to find and collect extinct animals from the distant past by use of a time machine. The animals are then placed in the confines of Prehistoric Park, a private wildlife park that is situated in a dry, mountainous region of an unspecified part of the world. Marven's core motivation in the series is to defy extinction and to give select extinct species a second chance at life.
Characters[edit]
Nigel Marven (playing himself).
Bob (Rod Arthur) - the long-suffering head keeper at the park. In charge of feeding, cleaning and controlling the animals in the park.
Suzanne (Suzanne McNabb) - the head veterinarian. Responsible for treating animals when they're sick or injured.
Saba Douglas-Hamilton (playing herself) - a big cat specialist, whom Nigel invites back to catch Smilodon in episode 4.
Bill - a crew member who travels back with Nigel. Introduced in episode 5.
Jim - an associate of Nigel who travels with him through time. Also introduced in episode 5.
Ben (Morgan Williams)- One of Nigel's crew. Four Mei long attacked him for meat in his backpack. Introduced in episode 3.
There are various other staff members, but none of their names have been given. One of the more prominent is Suzanne's blonde assistant, who appears in all episodes except episode 1.
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Prehistoric Park episodes
Series 1 (2006)
Episode 1: T-Rex Returns
Episode 2: A Mammoth Undertaking
Episode 3: Dinobirds
Episode 4: Saving the Sabretooth
Episode 5: The Bug House
Episode 6: Supercroc
Locations within the park[edit]
Main article: List of locations in Prehistoric Park
When the animals are brought back to the park, they are placed into an nearby enclosure. The enclosures are named after the extinct animals that they are housing.
Mammoth Mount: This enclosure houses the park's woolly mammoth Martha.T-Rex Hill: T-Rex Hill is home to the park's pair of Tyrannosaurus rex, Terence and Matilda.Big Cat Climb: This two part enclosure features a pair of breeding sabre-tooth cats.Triceratops Creek: Theo is the resident triceratops at Triceratops Creek.Deinosuchus Dip: This is a huge lake, where the park's deinosuchus is kept.Ornithomimus Pond: This paddock features a herd of ornithomimus.The Bug House This state of the art enclosure keeps its Carboniferous period creatures safe. Its oxygen levels inside are double what they are today, and this keeps the Arthropleura, Meganeura and Pulmonoscorpius happy.
Animals[edit]
The extinct animals that are brought to Prehistoric Park throughout the series are as follows:
A male Triceratops named Theo.
A herd of around thirteen to twenty Ornithomimus, which go on to have twelve chicks.
Two young Tyrannosaurus rex, who are siblings. One is a male named Terrence, and the other is a female named Matilda.
A female Woolly Mammoth named Martha.
A male Elasmotherium. (Wooly Rhino)
A small group of Microraptors.
A herd of nine titanosaurs.
A Phorusrhacid. (Terror Bird).
Two Sabre-toothed Cats, one male and one female. The Cats later go on to have two cubs.
A Meganeura (Giant Dragonfly).
A Pulmonoscorpius (Giant Scorpion).
An Arthropleura. (Giant Centipede).
A Deinosuchus. (Massive Croc).
A Troodon. Unlike the other animals, Nigel and the crew do not intentionally bring back the Troodon, it hides in the back of their truck as they return to the present.
As well as the extinct animals, there are also several modern-day animals that reside in the park. These include a herd of African Elephants, a Cheetah, a group of Nile Crocodiles and free-roaming Egrets and Ibis. Nigel also keeps a few smaller animals in and around his base, which include a Blue and Yellow Macaw, a Hermann's Tortoise, a Western Hog-nosed Snake and a Jackson's Chameleon.
Animals seen in the wild:
Episode 1 T-rex Returns
Ornithomimus
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Nyctosaurus unidentified
Episode 2 A Mammoth Undertaking
Ursus Spelaeus (Cave Bear)
Woolly Mammoth
Cro-Magnon (live-acted by Human)
Cave Hyena (live-acted by Spotted Hyena)
Gray Wolf (live-acted by Siberian husky)
Elasmotherium (Wooly Rhino)
Episode 3 Dinobirds
Anhanguera (pterosaur) (identified as Pterosaur)
Incisivosaurus
Mei Long (Mei (dinosaur))
Microraptor
Borealosaurus (identified as Titanosaur)
Episode 4 Saving the Sabre-Tooth
Toxodon (massive Hippo like mammals)
Smilodon (Saber-toothed cat)
Phorusrhacos (Terror Bird)
Six-banded Armadillo (live-acted)
Red Brocket Deer (live-acted)
Episode 5 The Bug House
Meganeura (identified as Giant Dragonfly)
Arthropleura (giant Centipede)
Pulmonoscorpius (identified as Giant Scorpion)
Crassigyrinus (giant swamp amphibian)
Episode 6 Supercroc
Parasaurolophus
Albertosaurus
Nyctosaurus
Deinosuchus (massive Croc)
Troodon
Filming locations[edit]

Episode
Where set
Where filmed
1 Montana, United States The Andean national parks of Chile where there are plenty of Araucaria and Nothofagus trees
2 Siberia The Yukon in Canada
3 China Rotorua, New Zealand, in the Redwood, Ohakuri, and Tikitere forests
4 South America Dry grassland near Brasilia in Brazil
5 Coal forest in Scotland Swamp forest in southern Florida, but some of the vegetation was CGI
6 Texas, USA The freshwater lakes of Fraser Island, Australia
DVD[edit]
The Region 1 DVD was released on 5 June 2007 by BCI Eclipse, under license from Fremantle Media.
The Region 2 DVD was released in Britain on 28 August 2006 by Fremantle Media. [1]
The Region 4 DVD was released in Australia and surrounding islands on 6 October 2006. Charles Wooley narrated the series when broadcast on Australia's Nine Network, and the Region 4 DVD has the original narration by David Jason.
See also[edit]
Paleoworld
Dinosaur Planet (TV series)
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
ITV's Prehistoric Park was created by the makers of a series of BBC documentaries that also include:
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Walking with Beasts (2001), depicting life after the dinosaurs
Walking with Cavemen (2003)
Walking with Monsters (2005), depicting life before the dinosaurs
The following are Walking With... series specials:
The Ballad of Big Al (2000)
Chased by Dinosaurs (2002)
Sea Monsters (2003)
The following are similar programs, produced by the BBC:
"Prehistoric America" (2003)
"Monsters We Met" (2004)
External links[edit]
Prehistoric Park at itv.com/citv (including episode guide and images)
Animal Planet - Prehistoric Park
Impossible Pictures minisite
A Prehistoric Park RPG at Jurassic Park Legacy
Nigel Marven's production photos
Prehistoric Park at the Internet Movie Database
Prehistoric Park at TV.com


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Puppy Bowl
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Puppy Bowl
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Genre
Homage to Sports television
Narrated by
Harry Kalas (2005–2009)
 Jeff Bordner (2010–2011)
Scott Graham (2012–present)
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
10 (List of episodes)
Production

Executive producer(s)
Melinda Toporoff[1]
Running time
180 minutes (2005–2008)
 120 minutes (2008–present)
Broadcast

Original channel
Animal Planet
Picture format
480i (4:3 SDTV) (2005-2008)
1080i (16:9 HDTV) (2008-present)
Original run
February 6, 2005 – present
Chronology

Related shows
Puppy Games
External links
Website
Production website
The Puppy Bowl is an annual television program on Animal Planet that mimics an American football bowl game similar to the Super Bowl, using puppies.[2] Shown each year on Super Bowl Sunday, the show consists of footage of a batch of puppies at play inside a model stadium,[3] with commentary on their actions. The first Puppy Bowl was shown on February 6, 2005, opposite Super Bowl XXXIX. The puppies featured in the Puppy Bowl are from shelters.[4]


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Format 2.1 Kitty Half-Time Show
2.2 Other features
3 Puppy Bowls
4 Reception
5 Spin-offs and competition 5.1 Puppy Games
5.2 Competitive shows
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Production[edit]
According to the show's producers, the inspiration for Puppy Bowl as Super Bowl counterprogramming came from the popular Yule Log Christmas program.[2][5][6]
A veterinarian is on site during the production of Puppy Bowl to ensure animal safety and well-being, and to administer any veterinary medical care which might be needed.[4][7] Representatives from American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as well as the shelters which lend their animals to the production, are also on site as observers to ensure animal welfare standards are maintained.[4][8] In 2012, an American Humane Association representative was always on-site to ensure that puppies did not become too aggressive and injure one another.[7][9]
According to its associate producer, the production takes about 12 hours each day.[4] In 2007, shooting occurred over three days.[2] Roughly 30 staff members were needed in 2008 to produce the show.[2] In 2010, the veterinarian on site said this was spread over three days.[8] Puppies are given a rest period every 30 minutes, due to the heat from the lights.[4] Forty-six puppies were used in 2008,[2] and about 60 puppies in 2010.[8] The 2011 production occurred in the New York City area in the fall of 2010, using 47 puppies,[3][5] while the 2012 show featured 58 puppies.[10] The 2013 show (filmed at a television studio in west midtown in Manhattan) featured 63 puppies, with 10 on the "field" at one time.[9] Filming occurred over two days.[7] The 2014 episode was filmed October 2 to 4, 2013, at the Chelsea Broadcast Center in Manhattan, New York City. A staff of 49 Animal Planet employees and 48 volunteers wrangled the animals, with each puppy assigned a single human overseer.[1] Kittens and cats were filmed the first day, puppies and dogs the second, and other animals on the fourth.[1] A total of 66 puppies were used for the show in 2014,[11] including a basset hound with a genetic defect to its paw.[12] This allowed 12 to 15 puppies to be on the field at a time, and for puppies to be given rest periods every 20 minutes.[1] Another 30 untrained kittens, five penguins, three trained adult cats, eight "tailgate party" dogs, four police dogs, and six hamsters were used in the 2014 show.[1] All the animals except the penguins (which were provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium) are adoptable.[1]
Puppy Bowl is filmed inside a miniature "stadium" that is 19 feet (5.8 m) long by 10 feet (3.0 m) wide.[1][2][9] Only puppies between 12 and 21 weeks old are allowed on the show,[12] and there is a height and weight limit due to the size limitations of the play area.[2] Puppies must show that they are well-socialized with people and other puppies, and that they have the full range of vaccinations.[13] A wide variety of toys are placed inside the "stadium". Although there is no minimum or maximum limit on how many toys may be in the stadium, show producers say that toys which make the loudest noise or which are sausage-shaped get the most attention. Toys are usually switched out every 20 minutes, and often more frequently.[1] Peanut butter is smeared around camera lenses to induce the puppies to lick the camera.[12]
The various cameras used to tape the show generated about 50 hours of footage in 2011,[2] but more than 90 hours in 2012 (for the 2013 airing).[9] Some cameras are placed inside toys, to give a puppy's-eye view of the action.[7]
The first five Puppy Bowls were narrated by Harry Kalas, a narrator for NFL Films and longtime play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phillies.[2][14]
Format[edit]
The Puppy Bowl consists of a number of puppies playing in a model stadium ("Animal Planet Stadium") with no audience (but with canned audience cheering), minimal commentary, and instant replay shots. A "bowl cam" provides shots upwards through the transparent bottom of a special water bowl built into the stadium floor, with a wide-angle lens that allows viewers to watch the puppies drink water (and walk through it) up close.[2] Ten full-size digital cameras and five GoPro miniature digital cameras were used in 2014 to capture the action. These numbers include the hidden cameras in the water bowl and toys.[1]
A human "referee" watches over the "action on the field." In the first few years of Puppy Bowl, this was a crew member randomly selected each year. Beginning in 2008, it was Animal Planet associate producer Andrew Schechter.[4][5] For the 2012 Puppy Bowl, Schechter was replaced by SportsNet New York and Beer Money! host Dan Schachner.[15] Schachner hosted the show again in 2013 and 2014.[1][11] Football terminology is often used by the announcer and referee to illustrate the puppies' behavior and actions. When a puppy drags one of the football-shaped toys into the end zone, a "puppy touchdown" is declared.[5] "Penalties" are issued for puppies relieving themselves on the field. Timeouts are called if the water bowl needs to be refilled, or if the puppies begin to fight (a behavior called "unnecessary rrruff-ness").[2] The show uses puns to mimic the rules of professional football, including paws interference (pass interference), rough sides (offsides), and dog-collar tackle (horse-collar tackle). Unique "penalties" called may also including, howling, illegal bathing (playing in the water bowl), napping on the field, and premature watering of the lawn (urination).[1]
Although puppies may urinate or defecate on the field as frequently as once every 20 seconds, all but one of the incidents is edited out of the show.[1]
The running time of Puppy Bowls I through IV was 180 minutes (including commercials). The running time of Puppy Bowl V was decreased to 120 minutes (including commercials). Jessie Dinh, producer at Discovery Studios, explained the reason for the decrease: "We only did two hours this year so that we had the opportunity to include some other fun elements."[16]
Kitty Half-Time Show[edit]
Starting with Puppy Bowl II, at the 1 hour, 15 minute mark, the puppies leave the field and a large scratching post is brought out with a wide variety of kittens for the Kitty Half-Time Show. This features kittens playing for 30 minutes with lights, laser pens, balls of yarn, a scratching post, flint sweepers, and a wide variety of other toys. The grand finale of the Puppy Bowl II Half-Time Show was a confetti blast that sent most of the cats running away scared. Puppy Bowl III did not show the cats' departure from the field. The halftime show of Puppy Bowl IV in 2008 was only 15 minutes in length. In 2012, Animal Planet said that 20 kittens would be part of the Kitty Half-Time Show.[10] This number increased to 21 for the 2013 airing.[9] All the kittens are also animals from shelters, and are adoptable.[7]
The "stadium" is outfitted with a variety of scratching posts and toys that move to interest the kittens and encourage them to move about. This does not usually work, however, and catnip is distributed over the set to help the kittens be more active and interested in their surroundings.[7]
Other features[edit]
In 2009, a model blimp (supposedly floating over the Puppy Bowl) was added.[17] The "blimp" mimics the appearance of the Goodyear Blimp over many outdoor football events. Shots of the puppies at play were green-screened into the windows to make it appear as if the "blimp" was actually hovering over the field. Inside the model of the blimp's control room, hamsters are allowed to play (as if they were the crew of the blimp).[5][17] The blimp returned in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[10]
Beginning in 2010, "bunny cheerleaders" (rabbits) were shown, as if these animals were on the sidelines.[8] In 2011, the "bunny cheerleaders" were replaced by "chicken cheerleaders" (hens and roosters).[5] The bunnies and chickens were replaced by five pigs in a "Piggy Pep Squad" in 2012.[10] Hedgehog cheerleaders were introduced for 2013, but replaced with penguins in 2014.[18]
Also beginning in 2010, the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) began sponsoring the Puppy Bowl.[19][20] A veterinarian was shown giving each puppy a physical prior to participation, provided care to any animal which might appear injured, and provided tips to viewers about proper animal care. Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro, Director of Emergency Services at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in Denver, Colorado, provided the official on-camera care for the puppies and other animals.[21]
A new element for 2011 was a parody of the popular "Kiss Cam" used at sporting events. The "Kiss Cam" returned in 2012.[15]
Two other new elements were added in 2012 as well. A cockatiel named "Meep" "tweeted" about the game from the sidelines (using the Twitter social media network). Jill Rappaport, a TV reporter and animal advocate, provided color commentary.[15]
The hamsters in the blimp and Meep the "tweeting" cockatiel were retained for the 2013 show, but the piglet cheerleaders were replaced by baby hedgehogs in tutus.[9][22][23] Owners of hedgehogs volunteered the use of their animals for the show. The tutus, however, did not stay on the animals.[7] A new "Puppy Cam" (a miniature wide camera attached to a puppy's collar) was added in place of the "Kiss Cam", to provide viewers with a puppy's-eye-view of the action. A new feature in the 2013 game is the "Cute Cam," the slow-mo camera. Additionally, the human "stars" of Animal Planet's reality TV shows were added in 2013 as commentators. Another addition is a "special puppy hot tub" (a large pan of water) in which puppies will relax prior to or after their time on the field.[24]
For the 2014 edition of the Puppy Bowl, the tenth anniversary of the show, First Lady Michelle Obama opened the show with footage of puppies "training" for the Puppy Bowl on the South Lawn of the White House.[25] Police dogs appeared on the field when the national anthem was played.[26] Returning as the official "tweeter" of the show was Meep the cockatiel.[18] The "perma kitten" dwarf cat Lil Bub was added as a "commentator" broadcasting from a Chicago studio.[26] In reference to the Super Bowl's halftime show with Bruno Mars, Keyboard Cat "played" his song "Locked Out of Heaven" during the halftime show.[26] The half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten "parachuting" onto the field.[26] To increase interactivity with fans of the show, the Puppy Bowl X online site allowed fans to play a "Fantasy Puppy League" (similar to fantasy football) featuring the 2014 puppies, gave fans the chance to vote for the "Most Valuable Puppy" during the event, and gave viewers the opportunity to post photos of their own animals and Puppy Bowl parties via Instagram.[18][26] Entertainment Weekly reporter James Hibbered commented on the changes by noting, "Animal Planet is simply embracing viral-video favorites and ratcheting up the sports-spoof silliness to a new level this year."[26] With the Super Bowl in New York City where the Puppy Bowl is filmed, Animal Planet established a "Puppy Bowl experience" at the Discovery Times Square exhibition space. The "experience" included a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) where people can play with puppies, a recreation of the Puppy Bowl set, and advertising sponsor areas.[6][18]
An emphasis on adopting pets from shelters became a focus of the show in 2014 as well. A total of 33 shelters from 18 states and the territory of Puerto Rico supplied shelter animals (dogs, cats, hamsters, etc.) for the Puppy Bowl.[1] All the animals on the show (except for the penguins) are shelter animals, and usually all are adopted by the time the show airs.[1] Throughout the program, updates on the status of each of the adopted puppies will be given. Throughout the program, however, the adoption journey of Rosie (now named Scout), a three-month-old Chihuahua/terrier mix, will be followed from her arrival at the shelter to her life with her new family.[13]
Puppy Bowls[edit]

#
Puppy Bowl
MVP
Original air date

1
Puppy Bowl I Max, a Jack Russell Terrier February 6, 2005
2
Puppy Bowl II Monseigneur Jacques, a French Poodle February 5, 2006
3
Puppy Bowl III Bomber, a Samoyed February 4, 2007
4
Puppy Bowl IV Abigail, a Jack Russell Terrier February 3, 2008
5
Puppy Bowl V Matilda, a Beagle February 1, 2009
6
Puppy Bowl VI Jake, a Chihuahua/Pug Mix February 7, 2010
7
Puppy Bowl VII CB, a Shih Tzu/Terrier Mix February 6, 2011
8
Puppy Bowl VIII Fumble, a Terrier Mix February 5, 2012
9
Puppy Bowl IX Marta, a Schnauzer/Beagle Mix February 3, 2013
10
Puppy Bowl X Ginger, an Old English Sheepdog[27] February 2, 2014
Reception[edit]
Puppy Bowl aired on February 6, 2005. Puppy Bowl II averaged 690,000 viewers for its broadcast on February 5, 2006 (a 230 percent increase over Puppy Bowl I). Five million people in total watched Puppy Bowl II over its three airings. Puppy Bowl III, which aired on February 4, 2007, increased that number by 120 percent to 7.5 million viewers, for a total increase of 360 percent from its first airing in 2005.[2] Puppy Bowl IV, which aired on Animal Planet on February 3, 2008, had more than 8 million viewers for all its broadcasts.[28] It was also the first Puppy Bowl broadcast in high definition.[28] Puppy Bowl V aired on February 1, 2009. Puppy Bowl VI aired on February 7, 2010, and a record 1.1 million viewers watched the first broadcast alone.[3] Puppy Bowl VII aired on February 6, 2011 with a total of 9.2 million viewers over the twelve hours it was aired. The actual premiere drew 1.7 million viewers, up 60 percent from last year.[29] Puppy Bowl VII in 2011 had a total 9.2 million estimated viewers for all airings.[30] Puppy Bowl VIII aired on February 5, 2012. This airing was the second most-watched social television program in America, with more than 10 million viewers over five airings.[24] This included an increase of 17 percent in ratings in its target demographic group (adults age 25-to-54).[22] More than 200,000 Puppy Bowl-related tweets were made on that day.[24] Puppy Bowl IX aired on February 3, 2013. Puppy Bowl X aired six times over 12 hours on February 2, 2014, with new content added for each airing.[1]
Advertising revenue for the 2013 show was up 19 percent over 2012, and drew a number of new advertisers. For the first time, Animal Planet allowed commercial branding of its "stadium" in 2013 as well. It was referred to throughout the program as the "GEICO Puppy Bowl Stadium".[22] An average of 12.4 million viewers watched all six airings of the Puppy Bowl in 2013.[6][26]
Advertising revenue for the 2014 Puppy Bowl rose 30 percent over 2013. Three new companies became sponsors of the show, and Mars, Incorporated's Sheba cat food company sponsored a new "cat VIP suite".[6]
Spin-offs and competition[edit]
Puppy Games[edit]
A spinoff of the Puppy Bowl, known as Puppy Games, aired opposite NBC's primetime broadcast of the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics on August 8, 2008. The Puppy Games included swimming, gymnastics, boxing, and soccer, and kittens were used for the "opening ceremony." John Ramey and Mary Beth Smith, respectively, served as the play-by-play announcer and color commentator for the event.
Competitive shows[edit]
The Puppy Bowl is the inspiration for Hallmark Channel's Kitten Bowl, which first aired in 2014.[25]
The Puppy Bowl also inspired the Fish Bowl, four hours of goldfish swimming in a bowl, which first aired in 2014 on the Nat Geo Wild cable network.[25]
See also[edit]
The Puppy Channel, a defunct cable network which broadcast only footage of puppies.
References[edit]
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2.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Just Fine as Tackles, but They Can't Pass." New York Times. February 2, 2008. Accessed 2014-01-29.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c "Puppy Bowl: Where Touchdowns Are Scored On All Fours." CBS News. February 4, 2011. Accessed 2014-01-29.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "The Life of a "Puppy Bowl" Referee." Wall Street Journal. February 5, 2010. Accessed 2014-01-29.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Colbert to Auction Doctored Portrait." Associated Press. February 5, 2011.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d Poggi, Jeanine. "Puppy Bowl X Adds Penguin Cheerleaders, More Sponsors and a VIP Lounge for Cats." Advertising Age. January 17, 2014. Accessed 2014-01-29.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "The Puppy Bowl: Behind the Scenes of TV's Cutest Show." Washington Post. January 28, 2013. Accessed 2013-01-28.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Local Veterinarian Enjoys Role in Puppy Bowl VI." KUSA-TV. February 8, 2010. Accessed 2014-01-29.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Marantz, Andrew. "Puppies!" The New Yorker. January 28, 2013. Accessed 2013-01-22.
10.^ Jump up to: a b c d "Puppy Bowl 2012: Kittens, Pigs And Birds Play Supporting Roles." HuffingtonPost.com. January 27, 2012. Accessed 2012-01-29.
11.^ Jump up to: a b Pesce, Nicole Lyn. "Competing Networks Get Cute on Super Sunday." New York Daily News. January 28, 2014. Accessed 2014-01-29.
12.^ Jump up to: a b c Conry, Tara. "Sayville Hound Plays in 'Puppy Bowl' Despite Defect in Paw." Newsday. January 29, 2014. Accessed 2014-01-29.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Mills, Michelle. "Rosie, a Small Pup From Pasadena, Featured in 'Puppy Bowl X'." San Gabriel Valley Tribune. January 28, 2014. Accessed 2013-01-29.
14.Jump up ^ "Harry Kalas, 73; Was Voice of the Phillies Since 1971." Boston Globe. April 17, 2009. Accessed 2014-01-29
15.^ Jump up to: a b c "Animal Planet's PUPPY BOWL VIII to Premiere 2/5." Broadway World. January 5, 2012. Accessed 2014-01-29
16.Jump up ^ "Puppy Bowl V." Washington Post. January 30, 2009. Accessed 2014-01-29.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Marketers Gather Round Dog Bowl." Advertising Age. February 4, 2010. Accessed 2014-01-29
18.^ Jump up to: a b c d Emery, Debbie. "Puppy Bowl X Preview: Designer Dogs, Penguin Cheerleaders and Fantasy Four-Legged Football." The Hollywood Reporter. January 17, 2014. Accessed 2013-01-29.
19.Jump up ^ "AAHA Conference Spans Spectrum From Puppy Bowl to 9/11." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. May 15, 2010. Accessed 2014-01-29.
20.Jump up ^ "AAHA Readies for Consumer Advertising Push on Animal Planet in 2010." DVM Newsmagazine. October 25, 2009. Accessed 2014-01-29.
21.Jump up ^ "'Tail' Gate Party." Denver Post. January 31, 2010. Accessed 2014-01-29.
22.^ Jump up to: a b c "Puppy Bowl Now Mastiff-Sized." AdWeek. January 22, 2013. Accessed 2013-01-22.
23.Jump up ^ Edel, Ray. "Puppy Bowl Will Be Back for Another Year." NorthJersey.com. January 14, 2013. Accessed 2013-01-22.
24.^ Jump up to: a b c Chandler, Rick. "Hedging a Super Bowl Bet Is One Thing, But What About Hedgehog Cheerleaders?" Lake Tahoe Action. January 17, 2013. Accessed 2013-01-22.
25.^ Jump up to: a b c "Michelle Obama to Appear on Puppy Bowl." Houston Chronicle. January 30, 2014. Accessed 2014-02-02.
26.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Hibberd, James. "Puppy Bowl Books Keyboard Cat for Halftime Show (Plus Lil Bub, Penguin Cheerleaders, More)." Entertainment Weekly. January 2, 2014. Accessed 2013-01-29.
27.Jump up ^ http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/03/2014-mvp-named-in-puppy-bowl-x
28.^ Jump up to: a b "Puppy Bowl IV Draws Over 8 Million Dogged Fans." Multichannel News. February 5, 2008. Accessed 2013-01-29.
29.Jump up ^ "Puppy Bowl Draws 9.2 Million Viewers." Entertainment Weekly. February 8, 2011. Accessed 2013-01-29.
30.Jump up ^ Greenberg, Julia. "Puppy Bowl 2012: Starting Line-up Announced, Pictures Released." International Business Tribune. January 23, 2012.
External links[edit]
Official website
Puppy Bowl II at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl III at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl IV at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl V at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl VII at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl VIII at the Internet Movie Database
Puppy Bowl IX at the Internet Movie Database
 


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