The mystical southern Carpathians starting at the Iron Gates on the Serbian border with a breathtaking journey through the Danube’s Defile. As in Wild Carpathia part 1, we will meet the...

Begins in the Maramures - the most traditional part of Romania where the locals have maintained artisan skills and the same way of life for centuries. As well as more stunning shots of the...

There’s hardly a corner of Switzerland so marked by exciting contrasts as Ticino. It’s both the sunniest and the rainiest part of the country. Rough mountains meet a Mediterranean climate,...

In this episode we look at the fur seal nursery. Deep beneath the ocean exists an incredibly hostile world – an icy world plunged in eternal darkness where the pressure is phenomenal. This world is the abyssal realm – the largest habitat on our planet. Yet some marine mammals that breathe air and nurse their young, like us, spend a large part of their days in this shadowy world. Scientists are now discovering that the depths reached by these ocean dwelling giants are far greater than they had ever imagined. Using tags attached to the animals, cameras in the deep ocean trenches and 3D scanning images, this film follows and illustrates a modern scientific revolution. Constructed as a dramatic progression towards the deep sea trenches – from the shallowest to the deepest – it shows animals that are extremely rare and highlights the remarkable physiological adaptations that allow them to dive so deep.

In this episode we look at white dolphins. Deep beneath the ocean exists an incredibly hostile world – an icy world plunged in eternal darkness where the pressure is phenomenal. This world is the abyssal realm – the largest habitat on our planet. Yet some marine mammals that breathe air and nurse their young, like us, spend a large part of their days in this shadowy world. Scientists are now discovering that the depths reached by these ocean dwelling giants are far greater than they had ever imagined. Using tags attached to the animals, cameras in the deep ocean trenches and 3D scanning images, this film follows and illustrates a modern scientific revolution. Constructed as a dramatic progression towards the deep sea trenches – from the shallowest to the deepest – it shows animals that are extremely rare and highlights the remarkable physiological adaptations that allow them to dive so deep.

The Aare is the longest river whose entire course lies within Switzerland. From its source in the rugged mountain terrain of the Bernese Alps all the way to its confluence with the River Rhine,...

Based on superstition and misconception, only intensive preservation efforts and increased public awareness may save them, but even then, some say it may be too late. Until that day Sharks will continue to stalk waters everywhere as one of the last remaining wild predators on earth.

At the edge of the Antarctic, bathed by the most violent waters in the world, there lies a lost island where austral wildlife remains intact, far from man and his destructive impact. South Georgia is a world apart, a land blasted by the Antarctic winds known as the Furious Fifties, which make life a permanent struggle for survival. This isolated, savage land, conserved intact thanks to its climatological and geographic rigours, is nonetheless a paradise for Antarctic fauna in the months of the southern summer. Thousands of animals gather here to breed in the short period in which the climate declares a truce. And South Georgia then teems with life. The history of man and this island has been as turbulent as its climate. On the northern coasts, wracked by years of storms and solitude, abandoned whaling settlements are a reminder of a distant past, when only the most seasoned mariners and heroes came to these shores to process the captured whales or take on provisions before setting out to explore the frozen wastes of the Antarctic. On solitary, silent strands, beached ships still raise their masts, broken now by centuries of inactivity. Lonely tombs mark the final resting places of heroes. History intermingles with the violent, breathtaking landscape: Cook, Larsen, Shackleton. Everything seems to be bathed in the ancestral stillness of this virgin land, its completely wild animal populations, the harshness of its climate and, in short, its fascinating nature. South Georgia: Life Beneath the Roaring Fifties is a journey around this forgotten, unknown land, a hymn to its fascinating wildlife and an exploration of its implacable ferocity. It is a documentary about survival and adaptation at the edge of the impossible, about the astonishing power of nature to overcome the rigours of the climate. It is also a homage to one of the last corners of the world where life remains in its original state: pure, tenacious, violent and savage, but above all, profoundly beautiful.

There is hardly any other river in Germany that is surrounded by as many myths and legends as the river Rhine. No other river has been the topic of songs, has been painted and travelled equally frequently. Despite this it still seems to be true today what the French poet Victor Hugo once said about this river – the Rhine is a river everybody talks about, nobody explores, everybody visits but no one really knows. It is the second longest river in Central and Western Europe after the Danube. Medieval castles, important industrial sites and lush vineyards this is what river Rhine is famous for. This river however is much more than what man had made it. Even though man have settled next to the river and the stream has been used as means of transportation for thousands of years, it´s banks still host a stunning variety of wildlife habitats. Alluvial forests, roaring waterfalls, steep canyons and sunny slopes flank the river along its some 1230 km. The variety of habitats is the reason for the large biodiversity along the stream. The film follows the water against the stream. Starting at its Delta in the Netherlands it runs through six countries until its place of origin in the Swiss Alps. This film about the Rhine is unique because of its focus on the Fauna and Flora that exists alongside the stream. Beavers and Seals, Capricorns and Lizards, Wild boar and White-throated dipper are among the animal stars of this film.

“I m the Best” tells us the story of the peculiar romance that takes place in the autumn months in the mediterranean forests. The Iberian red deer starts his season by emitting a disturbing sound that slips through the whole forest. A time to love, defend and fight begins for the red deer. For almost a month, to perpetuate themselves will be their only reason to live, their only goal, their only option.

Once highly endangered but now flourishing thanks to a concentrated effort to preserve their natural habitat, these ancient creatures continue to stalk waters as one of the last remaining predators...

From the deserts to the densest jungles, one group of mammals can be found unlike all the rest. A few predatory but many carnivorous, marsupials include the red kangaroo to the tiny mouse.

Unblinking red eyes glide along the silent black surface of the tropical river like faintly glowing embers in the dusk. Hoarse barkings nearby always remind cameraman and biologist Rainer Bergomaz...

An international family make a last-minute decision to leave their hectic lifestyles behind and live an 8-month sabbatical in Southern Africa. A family adventure seen and told through the eyes of their 7 and 9-year-old children, Amy and Jason. With wide-eyed enthusiasm they discover the splendid world of travel and diversity as a family in Namibia, South Africa and Madagascar.

Commonly feared, spiders nevertheless persist in every part of the world in great numbers. Spiders are among the biggest groups of invertebrates with over 43,000 species.

The Mostviertel, Austria s pear country, stretches from the river Danube to the Alps, right in the heart of Austria. Pear trees are scattered across the landscape and produce 200 different...

Explore some of the 129 species of ocean mammals from groups of cetaceans, sirenians, pinnipeds and fissipeds.

Asian Vultures are dying out at an alarming rate. In the last decade, 99.9% of the population has disappeared making them more endangered than the Polar Bear - but it the Vulture s unlovable reputation that s kept their plight out of the public eye. Now, one man has made it his life s mission to bring the Vulture s imminent extinction to the world s attention. We follow Scott’s journey through a series of trials and tribulations as he battles the elements in the Himalayan mountains to bring his conservation message to the world. By combining conservation, adventure sport and the ancient art of falconry, Scott Mason, is determined to halt the rapid decline of a much misunderstood species. Scott Mason realised that to compete for publicity in a world where sensation is king he needed to do something very different. He hit upon the idea of combining his lifelong love of Falconry with the extreme sport of Paragliding and thus invented Parahawking - flying with his rescued and rehabilitated Egyptian Vultures, interacting with the birds in their own environment. Flight for Survival documents Scott s struggle to raise awareness of the Vulture s plight by undertaking his greatest challenge to date - a 10,000ft climb in the Himalayan Mountains to attempt the highest, longest, most challenging parahawking flight ever.

Threatened by the guns of Southern Africa’s farmers, some black-backed jackals have found a new shelter in a restricted and arid area: Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. Here, they adapt to a new...

How has the catfish – the largest freshwater fish in Europe that terrorizes pikes, pigeons and even bathers – progressively colonized all rivers without eliminating any other species? ...