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Natural World: Season 14

12 episodes Premiered Jan 14, 1996 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Natural World

Season 14 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Natural World Season 13.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 14 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 14: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S14·E1 Mytharc

Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation

Jan 14, 1996

A deeply moving account of elephant family life, The Next Generation is the sequel to the BBC Natural History Unit's award-winning Echo of the Elephants. The award-winning camerama

S14·E2 Core

Incredible Suckers

Jan 21, 1996

In the depths of the world’s oceans, biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer Mike deGruy explores the multi-sensory world of the cephalopods. Stunning underwater photog

S14·E3 Core

Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge

Jan 28, 1996

An investigation into the inhabitants of the Arctic who have adapted to extreme conditions, looks at the polar bear, narwhal and guillemots.

S14·E4 Core

Fifi's Boys: a Story of Wild Chimpanzees

Feb 4, 1996

Updated film portrait of Fifi a chimpanzee that naturalist Jane Goodall first studied in 1960. This programme follows her and her six offspring, studying their individual character

S14·E5 Core

Last Feast of the Crocodiles

Feb 7, 1996

An enthralling exploration of the 1991 South African drought, Last Feast of the Crocodiles focuses on the receding waters of the Limpopo River and the extraordinary social alterati

S14·E6 Core

Rhythms of Life

Feb 11, 1996

Uses computer simulation and time-lapse photography to chart the effect of the rhythms of the sun, moon and earth on life forms.

S14·E7 Core

Lions: Pride in Peril

Feb 18, 1996

The King of Beasts, the lion, has an image of noble magnificence - a deadly hunter, red in both tooth and claw, to which all creatures defer. And yet, behind this facade, every lio

S14·E8 Core

Monsoon

Feb 25, 1996

Examines the Indian Monsoon and the effect it has on the wildlife of the region.

S14·E9 Core

Crossroads of Nancite

Mar 3, 1996

Explores the battle for survival in Nancite, a small stretch of beach and forest on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, between animal species from both continents. Featured animals i

S14·E10 Core

Bowerbird: Playboy of the Australian Forest

Mar 17, 1996

Documentary on the wildlife in Australia's Lamington National Park in Queensland, focusing on the bowerbird, the scrub turkey and the spiny echidna.

S14·E11 Mytharc

Hightops of Scotland

Mar 24, 1996

Captures the private life of the wild life that inhabits the Cairngorm mountains in the north of Scotland. Filmed over a twelve month period, features such animals as wild deer, ha

S14·E12 Mytharc

Attenborough in Paradise

Apr 8, 1996

David Attenborough fulfilsan ambition to travel to the rainforests of New Guinea to film the birds of paradise.

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