Natural World: Season 15
Season 15 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 14.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 15 Progress Shield
Sperm Whales: Back From the Abyss
Oct 6, 1996
Wildlife film about sperm whales, revealing the secret lives led by these often misunderstood ocean giants. Scientists all over the world are now learning about the secret lives o
Mara Nights
Oct 13, 1996
The first ever production to record animal behaviour at night without the use of lights, Mara Nights is an intriguing insight into a whole host of unseen nocturnal antics in Kenya'
Penguins In and Out of Water
Oct 20, 1996
Documentary on penguins- not looking at their traditionally viewed habitat Antartica, but at those penguins who have adapted to life in the deserts of Peru, and the cities of New Z
Mandrills: Painted Faces of the Forest
Oct 27, 1996
A look at the complex social behaviour of a mandrill troop in Gabon, West Africa and associated rainforest species - many of which are relatively unknown.
Beetlemania
Nov 3, 1996
Documentary investigating beetles - which account for a quarter of all animals on earth.
The World in a Wood
Nov 10, 1996
An investigation into Wytham Wood outside Oxford, which has been studied by biologists for more than fifty years to examine the dependence between plants and animals.
Himalaya
Nov 17, 1996
Documentary about the geological and natural history of the Himalayas, the highest and youngest mountain range in the world. The landscape is home to a remarkable diversity of wild
Wolves and Buffalo: an Ancient Alliance
Jan 19, 1997
Documentary on the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta in Canada. Follows the buffalo herds in the last place where they roam freely and the timber wolves who prey on th
Benguela and the Burning Shore
Jan 26, 1997
Documentary looking at the wildlife found in the Namib Desert in Africa- where baking sand dunes lie beside an ocean cooled by an icy current - The Benguela.
A Lemur's Tale
Feb 2, 1997
A touching and intimate portrayal of the ring-tailed lemur, award-winning wildlife filmmaker Adrian Warren spent five months in Madagascar's Berenty forest exploring the fascinatin
Grand Canyon: From Dinosaurs to Dam
Feb 16, 1997
Looks at the wildlife that inhabits the Grand Canyon today, and how the ecology of the area has been affected by the building of two huge dams. Originally home to dinosaurs, it is
Wings Over the Serengeti
Feb 23, 1997
Documentary on the vultures who live on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa.
New Guinea: An Island Apart
Mar 2, 1997
New Guinea is the world's largest tropical island and is home to one of the most unusual collections of animals and plants on earth.
The Wild Dog's Last Stand
Mar 9, 1997
Looks at the wilderness existence of packs of African wild dogs, filmed in Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and Kruger National Park in South Africa. Shows their hunting techniques,
Postcards From the Past
Mar 16, 1997
Examines the landsacpe of the British isles and how it has been affected by its journey from the South Pole where it was located 600 million years ago.
People of the Sea
Mar 30, 1997
Documentary about Newfoundland and the centuries-old reliance of its inhabitants on harvesting cod, whales and seals from the surrounding seas. Argues that increasing pressure from
Echo of the Elephants: Africa's Forgotten Elephants
Apr 6, 1997
Following film-maker Cynthia Moss in her search for the unknown elephants of Africa.