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Natural World: Season 22

17 episodes Premiered Oct 12, 2003 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Natural World

Season 22 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 21.
  • ⚡ 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 22 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 22: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (12): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S22·E1 Mytharc

Lost Crocodiles of the Pharaohs

Oct 12, 2003

Last year, while excavating a 5,000 year old temple buried by Egyptian sands, archaeologist Edda Bresciani unearthed a sacred chamber - with an unexpected secret.There in the cente

S22·E2 Core

Elephant Cave

Oct 19, 2003

Beneath the forested flanks of an extinct volcano lies a cave with a mysterious secret. Kitum Cave on the slopes of Mt Elgon in Kenya is the only place on earth where elephants reg

S22·E3 Core

White Shark/Red Triangle

Oct 31, 2003

Each year, in the late summer, a region known as the Red Triangle bustles with marine mammal activity. Lying between San Francisco and Monterey, the Red Triangle includes beaches w

S22·E4 Mytharc

Tigers of the Emerald Forest

Nov 16, 2003

Huge male tigers are the focus of this film, Dedicated scientist Raghu Chundawat and his partner Joanna Van Gruisen have been studying them for the last eight years and reveals the

S22·E5 Core

Dune

Nov 23, 2003

S22·E6 Core

Five Owl Farm

Dec 7, 2003

This is the story of a remarkable place - a Yorkshire farm where all five British owls live side by side.

S22·E7 Mytharc

The Monkey Prince

The Mountain Troop is the most powerful in the kingdom, and it lives in the best location. That is where Bobo is born. From the moment of his birth, Bobo is at the very pinnacle of

S22·E8 Core

The Eagle Has Landed

Jan 2, 2004

The struggle to bring ospreys, red kites and sea eagles back from the brink of extinction is Britain's greatest wildlife success story. Thanks to a few dedicated people these magni

S22·E9 Core

Swamp Cats

Jan 9, 2004

Film about a family of lions living in the swamps of the Okavango delta, seen through the eyes of a cub born just before the annual flood.

S22·E10 Core

Caribou and Wolves: The Endless Dance

Jan 16, 2004

Across the top of North America, millions of caribou are led on their never-ending journey by the mothers of the herd. Driven by the demands of motherhood, they travel 3000 miles o

S22·E12 Core

A Moose Named Madeline

Feb 8, 2004

Richard E Grant narrates this documentary following a female moose and its calf Madeline in the dangerous Canadian wilderness. The youngster must overcome wolves, swarms of biting

S22·E13 Core

The Amber Time Machine

Feb 15, 2004

Amber is one of David Attenborough's great passions - he is captivated by its beauty and the animals frozen within it in perfect detail. In a personal journey he traces the history

S22·E14 Core

Five Big Cats and a Camera

Feb 22, 2004

The story of the hurdles overcome by Owen Newman & Amanda Barrett, as they set out 14yrs ago to film cheetahs, leopards, servals, caracals and lions.

S22·E15 Core

Ice Age Death Trap

Feb 29, 2004

For thousands of years downtown LA hid an indiscriminate killer - in one of the most surprising wildlife crime stories in the world, Natural World turns forensic detective to solve

S22·E16 Mytharc

Ireland: Sculpted Isle

Mar 14, 2004

Ireland - Sculpted Isle is a captivating journey through Ireland's most beautiful and enigmatic landscapes. This island in the Atlantic Ocean might seem like a land trapped in time

S22·E17 Mytharc

Lion: Out of Africa?

Apr 11, 2004

The biggest of the big cats is declining fast, killed because it's developed a taste for beef - cows are much easier to catch than wildebeest in many parts of Africa. This film inv

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