Natural World: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Gorillas In The Midst Of Man
Oct 1, 1989
An intimate and touching glimpse into the lives of these gentle, highly intelligent creatures, it follows a team of scientists and volunteers as they continue the research of the l
Ivory Wars
Oct 8, 1989
Report on the threat to the African elephant population from ivory poachers.
Gran Paradiso
Oct 15, 1989
Documentary on the national park of Gran Paradiso in the Italian Alps, focusing on the imbalance in the fauna which inhabit the area.
Fear Of The Wild
Oct 22, 1989
Documentary on the ways man has devised of coping with a fear of dangerous animals. Questioning whether this reaction is a throwback to a time when they were a real threat.
Splashdown: A Diver's Natural History
Oct 29, 1989
Splashdown is a diver's natural history of Britain and Eire - showing the amazing abundance and variety of our often threatened, yet rarely seen marine flora and fauna. Auks that '
Island In The Air
Nov 5, 1989
Looks at the isolated Bale highlands in south-west Ethiopia, preserved as a National Park, considering some of the animals, foliage and humans that live there, and also its importa
Amazon, the Flooded Forest (1)
Nov 19, 1989
The first of two films about the Amazon basin with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Every year for six months, the Amazon floodplain is entirely submerged, forcing re
Amazon, the Flooded Forest (2)
Nov 26, 1989
The second of two films about the Amazon Basin, with its immense river system and vast rainforests. Looks at the species of wildlife that inhabit the region after the flood waters
A Tramp In The Darien
Dec 3, 1989
Naturalist and writer Jonathan Maslow treks through one of South America's last great wildernesses, looking at the nature, wildlife, environment and indian tribes in the area.
The Taming Of The Ewe
Dec 10, 1989
Explores how man has exploited the natural behaviour of the dog to control sheep, examining the dog's instincts and ways of ensuring sheepdogs do not attack their flocks by bringin
Under The Ice
Dec 17, 1989
Program looking at the world and life forms found under the ice in the seas of the Antarctic.
The Sisterhood
Jan 7, 1990
Richard Goss spent 18 months in the isolated heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana, sharing in the nocturnal lives of a clan of spotted hyaenas. The film documents the lives of t
Erin Through The Mists Of Time
Jan 14, 1990
From the arrival of the first people 9,000 years ago through the coming of Christianity and beyond, myths and legends have enriched the reality of Erin's wildlife. Seen through the
Haida Gwai - Islands Of The People
Jan 28, 1990
An exploration of the seas, forests, and wildlife of Haida Gwai, the name given to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, by the Haida Indians, from the viewpoint of the Haida people
La Loire Sauvage
Feb 4, 1990
About the River Loire and the campaign for and against the government plans to build a dam across the Loire.