Earth's Natural Wonders [Season 1] (2015)

Country: UK (Production Co: BBC)
Film Distributor: PBS

Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Olivia Colman


The "Earth's Natural Wonders" series tells the stories of some of our planet's most spectacular places and how they have shaped the lives of those who live there.

Episode One: Extreme Wonders Extreme locales include Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall, the Grand Canyon, and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Episode Two: Wonders of Water Explore wonders created by the awesome and unpredictable power of water. Above Victoria Falls in Zambia, a fisherman and his brothers brave crocodiles, elephants and the risk of being swept to their deaths, in order to reach fishing pools at the edge of the Falls. In Europe's secret water world of the Camargue, a young man duels with a savage bull in a centuries-old contest of man-versus-nature. And, among the world's richest ocean reefs, a guardian must hunt down an elusive manta ray among ferocious currents to help save the species.

Episode Three: Living Wonders Witness wonders created by the force that makes our planet unique - life itself. In the Amazon Rain forest, two 9-year old boys must prepare themselves for a terrifying rite of passage involving the insect with the most painful sting on Earth: the bullet ant. In Borneo, a father must provide for his family by climbing to the roof of a vast cave to collect birds' nests. And, in Bangladesh's Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, a father and son must brave killer bees and man-eating tigers to find honey.