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Environment Documentaries

The natural environment is covered in our Environmental Documentaries, including national parks, oceans, rivers and streams, the mountains, the atmosphere, environmental protection, rain-forests, snow-fields, polar extremes, and everything else which people can walk through, swim through, ascend to, wonder at and experience of life in the natural world and environment.

Our Environmental Documentaries are headed up by the wonderful BBC Documentary Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series, and followed by many more top documentary films exploring our natural world.


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BBC Documentary What lies below the frozen Arctic ice sheets? Or in the black holes under the Caribbean Sea? The oceans are Earth’s single most important feature. They shape our climate, our culture, our future. Yet we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about Earth’s watery depths. Explorer Paul Rose leads a team of ocean experts...
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Water makes most of earths surface and most of our human bodies, but do we really know the secrets of this amazing element. From agriculture to factories and hydropower, we put water to work in a million different ways every day. And yet water acts outside all known physical laws of nature. At a time of global climate change, understanding the...
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Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year’s high...
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In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to become the first man to cross the frozen wastes of the Antarctic continent on foot; however, a combination of treacherous conditions, unexpected changes in weather, and simple bad luck left Shackleton and his crew of 28 men stranded in one of the world’s most unforgiving environments for nearly two...
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To most of the world, the majestic Alps present a scene of wonder. But to European merchants and truckers, they present a troublesome and costly roadblock. Enter the ambitious AlpTransit Tunnel. At just over 56 miles, this Swiss monster is the longest tunnel in the world. That is, it will be once workers complete this enormous project. Follow a...
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“Because it is there” is the reason so many men and women have risked death to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth. NOVA follows a scientific investigation of high-altitude physiology in Everest: The Death Zone, which examines the biological and psychological changes experienced by a group of climbers during their ascent. Jodie...
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Utilizing special macroscopic photographic techniques, filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou created this fascinating and visually spectacular look at the hidden worlds in the life cycle of an ordinary meadow in France. When seen through the lens of Nuridsany and Perennou’s cameras, insects become gigantic beasts, blades of grass turn...
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With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, with over 2,000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations, and shot entirely in high definition, Planet Earth is an unparalleled portrait of the “third rock from the...
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The earth is indeed an extraordinary planet, and not just because of the almost infinitely variety of life that is supports, its very fabric – the land itself – is marvelously varied and impressive. In this program, we’re going on a global journey in search of the greatest natural wonders of the world.
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Just about anywhere Werner Herzog goes becomes an interesting place, in part because the director shapes it with his distinctively sardonic eye. In Encounters at the End of the World, the ‘Zog heads off to Antarctica, finding there a population of unusual people, hallucinatory underwater life, and penguins.
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A strong candidate for the most beautiful program ever to air on American television. The National Parks is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. The series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its...
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As one of America’s most popular destinations, Yellowstone National Park has attracted millions of visitors. Here you will see all the sights: geysers, lakes, waterfalls, lightning storms and hot springs including Old Faithful! Located in northern Wyoming, Yellowstone abounds in wildlife from baby elk to the mighty bison and moose, each lending...
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Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States’ oldest national parks and is located in Arizona. Within the park lies the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, considered to be one of the major natural wonders of the world. The park covers 1,902 mi² (4927 km²) of unincorporated area in Coconino County and Mohave County.
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In 1971 heavy rain fell across much of East Nebraska. In the summer paleontologist Mike Voorhies traveled to the farmland around the Midwest town of Orchard. What he was to discover exceeded his wildest dreams. It was a sight of sudden prehistoric disaster. Voorhies’ digging revealed the bones of 200 fossilized rhinos together with the...
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There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America — a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store...
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With the world shocked by rising food prices, and millions in the developing world struggling to get enough to eat, the problem of food security is right back on the world’s agenda. And with the world’s population likely to rise to nine billion in the next few decades, feeding the world is going to become an ever-greater problem. Are...

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BBC Documentary What lies below the frozen Arctic ice sheets? Or in the black holes under the Caribbean Sea?...
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Water makes most of earths surface and most of our human bodies, but do we really know the secrets of this...
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Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low...
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In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to become the first man to cross the frozen wastes of the...
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To most of the world, the majestic Alps present a scene of wonder. But to European merchants and truckers,...
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“Because it is there” is the reason so many men and women have risked death to climb Mount Everest, the...
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Utilizing special macroscopic photographic techniques, filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou created...
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With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story...
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The earth is indeed an extraordinary planet, and not just because of the almost infinitely variety of life...
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Just about anywhere Werner Herzog goes becomes an interesting place, in part because the director shapes it...
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A strong candidate for the most beautiful program ever to air on American television. The National Parks is...
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As one of America’s most popular destinations, Yellowstone National Park has attracted millions of...
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Grand Canyon National Park is one of the United States’ oldest national parks and is located in Arizona....
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In 1971 heavy rain fell across much of East Nebraska. In the summer paleontologist Mike Voorhies traveled to...
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There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America — a revolution that...
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With the world shocked by rising food prices, and millions in the developing world struggling to get enough...

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