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TV series

Natural World

198339 seasons543 episodesDocumentary

Overview

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

Details

First air date
1983-10-30
Status
Ended
Seasons
39 seasons
Episodes
543 episodes
Genres
Documentary
Network
BBC Two
Production
BBC Studios, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC
Country
GB
Original language
EN

Cast

  • David Attenborough as Narrator (voice) 62 episodes
  • Barry Paine as Narrator 21 episodes
  • Juliet Stevenson as Narrator (voice) 14 episodes
  • Andrew Sachs as Self - Narrator (voice) 13 episodes
  • John Hannah as Narrator (voice) 12 episodes
  • John Shrapnel as Narrator 10 episodes
  • Ian Holm as Narrator 7 episodes
  • Tim Pigott-Smith as Narrator 6 episodes
  • Colin Stafford-Johnson as Narrator 6 episodes
  • Jeremy Northam as Narrator (voice) 5 episodes
  • Paul McGann as Narrator 5 episodes
  • Simon King as Presenter 4 episodes

Creators and crew

  • Tim Martin - Executive Producer 3 episodes
  • Chris Cole - Executive Producer 3 episodes
  • Andrew Graham-Brown - Executive Producer 1 episode
  • Sarah Cunliffe - Executive Producer 1 episode
  • Tim Martin - Producer 1 episode
  • Sally Thomson - Producer 2 episodes

Seasons

Season 1 1983 | 10 episodes Season 2 1984 | 8 episodes Season 3 1984 | 15 episodes Season 4 1985 | 20 episodes Season 5 1986 | 17 episodes Season 6 1987 | 13 episodes Season 7 1988 | 14 episodes Season 8 1989 | 16 episodes Season 9 1991 | 14 episodes Season 10 1991 | 13 episodes Season 11 1993 | 16 episodes Season 12 1994 | 14 episodes Season 13 1994 | 15 episodes Season 14 1996 | 12 episodes Season 15 1996 | 17 episodes Season 16 1997 | 19 episodes Season 17 1998 | 18 episodes Season 18 1999 | 17 episodes Season 19 2000 | 18 episodes Season 20 2001 | 16 episodes Season 21 2002 | 15 episodes Season 22 2003 | 17 episodes Season 23 2004 | 14 episodes Season 24 2005 | 18 episodes Season 25 2006 | 17 episodes Season 26 2007 | 11 episodes Season 27 2008 | 17 episodes Season 28 2008 | 16 episodes Season 29 2009 | 14 episodes Season 30 2010 | 14 episodes Season 31 2011 | 14 episodes Season 32 2012 | 10 episodes Season 33 2013 | 10 episodes Season 34 2014 | 10 episodes Season 35 2015 | 10 episodes Season 36 2016 | 9 episodes Season 37 2017 | 8 episodes Season 38 2018 | 8 episodes Season 39 2019 | 9 episodes

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