Episode

Natural World: Fragments of Eden

Name: Natural World: Fragments of Eden
Released: 1984-07-22
Duration: 50 min
Cast: David Attenborough, Barry Paine, Juliet Stevenson, Andrew Sachs, John Hannah

Natural WorldSeason 21984-07-22

Overview

Islands which time passed by, the Seychelles appeared out of the mists of legend only 300 years ago. These tiny granite islands are fragments of a long-lost continent, and even today they retain an air of mystery and fable, for they are home to birds, trees and flowers that are found nowhere else on earth. On a palm-fringed isle giant tortoises amble in the company of rare magpie robins.... and on another, black parrots, tiger chameleons and blue pigeons live in a forest so primeval that General Gordon of Khartoum believed he had found a lost Eden.

Details

Series: Natural World
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 1984-07-22
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

Fragments of Eden is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Natural World. It aired on 1984-07-22. The runtime is 50 min.

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