
The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. 20 programmes have been made to date, with three of the recent ones being in multi parts. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 programmes, up to 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. The most recent two were narrated by David Tennant. "The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals" — BBC tagline
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Air Date: 1995-04-14
The first title from the exciting series made up from the BBC's natural history output. Just the sight of a shark's f...
Air Date: 1997-11-26
The great white bear of the arctic - includes a film first of polar bears hunting underwater and life inside their dens.
Air Date: 1997-12-03
Only now, by exploring their complete world, above and below water, by day and night, can we fully appreciate how sop...
Air Date: 1997-12-10
This episode ventures into the night, and follows the lives of two leopards in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, to reveal the...
Air Date: 1997-12-17
Few birds have captured the human imagination as deeply as the eagle and in this remarkable film, aerial photography ...
Air Date: 1997-12-24
From the Arctic to the Antarctic, amazing underwater footage reveals for the first time the successful hunting and sp...
Air Date: 1997-12-31
The definitive story of this much-maligned animal - filmed in habitats ranging from the high Arctic to the hill farms...
Air Date: 1999-04-04
After 25 years of the Project Tiger Scheme operating in the Madhya Pradesh, these magnificent animals have become mor...
Air Date: 2000-12-03
Edited from more than 3000 hours of footage, this documentary uses a remote camera disguised as a rock to observe cub...
Air Date: 2001-04-08
Grizzly - a powerful predator and an animal to fear. But not for Jeff Turner, a Canadian photographer who has spent f...
Air Date: 2002-02-03
Over a century ago, the first explorers in the Congo forests sent back terrifying accounts of an aggressive ape, "hal...
Air Date: 2002-04-10
One of the most successful species on earth is also one of the least documented. Miniaturised cameras reveal the snak...
Air Date: 2003-04-09
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Air Date: 2003-07-20
Elephants: Spy In The Herd provides the most intimate portrayal of the everyday life of an elephant herd. Narrated by...
Air Date: 2003-08-03
Attempts at charting shark behaviour using a 6ft, lifelike animatronic robot, complete with on-board camera and pre-p...
Air Date: 2004-11-30
Sir David Attenborough narrates this look at bears from across the globe through the use of spycams, camoflaged in a ...
Air Date: 2007-01-14
"The Journey" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania'...
Air Date: 2007-01-21
"The Crossing" - A wildebeest calf makes spectacular year-long journey, an arduous 3,000km round trip across Tanzania...
Air Date: 2008-03-30
Elephants carrying Trunkcam, Tuskcam and other spy cameras tell the story of four cubs growing up in the Indian jungl...
Air Date: 2008-04-06
The cubs are now half-grown and very playful, learning the skills they'll need as adults.
Air Date: 2008-04-13
The cubs are now a year-and-a-half old and learning to hunt for themselves.
Air Date: 2010-12-29
Part 1 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Pola...
Air Date: 2010-12-29
Part 2 of this fantastic documentary. Spycams sneak within a paw’s swipe of the world’s largest land predators – Pola...
Air Date: 2013-02-11
"The Journey" - Emperor penguins cross a treacherous frozen sea to reach their breeding grounds.
Air Date: 2013-02-18
"First Steps" - Newborn penguins are caught taking their first unsteady steps.
Air Date: 2013-02-25
"Growing Up" - As the chicks become increasingly independent, their parents continue to protect them.
Air Date: 2014-01-02
The award-winning team behind Penguins - Spy in the Huddle use hidden cameras to go into the heart of the dolphins' w...
Air Date: 2014-01-09
Remote-controlled Spy Creatures reveal dolphins as never before. Meet the orca, king of the dolphins, and discover th...
Air Date: 2015-01-29
Sir David Attenborough's new documentary traces his lifelong passion for birds of paradise. For five centuries "bird...
Air Date: 2004-01-01
Nature Documentary hosted by David Attenborough and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Wildlife series in 2004