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Natural World

1983 · 39 seasons · 1h per episode · Documentary

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.

Where to watch Natural World

Natural World is streaming in the US on Britbox and BBC Select.

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Seasons

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

Cast

• David Attenborough as Self - Host
• John Hannah as Narrator (voice)
• Juliet Stevenson as Narrator (voice)

Details

First aired

October 30, 1983

Episodes

543

Genres

Documentary

Network

BBC Two

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.4 / 10 from 31 votes