About this season
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Episodes (19)
1. Nuclear Dynamite
Aired 5 October 2000
2. Breath of Life
Aired 12 October 2000
3. Spare Parts
Aired 19 October 2000
4. Lost Worlds: Wild South America
Aired 23 October 2000
5. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Monkey Jungles
Aired 30 October 2000
6. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Amazon Jungle
Aired 7 December 2000
7. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Mighty Amazon
Aired 14 December 2000
South America is a land of extremes. It boasts the world's longest mountain chain, the Andes; the mightiest river, the Amazon; the largest rainforest, the driest desert and the richest sea.
8. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Andes
Aired 3 January 2001
9. Amanda's Choice
Aired 10 January 2001
Amanda is an insightful 19-year-old from Timmins, Ontario. She has a three-year-old son and a dilemma: whether or not to be tested for the faulty gene that will bring on Alzheimer's Disease by her mid-30s, as happened with her mother and other generations in her family. It is a disease that always leads to early death.
10. The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy
Aired 17 January 2001
11. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Penguin Shores
Aired 24 January 2001
PENGUIN SHORES is part five of the magnificent six-part BBC series Lost Worlds, covering the amazingly diverse topography of South America, and its remarkable denizens. The world's longest mountain chain stretches from the tropics to the massive Patagonian Ice Sheet of sub-Antarctica. Its icy power dominates the lives of the hardy animals that dare to call it home, making living there one of nature's greatest challenges.
12. Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Great Plains
Aired 31 January 2001
Lost Worlds - A six-part series on the breath-taking natural world of South America takes viewers on a cross-continent grand tour - from the mighty Amazon to the spectacular Andean peaks and the world's driest desert - stopping to view the strange and wonderful array of animals, birds and other wildlife along the way. Produced by the BBC. Narrated by David Suzuki.
13. Coastal Forest/Salmon Forest
Aired 7 February 2001
14. The Price of Salmon
Aired 14 February 2001
Salmon are considered an excellent source of nutrition. And farmed salmon provide it inexpensively. But at what cost? The Price of Salmon explores the complex issues involved with aquaculture.
15. Surgeons of the Future
Aired 21 February 2001
16. Maisin People In Papua New Guinea
Aired 28 February 2001
17. Toxic Legacies
Aired 14 March 2001
18. Hospital at the End of the Earth
Aired 21 March 2001
19. Worst Case Scenario
Aired 4 April 2001
Albertans have traditionally been proud of their mighty petroleum industry. But lately, they have begun to question how that industry works. Nowhere is this shift more apparent than along the Clearwater River in Central Alberta, near Rocky Mountain House. There, residents are opposing Shell Canada's plans to drill a sour gas well in their area. The sour gas from the well could generate $10,000 a day in gross revenue, to meet today's high energy demands.