When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren — Season 1
Real animals. Really funny.
About this season
Helen Mirren narrates this comedy series that looks at the lighter side of the natural world.
Episodes (10)
1. Let's Begin at the Beginning
Aired 24 June 2021 • 43 min
Helen Mirren narrates a documentary examination of the animal kingdom, featuring a supermodel lemur, a thousand-year-old fairy fish trying to find someone in 2021 who wants to make a wish, the new hit game show “Wolf or Rock” and a crab who writes erotic fiction.
2. Sup?
Aired 1 July 2021 • 43 min
Featuring a field mouse who is killing it with non-fungible tokens, a divorced bear gym teacher whose students have heard gossip about his private life, a dragonfly movie star who can’t take direction and a beetle named Tony with anger management issues.
3. Dastardly Death Gunk Stuff
Aired 15 July 2021 • 43 min
An otter mom has a few too many on her first night out after having a baby; a bear and monkey attempt to get out of an escape room; a socially awkward turkey struggles to fit in at a party; a ground squirrel has a terrible secret.
4. A Partial In-Ground Pool
Aired 22 July 2021 • 43 min
A judgmental flamingo; a groundhog who thinks a snake is his friend Steve; words of wisdom from Matthew McOtterhey; a searing Mantis love triangle
5. My Jingle Balls
Aired 12 August 2021 • 43 min
A rabbit attacks a water buffalo; a celebrity bear tries to answer interview questions while eating increasingly prickly cacti; a falcon wearing yoga pants.
6. Nature's Justice
Aired 19 August 2021 • 43 min
A deer who can't stop dropping her famous friends' names; a clown fish who has been cheating with her tennis instructor; a pit-fighting owl called "The Pit Fighter"; a deep examination revealing the plural of moose.
7. Uncle Antelope’s Truth Bombs
Aired 9 September 2021 • 43 min
Animals stuck on a never-ending video call; etiquette lessons for elephants; a squirrel that hosts a home-shopping program is stalked by a deranged viewer; a searing expose on lizards that horde.
8. The Burger Hole
Aired 16 September 2021 • 43 min
Penguins doing CrossFit; Janice Rams fighting over a hummus recipe; a nearsighted eagle reports on the traffic; unpopular wolf opinions.
9. The Optimistic Mosquito
Aired 1 January 2022 • 43 min
A mosquito that wants to do good in the world; a chipmunk that over-packed trying to outsmart the TSA; an old wild boar looking for love; anaconda ASMR.
10. Omen Cat
Aired 1 January 2022 • 43 min
Hippos that solve crimes ripped from the headlines; a cheetah haunted by everyone it ever ate; a snake celebrates its 30th birthday alone; a creepy looking cat.