About this season
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Episodes (21)
1. From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning
Aired 28 September 1991 • 53 min
This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
2. Vietnam: a Country, Not a War
Aired 13 October 1991 • 53 min
Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
3. Kali the Lion
Aired 3 November 1991 • 53 min
Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
4. Madagascar: Island of Ghosts
Aired 17 November 1991 • 53 min
A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
5. Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter
Aired 24 November 1991 • 53 min
This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
6. Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness
Aired 24 November 1991 • 53 min
A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
7. Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps
Aired 25 November 1991 • 53 min
A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
8. Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass
Aired 25 November 1991 • 53 min
An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
9. Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains
Aired 26 November 1991 • 53 min
A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
10. Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge
Aired 26 November 1991 • 53 min
A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
11. Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier
Aired 27 November 1991 • 53 min
Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
12. Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise
Aired 27 November 1991 • 53 min
This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
13. Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
Aired 8 December 1991 • 53 min
14. Horse Tigers
Aired 5 January 1992 • 53 min
This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
15. Arctic Wanderers
Aired 12 January 1992 • 53 min
Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
16. Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds
Aired 19 January 1992 • 53 min
India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
17. Tiwai: Island of the Apes
Aired 9 February 1992 • 53 min
Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
18. A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson
Aired 16 February 1992 • 53 min
Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
19. Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines
Aired 1 March 1992 • 53 min
The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
20. Dolphins: Close Encounters
Aired 8 March 1992 • 53 min
Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
21. Last Stand of the Giants
Aired 31 May 1992 • 53 min
Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.