
The Wonder List with Bill Weir — Season 3
Go there before it's gone.
About this season
Storyteller Bill Weir and renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom embarks on a quest to tell the untold stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures that are at a crossroads.
Episodes (6)

1. Patagonia: Paradise Bought
Aired 7 October 2017 • 60 min
A report on an American conservationist who has purchased vast tracts of land in Patagonia, much to the dismay of local developers.

2. Madagascar: The Richest Poor Country in the World
Aired 14 October 2017 • 60 min
A visit to Madagascar where deforestation rages and unique species vanish, and where a fight is brewing to save one of the planet's most special places before it is ruined forever.

3. Egypt: Sunken City of Pharaohs
Aired 21 October 2017 • 60 min
As sea levels rise, the sunken city of Heracleion sounds a stark warning of the growing threat faced by the planet's teeming coastal cities.

4. Alaska: Buried Treasure
Aired 28 October 2017 • 60 min
Miners want to drill for billions of dollars worth of copper and gold beneath the pristine wilderness of America's last wild frontier but fishermen say the world's last great salmon run could be jeopardized.

5. New Zealand: Preying on the Predators
Aired 4 November 2017 • 60 min
A look at predatory mammals in New Zealand.

6. Peru: The Curse of Incan Gold
Aired 11 November 2017 • 60 min
A look at whether the fragile beauty of the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu can be protected from an ever-growing number of visitors.