Natural History Docos
Alice's Natural History section is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it. Here you will also find documentaries concerning the human body (such as 'Where Did I Come From?') and the universe (including Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series).
Africa (2012)
6.2/10
Starring: David Attenborough, Narrated by
This is the world's wildest continent as you've never seen it before - an intense sensory adventure from the Atlas Mountains, through the Savannah lan... Read more
Genesis (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
Starring: Narrated by, Sotigui Kouyate
From the directors of 'Microcosmos' comes this sweeping and beautifully photographed journey through the history of life on Earth. From the love-live... Read more
The Meerkats (2007)
Director: James Honeyborne
Starring: Narrated by, Paul Newman
In collaboration with the celebrated BBC Natural History Unit comes an inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundi... Read more
Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog
Award-winning iconoclastic filmmaker Werner Herzog offers his unique perspective on the South Pole in this film profiling the Antarctic community of M... Read more
Earth From Above (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Renaud Delourme
Based on Yann Arthus-Bertrand incredible photographic exhibition, this is an ode to the vital reconciliation between man and nature, inviting the view... Read more
The Last Trapper (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Nicolas Vanier
Part documentary and part dramatisation, director Nicolas Vanier ('Travelling Birds', 'Microcosmos') delves into the life of Norman Winther and his wi... Read more
Earth: The Power of the Planet (2008)
8.8/10
Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh hour coincidences that save it from exti... Read more
Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain (2008)
8.5/10
Director: Dominic Ozanne
Starring: Martin Clunes
The UK is made up of about 1,000 different islands and this series sets out to explore the most fascinating yet unfamiliar ones. Martin Clunes visits... Read more
Life in Cold Blood: The Complete Series (2007)
9/10
Starring: David Attenborough
The epic story of cold-blooded life, from golden frogs to sea snakes and from armadillo lizards to giant tortoises, complete David Attenborough's magn... Read more
Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond (1998)
Director: Guillaume Bonn, Jean-Claude Luyat
Starring: Narrated by, Charlotte Rampling
Narrated by Charlotte Rampling, this fascinating documentary explores the life and work of legendary adventure photographer Peter Beard, whose eccentr... Read more