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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).

March of the Penguins (2005)

7.6/10
Director: Luc Jacquet
Starring: Narrated by, Morgan Freeman

Filmmaker Luc Jacquet spent over a year in the frigid Antarctic to record one of nature's most compelling phenomena - the annual mating ritual of the... Read more

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)

7.8/10
Director: Gary Johnstone
Starring: Narrated by, John Lithgow

This brilliant and suspenseful documentary reveals how Einstein arrived at his astonishing breakthrough formula, the famous E=mc2, beginning with the... Read more

Life in the Undergrowth (2005)

9.1/10
Starring: David Attenborough

For every one human being, there are over 200 million invertebrates. David Attenborough takes us on an incredible journey into the lives of our tiny... Read more

Wild Africa (2005)

7.8/10
Starring: Feargal Keane

Covering the breath-taking beauty and diversity of earth's mother continent from jungle to coast, mountain to desert, from the wide savannahs to river... Read more

Life in the Graveyards of the Pacific (2005)

A unique and fascinating look at the underwater wrecks around New Zealand's Pacific coastline. Master divers investigate the remains of the Rainbow W... Read more

Aliens of the Deep (2005)

6.5/10
Director: James Cameron

Co-directed by James Cameron ("Titanic"), this breathtaking documentary follows the filmmaker and a team of marine biologists and NASA scientists as t... 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

Apollo 9: Spider Takes Flight (2004)

The Apollo 9 was the first crewed flight of the Lunar Module and was conducted to qualify the module for lunar operations. Approximately 70 hours into... 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 White Diamond (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Dr. Graham Dorrington

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog follows enigmatic airship engineer Dr Graham Dorrington, as he embarks on a trip, in the heart of the Guyanian rainf... Read more