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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).

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

8.6/10
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote

The American national parks sprung from a radical idea that the most precious portions of the land should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, b... Read more

Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World (2009)

7.2/10
Director: Steve Murray

Marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's death, this expansive documentary follows him as a young amateur scientist on board the HMS Beagle in 1831,... Read more

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)

8.6/10
Starring: David Attenborough

A personal insight from the world's favourite naturalist into Darwin's theory of evolution. This special documentary was made to celebrate the 200th a... Read more

Wild South: Volume 7 (2009)

7.8/10

Contains three episodes: 'Invaders in Paradise' - A thousand years ago the first invaders into our delicate eco-system arrived, and now the conservati... Read more

A Lion Called Christian (2009)

In 2008, a YouTube clip featuring an emotional reunion between a lion and his former owners became an internet sensation... Now, in this remarkable do... Read more

Wild South: Volume 6 (2009)

7.8/10

'City Under the Sea' (1992) - Undersea guides Wade and Jan Doak introduce us to the busy reefs of the Poor Knights Islands, one of the world's richest... Read more

Wild South: Winter Special (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Michael Single

The Natural History film unit, based in Dunedin, has been making award-winning nature documentaries for three decades, now some of their most enthrall... Read more

Wild Russia (2008)

8.5/10

Sprawling over 11 time zones and two continents from Europe to the Pacific, and beyond the magnificent cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, this huge... 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

Oceans (2008)

7.4/10

Diving in some of the planet's most challenging environments, an international team of underwater explorers reveal the secrets and stories of our ocea... Read more