With predictions of polar bears being extinct in 50 years, On Thin Ice follows bears as they emerge from their dens and navigate their rapidly changing environment. On Thin Ice shows how the frozen expanses of the Arctic are shrinking at an unprecedented rate, with the very survival of the polar bear literally on thin ice.
Moon Bears: Journey to Freedom
Moon Bear: Journey to Freedom tells the story of the biggest breakout since “The Great Escape”! In a remote province of China, five hundred Asiatic black bears are being rescued from Sichuan’s torturous bear bile farms, their home for up to twenty-years.
Making Pandas
For the first time ever attempted in the tropics, the Singapore Zoo is going to breed a pair of pandas. Over the course of one year, Making Pandas takes you behind the scenes and follows the incredible work of a dedicated group of zookeepers and vets was they race to get Singapore’s famed couple to… fall in love.
Love in the Wild
Here is a love story with a difference….the players wild animals, displaying the tenderest scenes of love and affection. In this very emotional one-hour special, Love in the Wild gives an insight into the mysterious world of the animal kingdom: a complex web of social behaviours and rituals, emotions and instincts. Love in the Wild vividly illustrates that even though their lives are laced with peril, one aspect is also one of the most beautiful visions on Earth. From courtship and mating, to the way they play, rear their young and protect their families, no sight in nature is more moving than Love In The Wild.
Lords of the Wild
LORDS OF THE WILD – FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL – is a superb one hour special, featuring every species of bears around the world, and their fight for survival.
Living with Polar Bears
Living With Polar Bears offers awe-inspiring stories from Arctic photographers, park rangers and residents. These tales culminate to paint a vivid portrait of how Man and the ice bear are learning to survive and thrive harmoniously in a changing environment. Some encounters are inspirational. Others are outright frightening. Sonny Voyce knows the power of polar bears. A giant bear tracked him down and clamped its jaw around his head. John Bykerk almost met the same fate. A hungry bear became trapped in the back of his garbage truck. They’re just some of the frightening encoun- ters featured in Living With Polar Bears.
Killer Whale and Crocodile
Carvers from two of the world’s great carving traditions come together. A First Nations carver from Canada travels into the jungles of Papua New Guinea and a New Guinea carver travels to urban Canada. Together, they share each other’s cultures and learn about the myths and legends that inform their individual artistic styles. In the Spring of 2006 John Marston, a young Coast Salish carver from Vancouver Island who has already gained a strong reputation for his innovative approach to traditional Coast Salish styles, visited Teddy Balangu, a carver from the Sepik River of Papua New Guinea. Teddy returned to Canada where he was the artist in residence at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia for 5 months.
Jarunee The Singing Ape
The remarkable story of Jarunee, an adorable baby gibbon in Thailand. From scenes of despair – their brutal treatment at the hands of bar-owners and tourist operators – to moments of sheer joy as loving carers swing their pet gibbons on vines. The ultimate thrill comes at the programme’s conclusion as the gibbons are released – in a new experimental trial – into the wild.
Island at the End of the World
THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD explores the journey over and around the awesome sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia, made famous by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.