Gods in Shackles is an impassioned call to alleviate the suffering of the gentle giants whose cry for help is falling on deaf ears. This epic documentary reveals the dark side of the southern Indian state of Kerala’s glamorous cultural festivals where temple elephants are exploited on a daily basis for profit under the guise of culture and religion. By exposing the abhorrent torture suffered by India’s heritage animal, Gods in Shackles offers hope to the thousands of endangered captive and wild Asian elephants in India through heightened awareness.
The film offers balanced perspectives of key stakeholders that will inspire policy makers to create changes that would foster better living conditions for these highly social and intelligent animals.
This documentary follows Pak Harun, a fish listener from the Setiu wetlands of northeast Terengganu on the Malaysian Peninsula.
FABULOUS FOALS is an exciting look at the incredibly diverse world of horses, focussing on their cutest first months of life. Designed as a third in the series to PRECIOUS PUPPIES and CUTEST KITTENS, this one-hour special is designed to capture younger viewers caught up in the current craze for horses – the SADDLE CLUB phenomena.
This multi-award winning series delves into animal behaviour around the world. Exquisitely shot, each episode is devoted to recent discoveries in ethology and to understanding the how and why of the behavior of different species of animals in their daily lives.
20 million years ago a massive fiery furnace erupted blackening the sky. This was the largest shield volcano of the prehistoric world. A massive dome of lava flowed 2000 metres high engulfing 5000 sq km of ancient lands. Spectacular lava flows spilled out as far as 100 km into the sea.
Coral Sea Dreaming enters into the very heart of life – and death – on a coral reef. It is a story that spans 500 million years and stars some of the most exotic and wonderous marine creatures on earth. Coral is the planet’s greatest natu- ral architect, and coral reefs boast the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem.
Critically acclaimed News Correspondent Charlie Bird sets off to explore some of the most remote and remarkable places on our planet. He travels to the Arctic on a quest for insights into a region absolutely central to the whole climate change story, down the enchanting and mystical River Ganges and up the Amazon through the sweltering jungle across the continent of South America.
The documentary shows the ecological relationships of some of the most striking butterflies of the Iberian fauna. Predator-prey relationship, passasitoids, defense and hiding techniques, habitats and conservation status. The factors that have led to the decline of their populations and the keys to the recovery of this fascinating part of biodiversity.
A friendship springs up between a whale shark and a diver in a little fishing village in the Philippines. The village people, the city and environmental groups are in conflict over the appearance of these great fish.