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  Show Name Natural World
  Caption 2007 series title card
  Picture Format 4:3, 16:9
  Audio Format Stereo
  Runtime 50 minutes
  Creator BBC Natural History Unit
  Country United Kingdom
  Language English
  First Run BBC Two
  First Aired 10 December 1967 1
  Last Aired 13 June 2007


''Natural World'' (formerly '''''The World About Us''''') is the longest-running Nature Documentary strand on British television.2. Each year, between 10 and 20 individual Natural History films are commissioned by the BBC from leading independent wildlife filmmakers, or produced in-house by the BBC Natural History Unit , and are usually broadcast in the spring and autumn seasons. There is often an eclectic mix of subjects, but all are characterised by high production values.


HISTORY

In the title of the strand was altered to ''The Natural World'', and then shortened to its current form in 2002 .


NOTABLE EPISODES

Within the ''Natural World'' strand there have been occasional miniseries on particular themes. Two notable examples are the three-part series ''The Flight of the Condor'' ( 1982 ) and ''Kingdom of the Ice Bear'' ( 1985 ), both released on VHS .

David Attenborough has contributed narration to around 40 episodes of ''Natural World'' and ''The World About Us'' between 1969 and 2007 , the most recent being ''Battle to Save the Tiger''. He also narrated the ''Echo of the Elephants'' trilogy ( 1993 , 1996 and 2005 )3 in which Cynthia Moss and cameraman Martyn Colbeck charted the life of an African Elephant herd in Kenya 's Amboseli National Park over the course of fifteen years.


AWARDS


''Natural World'' filmmakers are regularly recognised by the television industry for the quality of their work. In 1998, the Royal Television Society (RTS) awarded the series its 'Best Documentary Strand' award.

In addition, the following individual films have recently won awards at the Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Wildscreen Festival , Grierson British Documentary Awards and RTS Awards:
  • ''Battle to Save the Tiger'' (2007)

  • ''Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen'' (2007)

  • ''Bonobo: Missing in Action'' (2006)

  • ''The Orang-Utan King'' (2005)

  • ''The Queen of Trees'' (2005)45

  • ''Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat'' (2004)

  • ''The Elephant, the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree'' (2003)

  • ''Missing - Presumed Eaten'' (2003)

  • ''Cats under Serengeti Stars'' (2003)

  • ''My Halcyon River'' (2002)

  • ''Danger in Tiger Paradise'' (2002)

  • ''Warriors of the Monkey God'' (2000)

  • ''Elephants of the Sand River'' (1999)

  • ''Dolphins - The Wild Side'' (1999)

  • ''The Dragons of Galapagos'' (1998)

  • ''People of the Sea'' (1997)

  • ''Lions - Pride in Peril'' (1996)

  • ''The Call of Kakadu'' (1995)




DVD AND VIDEO

Some episodes of ''Natural World'' were released on VHS (see Notable Episodes section for examples) but all are now out of print.

A Region 2 DVD , ''The BBC Natural World Collection'', was released in 2007 and contains the following six episodes from the 2006 and 2007 seasons)6:




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