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Filming an eider duck drama
Published 11 December 2009
Trying to film common eiders leaving the nest for the first time can be fraught with problems, as John Aitchison discovers.
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Penguins dodge blubbery beach-masters
Published 4 December 2009
When a four tonne elephant seal charges across a crowded beach, king penguins must get their little legs moving at top speed to get out of the way.
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Searching for the world's biggest spider
Published 25 November 2009
James Brickell enters a forest under cover of darkness to look for the Amazon's eight legged wonders.
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Listening in on a beluga back scrub
Published 17 November 2009
As hundreds of white whales gather in an Arctic estuary for their annual moult, Elizabeth White listens to their underwater chat.
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Why did the macaque cross the road?
Published 13 November 2009
Find out how one of the world's most endangered primates is coping with modern life.
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Charmed by black bears
Published 27 October 2009
Programme maker Ted Oakes faces his childhood fear of black bears head on when he has a close encounter.
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Rock wallabies: nature's free runners
Published 26 October 2009
Not only expert long jumpers, these wallabies are also high-speed rock hoppers.
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Swimming with sharks
Published 16 October 2009
While diving with lemon sharks, James Brickell comes across an underwater monster nicknamed 'the bus'.
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Coral snake: beautiful but deadly
Published 9 October 2009
The Life team try to get to grips with a coral snake when it gets into their equipment.
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Botfly horror
Published 7 October 2009
Programme maker Chadden Hunter enters heart of darkness territory when a botfly gets under his skin.
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Uakari: leap of faith
Published 2 October 2009
Struggling to film uakaris living in the tree-tops, Chadden Hunter finally got a glimpse of their spectacular trapeze act.
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Glacier on the move
Published 25 September 2009
Watch amazing footage of a Svalbard glacier as it slowly makes its way towards the sea.
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Spawning glory
Published 22 September 2009
For some New Guinea frog spawn, early life is spent hanging around in mid air.
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Stalked by a polar bear
Published 17 September 2009
John Aitchison finds himself in a tricky spot when a polar bear gets between him and his boat.
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Death adder
Published 14 September 2009
Steve Backshall meets a death adder. One of the most feared snakes in New Guinea
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Biting bush cricket
Published 8 September 2009
A bush cricket bites off more than it can chew when it meets insect expert George McGavin.
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Eaten alive
Published 7 September 2009
What at first looks like a strange creature turns out to be a caterpillar playing host to some unwelcome guests.
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Parasite plant
Published 3 September 2009
George McGavin spots one of the tiniest flowers in the world.
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A python plays up to the camera
Published 28 August 2009
Snake expert Steve Backshall meets an amethystine python with an interest in cameras.
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A helicopter scared my cockatoo
Published 26 August 2009
Gordon Buchanan tries to film birds in the forest canopy, but he can't escape modern life even in this remote spot.
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George's marvellous jumping spider
Published 21 August 2009
Invertebrate expert George McGavin gets up close to one of the world's strangest spiders.
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Dropping into the Gomantong Caves
Published 14 August 2009
TV producer James Brickell finds that hell on Earth is very much alive and crawling with insect life when he abseils into a cave in Borneo.
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King penguins catch a wave
Published 3 August 2009
Living in a tightly packed colony can get pretty smelly for a penguin, so what better way to clean up than to do a spot of surfing.
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Black grouse: slow motion samurai
Published 27 July 2009
Black grouse combat is a strange mixture of Tom and Jerry and martial arts as cameraman Barrie Britton discovers.
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Reunited with the storm petrel
Published 20 July 2009
Julian Hector has a nostalgic encounter with the world's smallest seabird.
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Chuffed to see choughs
Published 9 July 2009
Braving the Irish sea, land-lubber Andrew Dawes is on a mission to see a mythical bird that he's waited 40 years to catch a glimpse of.
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The tundra comes to life
Published 3 July 2009
Canada's Barrenlands live up to their name for most of the year, but for four weeks in midsummer they burst into life.
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In search of a poison dart frog
Published 26 June 2009
Charlotte Scott joins the skilled Emberá Katio blowpipe hunters in the wettest place on Earth, as they search for poison dart frogs.
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Being watched by a wolf
Published 26 June 2009
An Arctic wolf makes a 2km trip just to get a up close to programme maker Chadden Hunter.
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Starfish enterprise
Published 5 June 2009
In our coastal waters, where life is ruled by the moon rather than the sun, Julian Hector goes in search of a brittlestar.
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Encounter with a vogelkop bowerbird
Published 5 June 2009
Programme maker Stephen Lyle ventures into the forests of West Papua to look for a small brown bird with a talent for sculpture.
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The living dead of England’s ancient orchards
Published 29 May 2009
Julian Hector heads into the depths of middle England to search for life amongst the rot.
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Monarch of the marsh
Published 29 May 2009
One of the UK's most charismatic raptors, the marsh harrier, can even do beige with style as Julian Hector discovers.
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James and the giant parrot
Published 15 May 2009
The kakapo may just look like an enormous budgie, but it smells like sweet meadows. James Mair travels to Codfish Island to sniff one out.
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The whalers unwanted gift
Published 12 May 2009
South Georgia, was once one of the most important whaling sites on the planet. Now abandoned, a stowaway remains.
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Surviving the oceanic whitetip shark
Published 7 May 2009
Ellen Husain dives into the ocean to film pilot whales and oceanic whitetip sharks, a predator with a fearsome reputation.
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Turtle watching with a twist
Published 7 May 2009
Ellen Husain encountered a curious predator whiel visiting an underwater turtle cleaning station.
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Kipunji: the new primate on the block
Published 5 May 2009
Felicity Egerton heads into the forests of Mount Rungwe to look for an unusual inhabitant.
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Whaling and wildlife
Published 27 April 2009
Simon Nash discovers whether South Georgia's wildlife has returned after decades of hunting.
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Orchid poachers
Published 24 April 2009
Filming orchids in Tanzania’s Kitulo National Park, Felicity Egerton comes across a little known trade in wildlife.
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Shackleton's Legacy
Published 24 April 2009
Royal marines use South Georgia's tough environment for training. But does the island's wildlife also venture inland?
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Counting South Georgia's fur seals
Published 24 April 2009
Simon Nash meets BAS photographer Pete Bucktrout whose aerial photos help scientists count seal populations.
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Do blond seals have more fun?
Published 31 March 2009
Scientist Ewan Edwards investigates whether blond fur seal pups enjoy the lighter side of life.
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Surrounded by fur seals
Published 31 March 2009
Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison becomes a victim of crime in a bustling fur seal colony.
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Masses of macaroni penguins
Published 31 March 2009
Discover big Mac - a huge, smelly Macaroni penguin colony on a tiny sub-Antarctic island.
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Albatrosses – mates for life
Published 31 March 2009
Cameraman John Aitchison discovers how albatross pairs maintain their enduring bond.
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Hunt for the world's largest land crab
Published 23 March 2009
Huw Cordey travels to a remote speck in the South Pacific in search of a giant. A crab so big its pincers can carve up coconuts.
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