Season 4
Nature Watch
Episoden
Jane Goodall - Chimps in Crisis
Africa's chimpanzee population is seriously endangered due to hunters killing adult chimps for bushmeat and stealing their young for the pet trade and medical research. Hidden footage shows appalling conditions in an American laboratory.
Sheila and David Siddle - The Chimp Rescue
In the backwoods of Zambia, the amazing Siddle family have given over their lives and their home to orphaned baby chimpanzees who would otherwise have been destined for the bio-medical trade exposed in the previous episode.
Clem Coetsee - Rhino
In Zimbabwe, the rhino population is being wiped out by ruthless poachers because their horns can be sold for up to $US15000 to make oriental medicine and ornamental daggers. Recently, Clem Coetsee has devoted all his time to rhino rescue.
Terry Pickford - The Peregrine Falcon
Terry Pickford grew up when the numbers of peregrine falcons were declining rapidly. His research has led to the discovery that there is now a healthy number of them in the UK and his beloved bird can be reintroduced into Czechoslovakia.
Ron Zaidlicz - Wild Horses in Wyoming
Chicago vet Ron Zaidlicz was so concerned about the wild horses kept in holding pens by the US government that he started a scheme to tame them, assisted by inmates from Colorado State Prison. The team care for and "break in" the horses.
Don and Bridget MacCaskill: Otters
Julian Pettifer joins Don and Bridget MacCaskill, a husband and wife team of superb amateur naturalists, in the Scottish Highlands, which is the last stronghold of one of Britain's most beautiful and elusive animals, the otter.
Miriam Rothschild and Lady Bird Johnson - Wild Flowers
Former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson visits Northampton to see Dr Miriam Rothschild's estate with its gardens of threatened wild flowers. Miriam then travels to Texas where Lady Bird has planted hundreds of miles of colourful road verges.
Wolves
Within three hours drive of Rome, Italy's most elusive animal may still be heard howling at the moon - wild wolves who have survived down the centuries by learning how to become invisible.
David Macdonald - Running with the Fox
David Macdonald, one of the world's foremost experts on fox behaviour, explains the rewards of a life spent studying this beautiful yet controversial animal. Filmed around Oxfordshire, this film explores the complex world of fox society
Eamonn de Buitlear
Film-maker Eamonn de Buitlea has been so effective in alerting people of the threats that Ireland faces in the name of "progress" that he's been made Europe's first Senator for the Environment, as the battle becomes "how to save Ireland".
Jesse White - Manatees
The West Indian manatee or sea-cow has declined rapidly in numbers throughout the years. Jesse White has established a sanctuary for the manatees in Florida and introduced breeding programmes to restore the numbers.
Iain Douglas-Hamilton - Elephants
The African elephant is in danger of becoming extinct, as poachers target them for their ivory - an average pair of tusks has a market value of £1000. Julian accompanies Sir Iain Douglas-Hamilton to Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Interviewed at his Exmoor home, British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, world-famous for his Transglobe Expedition via the North and South Poles, discusses his extraordinary life and career, and his concerns about our vanishing countryside.