Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 41
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Released Nov. 6, 1960
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature, tmdb.environment, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.science, imdb.natural-science, imdb.four-word-title
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Network: CBC Television
S41E1 - Nuclear Dynamite
Oct. 5, 2000, midnight
S41E2 - Breath of Life
Oct. 12, 2000, midnight
S41E3 - Spare Parts
Oct. 19, 2000, midnight
S41E4 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America
Oct. 23, 2000, midnight
S41E5 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Monkey Jungles
Oct. 30, 2000, midnight
S41E6 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Amazon Jungle
Dec. 7, 2000, midnight
S41E7 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Mighty Amazon
South America is a land of extremes. It boasts the world's longest mountain chain, the Andes; the mightiest river, the Amazon; the largest rainforest, the driest desert and the richest sea.
Dec. 14, 2000, midnight
S41E8 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Andes
Jan. 3, 2001, midnight
S41E9 - Amanda's Choice
Amanda is an insightful 19-year-old from Timmins, Ontario. She has a three-year-old son and a dilemma: whether or not to be tested for the faulty gene that will bring on Alzheimer's Disease by her mid-30s, as happened with her mother and other generations in her family. It is a disease that always leads to early death.
Jan. 10, 2001, midnight
S41E10 - The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy
Jan. 17, 2001, midnight
S41E11 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Penguin Shores
PENGUIN SHORES is part five of the magnificent six-part BBC series Lost Worlds, covering the amazingly diverse topography of South America, and its remarkable denizens. The world's longest mountain chain stretches from the tropics to the massive Patagonian Ice Sheet of sub-Antarctica. Its icy power dominates the lives of the hardy animals that dare to call it home, making living there one of nature's greatest challenges.
Jan. 24, 2001, midnight
S41E12 - Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Great Plains
Lost Worlds - A six-part series on the breath-taking natural world of South America takes viewers on a cross-continent grand tour - from the mighty Amazon to the spectacular Andean peaks and the world's driest desert - stopping to view the strange and wonderful array of animals, birds and other wildlife along the way. Produced by the BBC. Narrated by David Suzuki.
Jan. 31, 2001, midnight
S41E13 - Coastal Forest/Salmon Forest
Feb. 7, 2001, midnight
S41E14 - The Price of Salmon
Salmon are considered an excellent source of nutrition. And farmed salmon provide it inexpensively. But at what cost? The Price of Salmon explores the complex issues involved with aquaculture.
Feb. 14, 2001, midnight
S41E15 - Surgeons of the Future
Feb. 21, 2001, midnight
S41E16 - Maisin People In Papua New Guinea
Feb. 28, 2001, midnight
S41E17 - Toxic Legacies
March 14, 2001, midnight
S41E18 - Hospital at the End of the Earth
March 21, 2001, midnight
S41E19 - Worst Case Scenario
Albertans have traditionally been proud of their mighty petroleum industry. But lately, they have begun to question how that industry works. Nowhere is this shift more apparent than along the Clearwater River in Central Alberta, near Rocky Mountain House. There, residents are opposing Shell Canada's plans to drill a sour gas well in their area. The sour gas from the well could generate $10,000 a day in gross revenue, to meet today's high energy demands.
April 4, 2001, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Nov. 6, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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