George Page
Director
Nature (1982)
Season 10
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Released Oct. 10, 1982
Episode 52 min
7+
Genres: Documentary, Family
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Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, Hoopla, YouTube TV, KQED + 2 more, WETA+, WETA+
Production Companies: Thirteen, Coneflower Films Studios, Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH, Rubin Tarrant Productions
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S10E1 - From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning
This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
Sept. 28, 1991, midnight
S10E2 - Vietnam: a Country, Not a War
Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
Oct. 13, 1991, midnight
S10E3 - Kali the Lion
Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
Nov. 3, 1991, midnight
S10E4 - Madagascar: Island of Ghosts
A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
Nov. 17, 1991, midnight
S10E5 - Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter
This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
Nov. 24, 1991, midnight
S10E6 - Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness
A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
Nov. 24, 1991, midnight
S10E7 - Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps
A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
Nov. 25, 1991, midnight
S10E8 - Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass
An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
Nov. 25, 1991, midnight
S10E9 - Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains
A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
Nov. 26, 1991, midnight
S10E10 - Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge
A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
Nov. 26, 1991, midnight
S10E11 - Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier
Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
Nov. 27, 1991, midnight
S10E12 - Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise
This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
Nov. 27, 1991, midnight
S10E13 - Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
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Dec. 8, 1991, midnight
S10E14 - Horse Tigers
This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
Jan. 5, 1992, midnight
S10E15 - Arctic Wanderers
Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
Jan. 12, 1992, midnight
S10E16 - Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds
India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
Jan. 19, 1992, midnight
S10E17 - Tiwai: Island of the Apes
Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
Feb. 9, 1992, midnight
S10E18 - A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson
Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
Feb. 16, 1992, midnight
S10E19 - Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines
The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
March 1, 1992, midnight
S10E20 - Dolphins: Close Encounters
Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
March 8, 1992, midnight
S10E21 - Last Stand of the Giants
Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.
May 31, 1992, midnight
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