Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 50
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
S50E1 - Aliens of the Deep Sea
The octopus is a close cousin of the oyster and snail. And yet, even by human standards the multi-limbed creature is considered highly intelligent. From Spain to Vancouver Island to Capri, Italy, scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.
Sept. 23, 2010, midnight
S50E2 - Changing Your Mind
Once thought to be incapable of fundamental change, our growing awareness of the adult brain's capacity for neuroplasticity is opening new doors to treatments for diseases and disorders once thought incurable.
Sept. 30, 2010, midnight
S50E3 - For the Love of Elephants
An intimate look at the bond that is formed between humans and baby orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rehabilitation centre just outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Oct. 14, 2010, midnight
S50E4 - Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe (July 8 1997)
Traverse the Eurasian plate across Europe — from Iceland, where new land is formed - to the Alps, where old land is destroyed.
Oct. 21, 2010, midnight
S50E5 - Geologic Journey 2: Along the African Rift (September 2, 1997)
For millions of years the East African Rift has been widening at the seams, tearing the African plate in two.
Oct. 28, 2010, midnight
S50E6 - Geologic Journey 2: The Western Pacific Rim (November 4, 1997)
Focusing on the Asia-Pacific side of The Pacific Rim of Fire, which stands as a living testament to the beauty and danger that powerful geologic forces can deliver. The Pacific Rim is home to half of the world's active volcanoes and ninety percent of the world's earthquakes, yet nearly 800 million people continue to live within its violent edge.
Nov. 4, 2010, midnight
S50E7 - Geologic Journey 2: The Pacific Rim: Americas (January 13, 1998)
Nick Eyles continues to explore the Pacific Rim, this time looking at the west coast of North America.
Nov. 18, 2010, midnight
S50E8 - Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zone: Asia (March 17, 1998)
The fiery unpredictability of Indonesia’s volcanoes at one end, the massive Himalayas at the other and millions of years of tectonic tension in between.
The collision zone of the old world is about to be the hub of the new. India, the Himalayas and the island arc of Indonesia - these lands will form the centre of the world’s next supercontinent.
Nov. 25, 2010, midnight
S50E9 - When North Goes South
Learning and discussing the consequences of magnetic pole inversion.
Dec. 2, 2010, midnight
S50E10 - Code Breakers
Who were the first peoples of North America? Anthropologist Niobe Thompson embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery, using the latest in DNA analysis techniques to unlock the secrets behind humanity's earliest appearance in the Americas.
Jan. 13, 2011, midnight
S50E11 - Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands is a two-hour visual tour de force, taking viewers inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within one of the most compelling environmental issues of our time
Jan. 27, 2011, midnight
S50E12 - The Last Grizzly
Filmmaker Jeff Turner documents grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades of British Columbia.
Feb. 3, 2011, midnight
S50E13 - Return of the Prairie Bandit
Revisiting the 2009 release of nearly extinct black-footed ferrets in Saskatchewan to see what happened.
Feb. 10, 2011, midnight
S50E14 - Raccoon Nation
Is your garbage can making raccoons smarter? Stunning footage shot in the deep, dark of night combines with groundbreaking research in this fascinating documentary to explore the remarkable ways that city life is changing raccoons.
Feb. 24, 2011, midnight
S50E15 - The Real Avatar
In James Cameron's film, Avatar, an alien tribe on the distant planet of Pandora fights the human invaders bent on mining their forest home. Instead of Pandora, think Peru.
March 3, 2011, midnight
S50E16 - Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
David Suzuki, scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, delivers what he describes as 'a last lecture' interwoven with scenes from his life and lifetime – the major social, scientific, cultural and political events of the past 70 years.
March 13, 2011, midnight
S50E17 - Save My Lake
Save My Lake is a TV documentary episode.
March 17, 2011, midnight
S50E18 - 50 Years of the Nature of Things
A celebration of half a century of a landmark science and natural history series, and an unrivaled Canadian institution.
March 24, 2011, 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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