Long-running series made by Attenborough's BBC Travel and Exploration Unit, which also featured Armand and Michaela Denis's on Safari programmes. Episode list: “The Land Divers of Pentecost”, “Cargo Cult', “The Fire Walkers of Fiji”, “Outer Islands of Fiji”.įollowing Joy and George Adamson as they search for Elsa the Lioness and her three cubs. Episode list: 'Return from the Chaco' 'Cactus Island in the Desert' 'The Gran Chaco' 'Argentine Excursion' 'Oven Birds and Capybaras' 'Butterfly Birds' and 'Armadillos'.Īnthropology and natural history of the South Pacific. Attenborough returned to South America and visited the grasslands and wetlands of Paraguay. Episodes: 'Base Camp in New Guinea' 'Into the Stone Age' 'People of the Wahgi Valley' 'Pygmies and Paradise Birds'.įifth Zoo Quest. This Zoo Quest series features the first known footage of the Komodo dragon.Īttenborough's first trip to the island of New Guinea in an attempt to film the courtship displays of the native birds of paradise. Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer It was the first major programme to feature Attenborough. Attenborough's first natural history series.Ī series of multi-part nature documentaries broadcast on BBC Television between 19. Episode list: 'Belfast Museum and Art Gallery' 'Bankfield Museum' 'The Royal Scottish Museum' 'Royal Albert Memorial' (all 1953).įolk music, presented by and featuring performances by Alan Lomax.Īnimal camouflage, warning signals and courtship displays. Scientists would try to guess the origin of specimens from museum and university collections. Quiz show based on the game Twenty Questions, which ran until 1959. Attenborough's first programme for the BBC (as producer). The rediscovery of the prehistoric coelacanth.

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