David Attenborough Movies

220 million years ago dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth. But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap:...

First transmitted in 1961, David Attenborough travels to Meru National Park in Kenya to visit Joy and George Adamson and meet Elsa the lioness and...

Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC's film vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never...

Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey around London’s Natural History Museum, one...

Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the...

Ben Fogle ventures across the Antarctic to join the international effort to preserve Captain Scott's hut and its artefacts Scott's diaries. Includes...

Narrated by David Attenborough, this film explores the private life of a pair of Barn Owls. Often associated with folklore and magic, there can be...

When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution nearly 150 years ago, he shattered the dominant belief of his day – that humans were the...

A nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Wildlife Specials in 2000. A motorised camera...

Explores the story behind the discovery of an early primate fossil, Darwinius masillae, nicknamed Ida, in a shale quarry in Germany. The fossil is...

An intimate portrait of Sir David Attenborough's life, from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a BBC host, to his revered...

The story of Darwin's finches and their relationship with other creatures of the Galapagos; tracing their evolution, how the islands were formed and...

Documentary about Jane Goodall, a young secretary from Bournemouth with no scientific qualifications, who entered a remote forest in Africa in 1960...

Japan is a country of steep mountains surrounding wide flat plains where people have lived for thousands of years. On the largest plain lies the...

For the first time, and through the eyes of two special mountain lion families, the true nature of North America's big cat can finally be revealed....

Over three very personal films, Sir David Attenborough looks back at the unparalleled changes in natural history that he has witnessed during his...

A short documentary from Eric Ashby on the badgers leaving near his home.

Each home has a built in pool or water tank that lies partly inside, partly outside its’ walls… A continuous stream of spring water is...

Follow the path of the sun on its annual cycle, from the Equator, across the northern hemisphere and into the South. Witness a world bursting with...