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Natural World

Seen it?

1983 | 39 seasons | 60 min | Documentary

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for the curious. If you loved Planet Earth or Our Planet, start here.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
39 seasons and 543 episodes: a long-haul commitment, hour-long episodes, about 543 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • A big time investment at 39 seasons.

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Ran for 39 seasons and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 14K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 34 is the high point.

  1. Season 11983 · 10 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Season 21984 · 8 episodes
    Not rated yet
  3. Season 31984 · 15 episodes
    Not rated yet
  4. Season 41985 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  5. Season 51986 · 17 episodes
    Not rated yet
  6. Season 61987 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet
  7. Season 71988 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  8. Season 81989 · 16 episodes
    Not rated yet
  9. Season 91991 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  10. Season 101991 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet
  11. Season 111993 · 16 episodes
    Not rated yet
  12. Season 121994 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  13. Season 131994 · 15 episodes
    Not rated yet
  14. Season 141996 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet
  15. Season 151996 · 17 episodes
    Not rated yet
  16. Season 161997 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  17. Season 171998 · 18 episodes
    Not rated yet
  18. Season 181999 · 17 episodes
    Not rated yet
  19. Season 192000 · 18 episodes
    Not rated yet
  20. Season 202001 · 16 episodes
    Not rated yet
  21. Season 212002 · 15 episodes
    Not rated yet
  22. Season 222003 · 17 episodes
    Not rated yet
  23. Sunday Safe Bet
    Season 232004 · 14 episodes · 7.0 out of 10
    Sunday
  24. Season 242005 · 18 episodes
    Not rated yet
  25. Season 252006 · 17 episodes
    Not rated yet
  26. Season 262007 · 11 episodes
    Not rated yet
  27. Monday Morning Maybe
    Season 272008 · 17 episodes · 6.0 out of 10
    Monday
  28. Season 282008 · 16 episodes
    Not rated yet
  29. Season 292009 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  30. Season 302010 · 14 episodes
    Not rated yet
  31. Saturday Special
    Season 312011 · 14 episodes · 8.0 out of 10
    Saturday
  32. Season 322012 · 10 episodes
    Not rated yet
  33. Season 332013 · 10 episodes
    Not rated yet
  34. Friday Night Flick
    Season 342014 · 10 episodes · 10.0 out of 10
    Friday
  35. Sunday Safe Bet
    Season 352015 · 10 episodes · 7.5 out of 10
    Sunday
  36. Weeknight Watch
    Season 362016 · 9 episodes · 6.5 out of 10
    Weeknight
  37. Friday Night Flick
    Season 372017 · 8 episodes · 8.5 out of 10
    Friday
  38. Friday Night Flick
    Season 382018 · 8 episodes · 9.0 out of 10
    Friday
  39. Season 392019 · 9 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

  • David AttenboroughSelf - Host
  • John HannahNarrator (voice)
  • Juliet StevensonNarrator (voice)