Inside Nature's Giants

Inside Nature's Giants
Genre Documentary
Presented by Mark Evans
Country of origin  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 14 (as of 20 September 2011)
Broadcast
Original channel
Picture format HDTV
Original run June 29, 2009 (2009-06-29) – present
External links
Website

Inside Nature's Giants is a British science documentary, first broadcast in June 2009 by Channel 4. The documentary shows experts performing dissection on some of nature's largest animals, including whales and elephants.

The programme is presented by Mark Evans. The series attempts to uncover the secrets of the animals examined. Mark is assisted by evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and Simon Watt, and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg.[1]

There is an iPad application that allows you to see every animal the show have worked on close up.

Contents

Episodes

Season 1 (2009)

Episode Number Episode Name Animal(s) Broadcast Date
1 The Elephant Asian Elephant 29 June 2009
2 The Whale Fin Whale 06 July 2009
3 The Crocodile Nile Crocodile 13 July 2009
4 The Giraffe Rothschild Giraffe 20 July 2009

Note: The season received the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Best Specialist Factual.[2]

Season 2 (2010)

Episode Number Episode Name Animal(s) Broadcast Date
1 The Great White Shark Great White Shark 08 June 2010
2 The Monster Python Burmese Python 15 June 2010
3 The Big Cats Lion and Tiger 22 June 2010
Special The Giant Squid Giant Squid 14 October 2010

Season 3 (2011)

Episode Number Episode Name Animal(s) Broadcast Date
Special The Polar Bear Polar Bear 30 June 2011
Special The Sperm Whale Sperm Whale 07 August 2011
1 The Camel Dromedary Camel 30 August 2011
2 The Dinosaur Bird Southern Cassowary 06 September 2011
3 The Leatherback Turtle Leatherback Sea Turtle 13 September 2011
4 The Racehorse Thoroughbred Horse 20 September 2011

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Season 4 (2012)

Episode Number Episode Name Animal(s) Broadcast Date
Special The Rogue Baboon Chacma Baboon 10 January 2012

Future

Episodes featuring a hippopotamus, kangaroo, and the Borneo jungle have already been filmed. However, no dates have been set as to when they will be shown.

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