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Ed Stafford pushes his survival limits as he tries to survive in some of the worlds' toughest environments without even essential equipment and only a camera by his side.

Former British Army Captain Ed Stafford was the first person ever to walk the length of the Amazon River, but surviving completely alone on a desert island is his biggest adventure yet. Can he last 60 days on an uninhabited Fijian island with absolutely nothing? No survival tools, no rations, no clothes, no film crew... It's a daunting challenge and nobody's ever done it before. In fierce tropical heat, he has only hours to find water before dehydration ends his attempt before it's begun. He must master the island - and his fears - to find food and water, light fire, build a proper shelter, and progress from mere survival to the point where he could stay forever. Filmed entirely by Ed himself, there's never been a more authentic survival series on TV.

Climbers arrive at Everest Base Camp and quickly learn the dangers of the mountain.They are shocked to discover how badly their minds and bodies cope as they move to Advance Base Camp. A cameraman collapses with intense stomach pains. A member of an Indian expedition collapses with acute mountain sickness. It is up to expedition physician, Terry, to lead a full-scale rescue mission.

Ed Stafford attempts to survive alone on a Desert island for 60 days. With no clothes, no knife or anything except his camera, an emergency satellite phone and an emergency medical kit.

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who fought to protect the vanishing African mountain gorillas, who was found brutally murdered in 1985.

Actress Julia Roberts turns naturalist to discover the endangered great ape of Asia, the Orang-utan, as she goes on an expedition with conservationists and ventures deep into the jungles of Borneo.

Aron Ralston is arguably the most famous survivor in the world. His ordeal in a Utah canyon, where he had to cut off his own arm after getting trapped, was made into the Oscar nominated film '127 Hours'. Now, he's spending another 127 hours as a castaway on a desert island. The story of his struggle to survive in the canyon merges with his desert island experience, as he starts to suffer debilitating dehydration, and tells how in the canyon he had to drink his own urine. In an emotional fireside climax on his fifth night, he remembers how the vision of his yet unborn son gave him the strength to amputate his arm, and how then, as now, thoughts of his family sustained him through bleak moments.

Strung out along 5,000 kilometers of the Equator, between Asia and Australia, Indonesia's 17,000 islands make up the largest and most varied archipelago on earth. From freezing glaciers to coral reefs, orangutans to Komodo dragons, the sheer diversity of landscapes and life defies the imagination. This series tells the story of one of the world's most fascinating regions and its magical wildlife.

Canada: A Year In The Wild is a visually satisfying documentary that follows some of the most iconic Canadian wildlife through a year in the vast Canadian wilderness.

Marine biologist and professional diver Monty Halls turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the west coast of Scotland.

Crowd Control is a show presented by behavior expert Daniel Pink, and aims to make people think twice about their actions.

Documentary about the relationship between Michael Jackson & his chimpanzee Bubbles. This revealing documentary talks to those who witnessed the relationship first hand, including Michael's sister La Toya, & explores the complex psychology behind Jackson's devotion to his chimp & other animals. It highlights the path Bubbles' life took once he hit adolescence & Michael could no longer care for him, to where he is now, 20 years later. Also they reunite La Toya Jackson with Bubbles after more than 20 years apart.

Heart-stopping adventure, deadly encounters and the roughest terrain on the planet...it's just another day for photographer and wildlife expert Austin Stevens. Join him as he travels the globe in search of the world's most fascinating and dangerous animals.

Austin Stevens looks for exotic and sometimes rare snakes and encounters other animals along the way educating us with each encounter.

Experienced cameraman Ed Wardle sets out on an adventure in which he is the star: a long stay in the barren Canadian wilderness. As the cycle of seasons passes, he must survive from the land, while filming his trapper-like daily life, the landscape he wanders trough and the wildlife he now has to interact with.

An eight-part exploration of the diverse peoples that make up the African continent.

Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild is a series of epic wildlife adventures and extreme experiences. In his own inimitable style Freddie takes us on a journey into the wild and show us some of the world's most exciting spectacles as we've never seen them before. In the midst of it, experiencing the fear, excitement, joy and wonder of being up close and personal with nature at its most spectacular. After some initial training Freddie sets out on his journey with his guide, armed with basic supplies and a wildlife mission. Walking with the Maasai on the hunt for the great wildebeest migration in Tanzania, collecting bushtucker with Aboriginals whilst keeping their eyes peeled for highly aggressive saltwater crocodiles in the Northern Territories of Australia, tracking Orangutans and pygmy elephants with the Dusun in Borneo and hunting with the First Nations trying to find some of the most elusive animals in the Discovery Islands Canada, wolves, cougars and orcas.

The Black Mamba is well known as Africa's deadliest snake. In the small country of Swaziland, it's feared and revered for its power. Between October and February, temperatures rise here and it's known as 'snake season'. At this time of year, black mambas turn up everywhere - in people's homes, schools and cars. When people find snakes here, they kill them but getting close enough to kill a mamba means it is close enough to kill you, and people are getting bitten here every week. In a country with very limited health care and no anti-venom, it is becoming a crisis. Two very unlikely people have become motivated to do something about it. Thea Litschka-Koen is a mum, and manages a hotel with her husband Clifton. Known affectionately as the white witch by the locals, Thea is determined to change attitudes towards venomous snakes, based on centuries of fear and superstition. She and her husband are on call 24 hours a day to rescue and release black mambas and other venomous snakes when they get 'too close for comfort'. But what the locals really want to know is - will they come back again? We follow Thea and her team as they set up a pioneering new scientific project to track black mambas in the wild. If she can find out more about their movements and daily lives, she will be able to pass on vital information and reassurance to the local people who have to live alongside them.

Jeff Corwin joins an elite hit squad of scientists on an adventurous mission to search out new species in one of the most remote and mysterious regions on Earth - the Himalayas. The mysterious Makalu-Barun National Park, on the shoulder of Mount Everest in Nepal, is a "biodiversity hotspot" - a rugged, forested region that Conservation International has singled out as the destination of an extraordinary expedition. Working day and night, a team of CI scientists will build an inventory of the region's wildlife. They hope, and expect, to come across new species as they work. Makalu-Barun is also a hotspot for yeti sightings. While the CI scientists work day and night, Jeff undertakes his own mission: to search out another, undescribed species - the infamous yeti. Determined to get to the bottom of this enduring mystery, he is guided by the stories of local people, the words of yeti myth experts, the advice of his fellow biologists and the accounts of holy men. He stumbles upon recent photographs and prized yeti relics, and travels to isolated yeti haunts in his search. By the end of the show, he is ready to draw his own startling conclusion about the truth behind the myth.

For fifteen million years orangutans roamed tropical forests from China to South East Asia. In Borneo, one of their last island outposts, lives one today who is a legend. He's won more than just a kingdom, he's won human hearts. They gave him the name Kusasi. The Orangutan King is the story of Kusasi's life told to us by a remarkable witness. Dr Birute M. Galdikas has been researching orangutans in Borneo for over 40 years. Under the guidance of Louis Leakey, Galdikas joined Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey to become a pioneer of Great Ape field research. Together they were known as the 'trimates', or 'Leakey's Angels'. Yet while Goodall's chimpanzees and Fossey's gorillas were made familiar through films, the orangutans are still largely unknown to television audiences. Their solitary lives high in the tree canopy have made them difficult to follow and film. Now, for the first time, Dr Galdikas will draw audiences deep into the orangutan universe. With enthusiasm and insight she tells us this special story - taking us back 30 years and unfolding Kusasi's story with detail, energy, and the wonder that she still feels for the orangutan species. As a three year old orphan, Kusasi fell under the care of Galdikas in her forest research camp. But driven by a cunning and tenacious spirit Kusasi did not behave as the other ex-captive infants. From the moment he arrived until today, Galdikas has watched Kusasi fight to win back and then succeed at life in the wild. And he's achieved what had once seemed impossible, reaching the top of the power hierarchy and ruling for ten years. The people who work at Camp Leakey enjoy his charisma, and even those who only visit him in his forest kingdom are struck with awe. As Julia Roberts was in 1997. Her encounter with Kusasi was unplanned - becoming a tight clinch with an irritable 140 kilo beast, possessing the strength of ten men. But she was unharmed. Kusasi is not malicious, and he's respected as much for his indifference to humans as for his power over the other orangutans. Today his spirit still burns brightly but his physical strength is fading. His fights with the rogue males who cross his borders are weakening him and The Orangutan King is the last chance for us to see him in power. But the hope of this film is that he will not be the last of his kind to rule with such strength in his forests. If the forest destruction can be stopped, there is a long future for the considerable Kusasi bloodline.

Solitary sharks that have formed a gang. An elephant-turned-serial killer. A pride of lions with a sudden appetite for giraffes. And pigs, by the thousands, erupting in flames. What on earth is going on in the animal world? This series travels the globe to investigate mysterious occurrences and odd behavior afflicting the animal kingdom. We follow field experts and game wardens as they dive into dangerous waters and enter wildlife warzones, making discoveries that could rewrite science and spell doom for certain species.

Third generation bushman, Kim Wolhuter tracks a family of cheetahs for over a year, and successfully records their everyday lives on film.