As of July 2026, Natural World Season 3 aired in 1984 with 15 episodes — streaming now on Britbox Apple TV Channel . Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Natural World Season 3

1984 15 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Natural World Season 3 on and — and it earns the access it was given. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 31 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Natural World Season 3 earns its spot. The access Natural World Season 3 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 3 of Natural World includes 15 episodes. It aired from November 1984 to February 1985. Episodes include "Among The Wild Chimpanzees", "One Man's Island", "Invaders Of The Truk Lagoon". It was aired in 1984. What elevates Natural World Season 3 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Documentary fans who value serious storytelling will find Natural World Season 3 essential viewing. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

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🎬 Natural World Season 3 — Episode Guide

E1
Among The Wild Chimpanzees
1984-11-04
As a child Jane Goodall dreamt of going to Africa and living with the animals. In 1960 her dream became reality: she began a study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Today, more than two decades later, her work still continues, and it has given us a remarkable portrait of the animal m...
E2
One Man's Island
1984-11-11
Documentary programme on Keith Brockle who spent twelve months painting and drawing the bird life on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.
E3
Invaders Of The Truk Lagoon
1984-11-18
Truk Lagoon in the western Pacific is a peaceful tropical atoll. In 1944 its tranquillity was shattered when the US Navy surprised and sank a fleet of 60 Japanese ships. Within 40 years a dazzling array of corals and colorful fish have transformed this sunken arsenal into the world's largest artific...
E4
The Desire Of The Moth
1984-11-25
The largest known moth in the world has wings the size of a dove, the smallest lives inside a leaf. Although they are creatures of darkness, the bizarre designs and garish colors of moths rival those of butterflies in the hide-and-seek game of life. Among the stories of their double lives are tales ...
E5
A Question Of Space
1984-12-02
Five hundred miles above the parched African landscape a satellite seeks clues to the problem of space on the ground. In Kenya, fueled by a rapidly rising population, the competition for land is threatening one of the wildlife wonders of the world. But the tools to tackle the problem are at hand - r...
E6
Peacocks, Parasites And The Puzzle Of Sex
1984-12-09
What's the purpose of sex? To protect us from disease! Brian Leith unravels the intricate puzzle of sex and finds that: Males seem to be a waste of time and energy - many of the successful plants and animals (like the weeds in your garden) do without them altogether! Big animals - from polar bears t...
E7
Land Of Ice And Fire
1984-12-16
The first explorers to penetrate beyond the headwaters of the Missouri brought back tales of a strange land. They spoke of valleys that seemed to smoke and burn perpetually, and of a river that never froze, even in the hardest winter. That land is Yellowstone, America's oldest national park. Two-and...
E8
The Lost World Of Medusa
1984-12-23
On a remote Pacific island a mysterious lake lies hidden by dense jungle. Below the surface a gigantic shimmering phantom swims, tracking the sun. This weird life form is composed of jellyfish - millions of them - a boiling mass of medusae. Like the other bizarre inhabitants of the lake, imprisonmen...
E9
Kinabalu - Summit Of Borneo
1985-01-06
The highest peak in south-east Asia, Kinabalu, was once a mountain of legend and fable. To Chinese adventurers it was the abode of a dragon, rumored to guard a pearl by a lake at the very summit. Today's visitors have yet to find a pearl.... or see a dragon ... but there are riches of another kind. ...
E10
Wild Ireland
1985-01-13
Time, climate and the needs of the Irish have fashioned a magical island. Cast free when the ancient bridge from Britain sank, it still holds within its saucer of ice-scoured rocks the animals and plants that followed the retreat of the glaciers. There are Irish deer, Irish stoats and Irish mountain...
E11
Water - A Fresh Look
1985-01-20
Shooting rapids without a kayak, playing with some hefty manatees and feeding piranhas by hand! These are the extraordinary activities of an ordinary German businessman Walter Sigl , whose modest manner hides a spirit of daring and determination. His objectives: to film in the relatively unfilmed wo...
E12
Battle Of The Leaves
1985-01-27
Leaves are nature's pacifists -or so it seems. Leaves hang there green and uncomplaining, while animals chew them to death, birds tear them from their stems for nest building, and dusky maidens (it's rumored) roll them on their thighs to provide grandad with a fragrant cigar. But foliage fights back...
E13
The Year Of The Rat
1985-02-03
Rats - should we like them? Some people hate and despise these rodents. As the Chinese Year of the Rat draws to a close, down on the farm the rats' year goes on. Resourceful and adaptable, these successful invaders have enjoyed our unwitting hospitality for over two centuries. But this Jekyll and H...
E14
Through Animal Eyes
1985-02-10
Is your dog color blind? How do cats and owls see so much at night and high-flying kestrels spot tiny mice scuttling in the grass below? Do insects tune in to colors invisible to us? Is a scarlet anorak like a red rag to a bull and can a rattlesnake really see its prey in total darkness? With the he...
E15
Within A Garden Wall
1985-02-17
A Cotswold dry-stone wall, built 400 years ago, is a haven for wildlife. The cracks, crevices and man-made crags of a Cotswold dry-stone wall form one of the harshest places for wildlife to live. There are plants that survive deluge and drought, 'wall-fish' that swim in a bed of slime, and royal hou...

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