South Pacific

Catching up on South Pacific?

Don't want to miss an episode anymore? Set up a free alarm and receive an email when new episodes are available. Handy!

Last episode
South Pacific

A look at what is being done to preserve the South Pacific and its wildlife in the face of fishing fleets and other insidious threats to these bountiful seas.

March 2024
Documentary looking at the fauna of the South Pacific islands. Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life often give up the ghost when new species arrive?
Documentary series about the South Pacific islands. This edition looks at the birth, growth and death of an island, with images of an erupting underwater volcano.
February 2024
Documentary series on the South Pacific islands. Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive.
Documentary series about the South Pacific islands. A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians, and at the varied local fauna.
Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life found on earth.
May 2020
Adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical set in the wartime tropics, telling the story of two love affairs in parallel. An American nurse falls in love with a local widowed planter.
Concluding the six-part series exploring the South Pacific and its incredible array of wildlife. Fishing is taking its toll on sharks, albatross and tuna.
Why do well-adapted species fade out when new animals arrive in the South Pacific? Some unlikely creatures living off New Zealand's coast have the answer.
Witness the life and death of a South Pacific island that spans millions of years of natural history, and meet some very odd creatures along the way.
An illuminating voyage to the remote South Pacific islands. Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must fight to survive.
Another trip to the South Pacific isles. Discover how the region's 20,000 islands were colonised by the Polynesians and take a peek at the varied local fauna.
A spectacular exploration of the remote South Pacific islands. Discover how their isolation has created everything from giant crabs to flesh-eating caterpillars.
April 2020
Concluding the six-part series exploring the South Pacific and its incredible array of wildlife. Fishing is taking its toll on sharks, albatross and tuna.
Concluding the six-part series exploring the South Pacific and its incredible array of wildlife. Fishing is taking its toll on sharks, albatross and tuna.
Witness the life and death of a South Pacific island that spans millions of years of natural history, and meet some very odd creatures along the way.
Witness the life and death of a South Pacific island that spans millions of years of natural history, and meet some very odd creatures along the way.
Why do well-adapted species fade out when new animals arrive in the South Pacific? Some unlikely creatures living off New Zealand's coast have the answer.
Why do well-adapted species fade out when new animals arrive in the South Pacific? Some unlikely creatures living off New Zealand's coast have the answer.
Another trip to the South Pacific isles. Discover how the region's 20,000 islands were colonised by the Polynesians and take a peek at the varied local fauna.
Archive