Upcoming BBC wildlife documentaries

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AppleTV have finally released the trailer for the BBC NHU-produced Prehistoric Planet Ice Age and good lord does it look incredible

BBC take note. This is the new standard

After being thoroughly underwhelmed by the new Walking with Dinosaurs, I personally hope they don’t revive any of the other Walking with… strands

 

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BBC take note. This is the new standard

After being thoroughly underwhelmed by the new Walking with Dinosaurs, I personally hope they don’t revive any of the other Walking with… strands

Clearly there are still people at the BBC capable of producing quality television, especially as Mike Gunton is executive producer. Evidently the higher ups have no interest in actually using them

It's become clear in hindsight it was never intended to actually be a Walking With... series, they just slapped the name on it for publicity. Goes to show how utterly disconnected the BBC are from their audience when they disrespect such a beloved programme like that.

At least Tim Haines managed to get away, Surviving Earth looks brilliant (shame it got delayed again though)

 

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Today, the BBC have announced six new natural history documentaries that will be airing in the near-future.

Wild London: A single-episode programme, presented by David Attenborough, that will explore the wildlife of Britain's capital city. Species mentioned include pigeons (which commute on the tube), snakes along Regent's Canal (presumably Aesculapian), parakeets, Eurasian beavers, red foxes and peregrine falcons.

Kingdom: A series of six fifty-minute episodes that follow the fortunes of lions, leopards, spotted hyaenas and painted dogs in Zambia's Luangwa Valley that was filmed across five years. This series will be narrated by David Attenborough.

Tiger Island: A two-part series looking at a river island in Nepal, part of a community-owned forest reserve, that has the highest density of tigers on the planet, with multiple adult tigers (including mothers with cubs) sharing a four-square-kilometre island. This documentary will include some tiger behaviour that has apparently never been filmed before.

The Green Planet II: A series of five hour-long episodes that will build upon the previous series, focusing on exploring the interconnecting relationships between plants and animals.

Gordon Buchanan: Wild Horses and Me: A continuation of this series of single-episode one-hour programmes following filmmaker Gordon Buchanan following the lives of a group of animals, in this case feral horses in the Canadian Rockies.

Bearwalker: A single-episode 75-minute programme, following wildlife biologist Lynn Rogers and his daughter as they attempt to find his favourite study black bear 'Lily' for one last time.

Confirmation from today that both Wild London and Gordon Buchanan's show, titled Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me, will be airing sometime over Christmas.

 

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Confirmation from today that both Wild London and Gordon Buchanan's show, titled Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me, will be airing sometime over Christmas.

I have managed to find the actual dates for these two programmes:

Wild Horses, the Rockies and Me will first air in Scotland on 18th December at 8pm, and will air in England on 21st December at 7pm.
Wild London will air on 1st January 2026 at 6:30pm.