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Season 18 Episode 2: Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods

39 Seasons Oct 10, 1999 TV-PG 1h 00m 8.6

A look at the unique wildlife of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and the island's few remaining members of the ancient Ainu race, who see all animals as sacred. Swept by winds from the high Arctic, Hokkaido is an island of towering volcanos and fairytale forests, where cranes perform dances in the snow, brown bears plunge for salmon in rivers and eagles plunder the spoils from winter fishing fleets. The unique wildlife of Hokkaido has long been worshipped by an ancient race...

Season 18 Episodes:

Episode 5 The Millennium Oak

5. The Millennium Oak

Aired: Dec 30, 1999

Documentary charting 1,000 years in the life of an English oak, which would h...

Episode 9 The Tiger's Tale

9. The Tiger's Tale

Aired: Feb 6, 2000

Kangaroos in trees and flying foxes - nowhere else on the planet are their an...

Episode 10 The Wolf's Return

10. The Wolf's Return

Aired: Feb 20, 2000

Insight into the daily lives of a family of Bengal tigers inhabiting the Band...

Episode 11 Monkey Warriors

11. Monkey Warriors

Aired: May 8, 2000

Documentary reporting on an ambitious plan to reintroduce wild wolves into Am...

Episode 15 Claws

15. Claws

Aired: Jun 19, 2000

The salmon that fill the rivers of the Pacific coast of North America have on...

Episode 16 Claws

16. Claws

Aired: Jul 10, 2000

Insight into the lives of crabs, whether they are climbing trees, travelling ...

Info about Natural World

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Countries: United Kingdom, France

Genres:Documentary