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Natural World

Season 27 Episode 7: Cuckoo

39 Seasons Feb 15, 2008 TV-PG 49m 7.3

Cambridge ornithology professor Nick Davies helps David Attenborough explain the parasitical brood-behavior of the cuckoo. It specifically targets 20 European species (4 British, including the warbler) and lays an egg (extremely similar to...

Season 27 Episodes:

Episode 2 Whale Shark

2. Whale Shark

Aired: Jan 11, 2008

Beginning at the fabulous coral reef of Ningaloo in Western Australia, intrep...

Episode 3 Clever Monkeys

3. Clever Monkeys

Aired: Jan 18, 2008

David Attenborough's entertaining romp through the world of monkeys has a ser...

Episode 4 Crocodile Blues

4. Crocodile Blues

Aired: Jan 25, 2008

The gharial, the world's oldest crocodilian, is on the very edge of extinctio...

Episode 7 Cuckoo

7. Cuckoo

Aired: Feb 15, 2008

Cambridge ornithology professor Nick Davies helps David Attenborough explain ...

Episode 13 Cassowaries

13. Cassowaries

Aired: Apr 23, 2008

Famous naturalist David Attenborough narrates the story of the Cassowary but ...

Info about Natural World

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Countries: United Kingdom, France

Genres:Documentary