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The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

★ 8.0/10•2012•1h 0m•Documentary
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A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.

Jonathan Keeling · Director

Will Ridgeon · Director

Susanna Handslip · Director

Rowan Musgrave · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 29, 2012

Episodes

Episode 1 - Central American JungleE160m

Central American Jungle

This illuminating natural history series reveals a totally new perspective on wildlife at night. Over six months, a team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark. The expedition starts in the jungles of Costa Rica where the team are after some of the most frightening nocturnal predators. Alone in the dark, nighttime camera specialist Justine Evans has an exceptionally close encounter with a large male jaguar. Biologist Dr. George McGavin is on the trail of the most ingenious predator of the jungle - the net casting spider. And cameraman Gordon Buchanan finds ruined temples deep in the jungle as he searches for the bizarre creatures that rule the jungle canopy at night.

Jul 29, 2012

Episode 2 - Amazon Flooded ForestsE260m

Amazon Flooded Forests

Natural history series revealing a totally new perspective on wildlife at night. Now the expedition travels south to a flooded forest in the heart of the Amazon. Large mammal expert Bryson Voirin encounters a curious sloth whilst camerawoman Sophie Darlington spends stormy nights precariously perched high in the jungle canopy, attempting to film the only nocturnal monkey in the world. Further south, Gordon Buchanan heads to the largest wetland on earth in search of giant anteaters and enters a strange deserted house that's been taken over by vampire bats. And Dr. George McGavin abseils deep into the perpetual darkness of a giant cave system - cut off from the light for millions of years. Deep inside, he and the team discover species new to science.

Aug 5, 2012

Episode 3 - Patagonian MountainsE360m

Patagonian Mountains

Natural history series about wildlife at night culminates at the wild and windswept tip of South America. Coming face to face with the widest-ranging cat in the Americas - the puma - camerawoman Justine Evans attempts to film their nocturnal hunting behaviour for the first time. Even further south, Gordon Buchanan dives into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan to solve a mystery - scientists have heard humpback whales moving close to the shore at night, but have no idea what they could be doing. And Dr. George McGavin attaches a miniature tracking device to a vampire bat's back to discover whose blood it is feeding on.

Aug 12, 2012

Actors

Gordon Buchanan

Gordon Buchanan

Self - Presenter

George McGavin

George McGavin

Self - Presenter

Justine Evans

Justine Evans

Self - Presenter

Bryson Voirin

Self - Presenter

Sophie Darlington

Sophie Darlington

Self - Presenter

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Self - Narrator

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Earth at Night in Colour
Planet Earth
Welcome to Earth
Natural World
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Planet Earth II
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Night on Earth
Nature
Prehistoric Planet
Blue Planet II
Our Planet
History 101
Our Universe
Horizon
Seven Worlds, One Planet
NOVA
The Crocodile Hunter
Top Gear

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