Inside Nature's Giants

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Inside Nature's Giants
GenreDocumentary
Created by Mark Burnett
Developed by 4International
Presented by Mark Evans
Narrated byNick Jack
Theme music composerWill Slater
Opening themeNature
Ending themeNature (Instrumental)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producersEd Forsdick
Peter Gywn
ProducerMartin Dance
Camera setup 3SIXTYMEDIA
Production companies ITV Studios
Lion Television
Windfall Films
Original release
Network
Release29 June 2009 (2009-06-29) 
23 April 2012 (2012-04-23)

Inside Nature's Giants is a British science documentary, first broadcast in June 2009 by Channel 4. The documentary shows experts performing dissection on some of nature's largest animals, including whales and elephants.

Contents

The programme is presented by Mark Evans. The series attempts to uncover the secrets of the animals examined. Mark is assisted by evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and Simon Watt, and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg. [1] In 2012, it aired on PBS in the United States, and repeats occasionally air on Eden and Watch in the UK.

Episodes

Series 1 (2009)

Episode NumberEpisode NameAnimal(s)Broadcast Date
1The Elephant Asian elephant 29 June 2009
2The Whale Fin whale 6 July 2009
3The Crocodile Nile crocodile 13 July 2009
4The Giraffe Rothschild giraffe 20 July 2009

Note: The season received the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Best Specialist Factual. [2]

Series 2 (2010)

Episode NumberEpisode NameAnimal(s)Broadcast Date
1The Great White Shark Great white shark 8 June 2010
2The Monster Python Burmese python 15 June 2010
3The Big Cats Lion and tiger 22 June 2010
SpecialThe Giant Squid Giant squid 14 October 2010

Series 3 (2011)

Episode NumberEpisode NameAnimal(s)Broadcast Date
SpecialThe Polar Bear Polar bear 30 June 2011
SpecialThe Sperm Whale Sperm whale 7 August 2011
1The Camel Dromedary camel 30 August 2011
2The Dinosaur Bird Southern cassowary 6 September 2011
3The Leatherback Turtle Leatherback sea turtle 13 September 2011
4The Racehorse Thoroughbred horse 20 September 2011

Series 4 (2012)

Episode NumberEpisode NameAnimal(s)Broadcast Date
SpecialRogue Baboon Chacma baboon (Fred)10 January 2012
1The Hippo Hippopotamus 9 April 2012
2The Kangaroo Red kangaroo 16 April 2012
3The Jungle Borneo jungle 23 April 2012

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References

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  2. "Television Awards Winners in 2010". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.