Coming from French director, Luc Jacquet, this Oscar-winning documentary follows the remarkable migration of the Emperor penguins as they make the hazardous journey from their summer feeding grounds to the harsh centre of the Antarctic tundra to mate and give birth. This beautifully shot film observes the return of the mothers to the coast and the new fathers as they struggle to survive with their young charges, withstanding some of the most brutal weather on the planet. Unfortunately March Of T find out more...

The now popular winsome little semi-desert critters are back at play in this docu-soap set in the Kalahari desert.
More Disney than Attenborough and, personally, I prefer the drier tones of the latter any day. find out more...

Excellent, imaginative documentary set in a beautiful summer meadow. Thankfully forsaking the dreary commentary so often associated with natural history, filmmakers Nurisdany and Perennou instead rely on music and the wonderfully expressive sounds of the birds and insects themselves. Every detail of the meadow's inhabitants' activities is startlingly and vibrantly captured through a magnified lense, transforming the mundane into the magnificent. Fascinating. find out more...

Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle huntress. 

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Old homeless San Francisco hippy finds fame, but not fortune, by establishing relationships with Mingus, Connor, Sophie, Picasso and the rest of a flock of feral parrots. In so doing he brings not just them and their varying relationships, but urban, and all animals generally, including us, into focus. And aren't those colours just awesome? Parrots - my hearties! find out more...