‎Great Barrier Reef - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

It’s one of the natural wonders of the world and the largest living structure on our planet. Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the creatures that live there are explored in this fascinating nature documentary. How the reef was created, how it works, the intricate relationships between its inhabitants, its conservation and how climate change and other factors might shape its future are revealed.

2012 · 50m

Starring Karl Stefanovic, Monty Halls

Director James Brickell

EPISODE 1

Nature's Miracle

From deadly fish-hunting snails to sharks that walk on land, fighting corals and parrot fish that spin sleeping bags every night, discover the magic of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. This fascinating nature documentary looks at complex structure of the coral reef itself and the wildlife that lives on it, revealing how the amazing reef creatures compete and co-operate.

44m
EPISODE 2

Reef to Rainforest

Only 7% of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is coral reef. The rest is a variety of interconnected habitats including the world's oldest jungle, many islands, and mysterious deep-water gardens. As this nature documentary reveals, many of the creatures that live here are improbably weird, from giant hammerhead sharks to the bizarre 'pearl fish' that lives its life in the rear end of a sea cucumber.

44m
EPISODE 3

Reef and Beyond

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is vitally linked to the rest of the planet in many ways. Creatures travel for thousands of miles to visit, including tiger sharks, great whales, seabirds and the largest green turtle gathering on the planet. And as this nature documentary shows, weather patterns and climate change are likely to shape the future of the Great Barrier Reef and all its wildlife.

44m

Great Barrier Reef

3m

Karl Stefanovic

Host
Monty Halls

Host
James Brickell

Director
Neil Nightingale

Producer
James Brickell

Writer