Name: Airborne
Released: 2024-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Keeley Hawes

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

Defy gravity with the animal world’s most daring flyers. Get a true bird’s-eye view of the world and experience the freedom and exhilaration of flight as wild creatures learn how to take off, grab a bite in mid-air, find a mate, and forge new paths.

2024 · 43m

Starring Keeley Hawes

EPISODE 1

Catching Air

Watch beginners make their first leap into the air, like an Andean condor who must attend flight school before spreading its wings. Meet oddballs who soar without feathers and marvel at a peregrine falcon’s speed as it dives to catch its prey.
EPISODE 2

In Flight Meals

Go hunting with flyers who excel at making mid-air catches. Watch the metamorphosis of the acrobatic emperor dragonfly, admire the barn owl’s stealthy approach to prey, and catch a wandering salamander’s death-defying leap into the abyss.
EPISODE 3

Love in the Air

Check in with animals who are winners at the aerial mating game. Take flight with a bee crafting a custom love potion, watch a draco lizard soar to fend off rivals, and witness the graceful pas de deux that bonds a pair of Japanese cranes for life.
EPISODE 4

Flight Path

Plot a course for adventure as animals go on remarkable journeys through the skies. Navigate a wooden labyrinth with a speedy goshawk, join a sandgrouse’s trek to a distant watering hole, and see a murmuration of starlings mesmerize their nemesis.