New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
TV Show · Documentary

`New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands' is a documentary narrated by actor Sam Neill. The miniseries captures the wildlife of New Zealand's remote island chain where nature has been left undisturbed since the age of the dinosaurs. Episodes reveal the exotic and ancient creatures that inhabit the mysterious islands as well as exploring the geological activities that have shaped the land. Amongst the giant insects, dinosaur-like reptiles and flightless birds there are also small communities of people who have settled in unexpected and danger-filled environments.

2016 · 59m
Starring Monique van de Ven, Sam Neill
Director Mark Flowers

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Cast Adrift
    Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand's wildlife has been left to its own devices, with surprising consequences. Its ancient forests are still stalked by predators from the Jurassic era. It's also one of the most geologically active countries on Earth. From Kiwis with their giant eggs, to forest-dwelling penguins and helicopter-riding sheepdogs, meet the astonishing creatures and resilient people who must rise to the challenges of their beautiful, dramatic and demanding home.
    59 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Wild Extremes
    The most extreme and wild parts of New Zealand are in the South Island, which lie towards Antarctica, in the path of the tempestuous `roaring forties'. This is home to some of the most rapidly rising mountains in the world, the Southern Alps. From hyper-intelligent parrots, to sinister snails with teeth and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and its most resilient pioneers, all of who must embrace radical solutions to survive.
    59 min
  • EPISODE 3
    New Arrivals
    New Zealand was one of the last land-masses to be found and settled by people. Lush and fertile, almost everything brought here flourishes, often with surprising consequences. Told through the experiences of its native species - in particular, a charismatic and peculiar giant, flightless parrot - this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife, since humans first arrived.
    59 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Monique van de Ven
    Self
  • Sam Neill
    Narrator
  • M‌F
    Mark Flowers
    Director
  • M‌F
    Mark Flowers
    Producer
  • James Honeyborne
    Producer

About

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

Documentary

`New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands' is a documentary narrated by actor Sam Neill. The miniseries captures the wildlife of New Zealand's remote island chain where nature has been left undisturbed since the age of the dinosaurs. Episodes reveal the exotic and ancient creatures that inhabit the mysterious islands as well as exploring the geological activities that have shaped the land. Amongst the giant insects, dinosaur-like reptiles and flightless birds there are also small communities of people who have settled in unexpected and danger-filled environments.

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Studio
BBC Studios
Released
2016
Rated
U
© 2016 BBC.

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, English (Australia), German
Audio

English (AAC)

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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • Australia
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  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
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