Animal Programmes on TV
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7:20 on BBC1: Don’t miss it! Parenthood is on BBC1 This is a new five part series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. It is all about animal families in the natural world – and the main concern across all animal species, which is to make sure their offspring are fed and safe. Amongst the things they have to think about are questions such as:
With lion cubs, vulture chicks, baby gorillas, boxer crabs and African social spiders (who regurgitate a ‘milk’ made from dissolved body parts (it gets worse), there’s plenty to see. Animal parents – like all animals – have to try to adapt to a fast changing world, and the programme shows the recovering of the beautiful Iberian lynx in northern Spain. It shows that people can help animal parents to survive and thrive, despite the challenges. Visit the programme’s website here. It all starts at 7:20 on BBC1 on Sunday 3rd August 2025!
Other programmes... Sunday 3rd August at 3:30 and 4:30 - Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild is on Channel 5. Visit the Scottish Wildlife Trust here. Sunday 3rd August at 6:20 - Countryfile comes from North Yorkshire. (Visit the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust here.) Sunday 3rd August at 7:00 - Operation Arctic follows the struggles of polar bears who live there. This is shown on U&Yesterday. Visit Polar Bears International. Monday 4th August at 6:00 on Channel 4: A Yorkshire Farm - Jules Hudson celebrates farming in the UK and also looks back over past years at Cannon Hall. (By the way, Cannon Hall Farm have just a gorgeous new Shire Horse arrive called Grace - she is an absolute stunner! Visit the Shire Horse Society here. The programme is also on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm.
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