Nature's Weirdest Events is a 2012 British nature documentary series produced by the BBC and presented by Chris Packham. The show looks at weird events from around the world, with introduced footage typically taken from eyewitnesses before the facts are given. Examples include why some dolphins have taken to breaking people's bones and the case of "spaceballs" in Spain.
| Nature's Weirdest Events | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Directed by | Louise Turner |
| Presented by | Chris Packham |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit BBC Studios (2016–17) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two (2012–17) BBC Two HD (2013–17) BBC HD (2012–13) |
| Release | 3 January 2012 – 8 May 2017 |
| Related | |
| World's Weirdest Events | |
The series is broadcast on BBC Two and began in 2012.
Episodes
editSeries 1
edit| Episode No. | Series No. | Broadcast date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 January 2012[1] |
| 2 | 2 | 4 January 2012[2] |
Series 2
edit| Episode No. | Series No. | Broadcast date |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 1 January 2013[3] |
| 4 | 2 | 2 January 2013[4] |
| 5 | 3 | 3 January 2013[5] |
Series 3
edit| Episode No. | Series No. | Broadcast date |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 31 December 2013[6] |
| 7 | 2 | 1 January 2014[7] |
| 8 | 3 | 5 January 2014[8] |
Series 4
edit| Episode No. | Series No. | Broadcast date |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 13 January 2015[9] |
| 10 | 2 | 14 January 2015[10] |
| 11 | 3 | 15 January 2015[11] |
Series 5
edit| Episode No. | Series No. | Broadcast date |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | 29 September 2016[12] |
| 13 | 2 | 6 October 2016[13] |
| 14 | 3 | 13 October 2016[14] |
| 15 | 4 | 20 October 2016[15] |
| 16 | 5 | 26 December 2016[16] |
| 17 | 6 | 17 April 2017[17] |
| 18 | 7 | 24 April 2017[18] |
| 19 | 8 | 8 May 2017[19] |
Reception
editSeries four of the show was given a mediocre review by Sam Wollaston of The Guardian, who was unsure whether the swimming pigs of Pig Beach were surprising, and asked "could it be that, having reached series four, they're running out of Weird Natural Events? A resource running low or, less politely, a barrel being scraped?"[20]
Merchandise
editDVD
editA single-disc DVD containing the first two episodes of the series was released on 12 March 2012.[21]
References
edit- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1, Episode 1
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1, Episode 2
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 1
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 2
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 3
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 1
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 2
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 3
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 1
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 2
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 3
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 1
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 2
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 3
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 4
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 5
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 6
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 7
- ^ BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 8
- ^ Wollaston, Sam (14 January 2015). "Nature's Weirdest Events review: Chris Packham will have to do better if he wants Sir David's crown". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1 (DVD)". Amazon UK. 12 March 2012.
