Nature Shock

New series exploring extraordinary finds in the animal world, which shocked naturalists and scientific experts alike. This edition focuses on the story of a hunter and his Inuit guide, who were shocked to discover that a polar bear, which they had tracked across the remote Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, actually appeared to be an animal of an entirely unknown species

Investigating a series of unexplained drownings in a North Indian river, in which three swimmers have disappeared after being gripped in the jaws of an unidentified beast. British biologist Jeremy Wade travels to India to learn more about the myth of the monster from the locals, and tests theories that the culprit is an indigenous crocodile or a bull shark, before setting up a super-strength fishing line in the hope of snaring the mysterious creature

On January 26, 2004, the body of a 50-tonne sperm whale being transported to a Taiwanese university spontaneously exploded during transit - creating a macabre scene of devastation on a busy street in Tainan. The series explores the reasons behind the surreal event, suggesting that decomposition processes, coupled with thriving bacterial activity within the carcass, were the cause of the occurance

In 1996, zoologists were shocked by the discovery of several hideously disfigured devil colonies living on the Australian island of Tasmania. This programme examines how intensive hunting undertaken by Tasmanian farmers led to the weakening of devils' immune system, causing the outbreak of a new, and highly contagious form of cancer

The series tries to find out why lions in the wast of Africa are attacking more humans in recent years.