Nature's Weirdest Events

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
GenreNature documentary
Directed byLouise Turner
Presented byChris Packham
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series5
No. of episodes19
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesBBC Natural History Unit
BBC Studios (2016–17)
Release
Original networkBBC Two (2012–17)
BBC Two HD (2013–17)
BBC HD (2012–13)
Original release3 January 2012 (2012-01-03) –
8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)
Related
World's Weirdest Events

The series is broadcast on BBC Two and began in 2012.

Episodes

Series 1
Episode No.Series No.Broadcast date
113 January 2012 (2012-01-03)[1]
224 January 2012 (2012-01-04)[2]

Series 2
Episode No.Series No.Broadcast date
311 January 2013 (2013-01-01)[3]
422 January 2013 (2013-01-02)[4]
533 January 2013 (2013-01-03)[5]

Series 3
Episode No.Series No.Broadcast date
6131 December 2013 (2013-12-31)[6]
721 January 2014 (2014-01-01)[7]
835 January 2014 (2014-01-05)[8]

Series 4
Episode No.Series No.Broadcast date
9113 January 2015 (2015-01-13)[9]
10214 January 2015 (2015-01-14)[10]
11315 January 2015 (2015-01-15)[11]

Series 5
Episode No.Series No.Broadcast date
12129 September 2016 (2016-09-29)[12]
1326 October 2016 (2016-10-06)[13]
14313 October 2016 (2016-10-13)[14]
15420 October 2016 (2016-10-20)[15]
16526 December 2016 (2016-12-26)[16]
17617 April 2017 (2017-04-17)[17]
18724 April 2017 (2017-04-24)[18]
1988 May 2017 (2017-05-08)[19]

Reception

Series 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

DVD

A single-disc DVD containing the first two episodes of the series was released on 12 March 2012.[21]

References
  1. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1, Episode 1
  2. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1, Episode 2
  3. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 1
  4. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 2
  5. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 2, Episode 3
  6. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 1
  7. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 2
  8. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 3, Episode 3
  9. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 1
  10. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 2
  11. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 4, Episode 3
  12. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 1
  13. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 2
  14. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 3
  15. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 4
  16. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 5
  17. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 6
  18. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 7
  19. BBC Two – Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 5, Episode 8
  20. 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.
  21. "Nature's Weirdest Events, Series 1 (DVD)". Amazon UK. 12 March 2012.
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