The Snares – a group of islands lying a hundred kilometres south of New Zealand – have remained virtually untouched by humans. Their forests of tree daisies contain a treasury of wildlife, including tree-climbing penguins and forest-dwelling sealions.

Icy blizzards and fiery lava bombs collide at the world’s southernmost volcano, Antarctica’s Mount Erebus. Deep below the sea ice are giant sea spiders and century-old sponges. On the 3500 metre high summit swirling clouds of gas rise above ice chimneys and the crater’s bubbling lava lake.

Most of New Zealand’s forests are gone, and the struggle to preserve what remains is not over. Yet the kokako, a song bird with cobalt blue wattles and a velvet black mask, remains. And his song, as old as the forests themselves, may yet herald their renaissance.

Join dedicated marine biologist Antonella Servido as she investigates the mystery of the Canary Island pilot whales in this stunning documentary film, Sounds of the Sea. Why is it that an increasing number of these beautiful animals are becoming fatally stranded? Antonella wants answers and will not stop until she finds them.

Remote, lonely and raw – the wildly beautiful island of South Georgia is a mere dot in the great Southern Ocean. Surrounded by the super-abundant waters of the Atlantic and Antarctic seas, fantastic breeding colonies of seabirds and marine mammals thrive here.

The pearl of the giant Pinctada Maxima is the most prized of all pearls and in many cultures considered the queen of all jewels. This fascinating documentary takes us to the only place these pearls can develop, the stunning reef gardens that lay between Indonesia and northern Australia. Here we learn how these miracles of nature are now lovingly nurtured.

Sandflats and foreshores are familiar to everyone, but they hide a harbour’s secrets. We take a close look at life above and below the waters of New Zealand’s Otago Harbour, and discover that while harbour animals may be more tolerant to change and human invasion than most, even they have limits.

Historically, all films about this incredible mammal have been little more than works of fiction. The deepest diving mammal in the ocean - little has been revealed about its activities at depth. SPERM WHALES AHOY now offers viewers a new insight into the world of the largest living predator, the sperm whale.

Spiders are nature’s ultimate predators. Weaponry in the spider world is akin to the array of armaments used in modern warfare – spray guns, camouflage and even “smart” technology. Using computer graphics and footage never seen before, we delve into the dark underworld of deadly arachnids as they deploy weapons, ambush and malice to defeat their enemies.