Nature (TV series)

Nature
Genre
Created by
Theme music composer Alex Lasarenko[1]
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 34
No. of episodes 533 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time 55 minutes
Production company(s) WNET
Release
Original network PBS
Original release October 10, 1982 (1982-10-10) – present
External links
Website

Nature is a wildlife television program produced by Thirteen/WNET New York. It has been distributed to United States public television stations by the PBS television service since its debut on October 10, 1982. Some episodes may appear in syndication on many PBS member stations around the U.S. and Canada and on the Discovery Channel. This series currently airs on Wednesday on PBS.

It is a weekly one-hour program that consists of documentaries about various animals and ecosystems. The on-camera host of the first season was Donald Johanson, with voice-over narration by George Page. Starting with the 1983 season George Page became both the on-camera host and the narrator until the series' 19th season in 2000. Since then, Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham has frequently narrated episodes, as has ecologist Chris Morgan.

Nominations and Awards

Nature is one of the few programs in television history that has won and has been nominated for the same number of Emmy Awards during its longevity. In 1986, host George Page was nominated for best Outstanding Individual Achievements in Informational Programming. In 1988 and 1989, it won two Emmy Awards for best Outstanding Informational Series. In 2000, it was nominated for best Outstanding Main Title Design. The episode "Silence of the Bees" won a Peabody Award in 2007.[2]

Episodes

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Season Eight

Season Nine

Season Ten

Season Eleven

Season Twelve

Season Thirteen

Season Fourteen

Season Fifteen

Season Sixteen

Season Seventeen

Season Eighteen

Season Nineteen

Season Twenty

Season Twenty-One

Season Twenty-Two

Season Twenty-Three

Season Twenty-Four

Season Twenty-Five

Season Twenty-Six

Fred Kaufman and the crew of NATURE-Silence of the Bees at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards

Season Twenty-Seven

Season Twenty-Eight

Season Twenty-Nine

Season Thirty

Season Thirty-One

Season Thirty-Two

Season Thirty-Three

Season Thirty-Four

In other media

Comic book

Three issues of a Nature comic book were produced from 2006–2008. They were full-color corollaries to on-air episodes like "Silence of the Bees," "In the Valley of the Wolves," and "The Beauty of Ugly." Nature Comics was targeted at pre-teens and teenagers as an educational tool, and was distributed free to museums, schools, and nature centers.

Nature Comics featured the talents of a number of notable cartoonists, including Josh Neufeld, Rick Veitch, Lauren Weinstein, and Thomas Yeates. The series was edited by David Reisman.

Nature Comics #2 was given an Association of Education Publishers 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award (in the Specialized Audience Instruction/Graphic Novel category).[3]

Issues

Nature Comics #1 (2006) — related episodes: "Christmas in Yellowstone" (Season 23), "Penguins of the Antarctic" (Season 23), and "Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History" (Season 23)

Nature Comics #2 (2007) — related episodes: "Silence of the Bees" (Season 24), "In the Valley of the Wolves" (Season 24), and "The Beauty of Ugly" (Season 24)

The Unexpected World of Nature (a.k.a. Nature Comics #3) (2008) — related episodes: "The Dragon Chronicles" (Season 25), "The Wolf That Changed America" (Season 25), and "Frogs: The Thin Green Line" (Season 25)

See also

References

  1. "Download the NATURE Remixes". PBS Nature. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 67th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2008.
  3. "2008 Distinguished Achievement Award Winners: Curriculum," Association of Educational Publishers website. Accessed Sept. 22, 2010.

External links

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