Natural World Season 33 Sri Lanka: Elephant Island 2013
Sri Lanka, the tropical island lying off the southern coast of India, is home to its own special elephants. A sub species of the Asian elephant, they have their own unique characteristics. In this programme, award winning wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck of Echo of the Elephants fame travels to Sri Lanka to try and get to know them. Martyn has planned his arrival to coincide with the start of the monsoon, hoping it will be the best time to find and follow a new born calf. By drawing on local knowledge, Martyn begins to unravel the complex social world of Sri Lanka's elephants - he witnesses a fight over a calf, a battle between two bulls in musk and, at an elephant sanctuary, befriends an orphaned elephant who sadly lost a leg to a snare and is facing an uncertain future.
- Released: 2013-08-09
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson
- Director: Brian Jackman, Andrew Graham-Brown, Mike Birkhead
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1. Leopards: 21st Century Cats 2013-05-17
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2. Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible 2013-07-13
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3. The Mating Game 2013-07-19
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4. Sri Lanka: Elephant Island 2013-08-09
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5. Meet the Monkeys 2013-09-06
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6. Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape 2013-10-04
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7. Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar 2013-10-11
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8. Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 2013-10-18
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9. Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface 2013-10-25
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10. Vultures: Beauty in the Beast 2014-01-31
