Nature's Great Events

Nature's Great Events
Series title card from UK broadcast
Also known as	'Nature's Most Amazing Events グレート・ネイチャー (Japan)
Genre	Nature documentary
Narrated by	David Attenborough (Original Version) Hasani Isa (Discovery Channel Version)
Composer(s)	Ben Salisbury Barnaby Taylor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Leith
Running time	50 minutes (Original Version), 10 minutes (Diaries)
Production company(s)	BBC Natural History Unit Discovery Channel Wanda Films
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	11 February (2009-02-11) – 18 March 2009 (2009-03-18)
External links
Website

Nature's Great Events is a wildlife documentary series made for BBC television, first shown in the UK on BBC One and BBC HD in February 2009. The series looks at how seasonal changes powered by the sun cause shifting weather patterns and ocean currents, which in turn create the conditions for some of the planet’s most spectacular wildlife events. Each episode focuses on the challenges and opportunities these changes present to a few key species.

Nature's Great Events was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit with the Discovery Channel and in association with Wanda Films. The British version of the series was narrated by David Attenborough. In United States, the series was shown under the alternative title Nature's Most Amazing Events beginning on 29 May 2009 and was narrated by Hasani Issa. In Australia, this program began airing on ABC1 each Sunday at 7:30pm from 14 June until 19 July 2009.

The title Nature's Great Events was previously used by Reader's Digest for an unrelated VHS series released in 1996.

The series was first unveiled as a co-production deal with independent Wanda Films, under the working title of Earth's Great Events. The title was subsequently revised and the Discovery Channel revealed as additional co-producers. The Natural History Unit’s production team includes series producer Karen Bass and executive producer Brian Leith. The score was composed by Barnaby Taylor and Ben Salisbury, orchestrated and conducted by William Goodchild and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Views of the earth from space, that illustrate the climatic events around the world, were created by design company Burrell Durrant Hifle incorporating NASA photography.