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Nature's Microworlds

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| narrated = Steve Backshall

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| language = English

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| producer = Doug Mackay-Hope

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| company = BBC Natural History Unit

| network = BBC Four

| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|07|16|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2013|03|27|df=y}}

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Nature's Microworlds is a 2012 British nature documentary series. Produced by the BBC, the series is narrated by Steve Backshall and produced by Doug Mackay-Hope.{{cite web|title=Episode guide|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l2swt/episodes/guide|work=Nature's Microworlds|publisher=BBC Four|access-date=25 August 2012}} There are thirteen thirty-minute episodes in the series, which was first broadcast on BBC Four. Each episode focuses on its eponymous region, exploring the wildlife of the microclimate found there:{{cite web|title=Nature's Microworlds|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l2swt|publisher=BBC Four|access-date=25 August 2012}} The featured ecosystems include the archipelago of volcanic islands known as the Galapagos, the grasslands of the Serengeti in Africa, the Amazon rainforest covering most of South America, the kelp forest located in California's Monterey Bay, the Okavango Delta where the Okavango River empties into a wetland surrounded by the Kalahari Desert, and the Arctic wilderness of the Svalbard archipelago.

Episodes

There are thirteen thirty-minute episodes in the series—plus a three-part specials series—first broadcast on BBC Four on the dates shown.

=Season 1 (2012)=

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|Title = Monterey Bay

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|Title = Okavango

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=Season 2 (2013)=

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|Title = Canada's Coastal Forests

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{{Episode list/sublist|Nature's Microworlds

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|Title = Great Barrier Reef

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{{Episode list/sublist|Nature's Microworlds

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|Title = Namib Desert

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|Aux1 = Namib Desert, Namibia & Angola

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|Title = Yellowstone

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|Aux1 = Yellowstone, United States

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{{Episode list/sublist|Nature's Microworlds

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|Title = The Deep Sea

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|Title = Australia's Red Centre

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=Insect Specials (2013)=

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|Title = Making Worlds

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{{Episode list/sublist|Nature's Microworlds

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|Title = The Secret to Their Success

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Critical reception

David Crawford of the Radio Times criticized the first episode for its short length and "lightly sketched" coverage of science, but wrote that it is "full of arresting images".{{cite news|last=Crawford|first=David|title=Nature's Microworlds: Galapagos|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/rfv64/natures-microworlds--series-1---1-galapagos|access-date=25 August 2012|newspaper=Radio Times}} A similar criticism was made by Jonathan Wright in The Guardian, who stated that the first episode is "far too short at 30 minutes and thus skims over some subjects".{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Jonathan|title=TV highlights 16/07/2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jul/15/natures-microworlds-coming-up-blackout|access-date=25 August 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 July 2012}} Crawford writes that the fifth episode, like the first, "packs a lot of information into its short running time,"{{cite news|last=Crawford|first=David|title=Nature's Microworlds: Okavango|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/rqzgz/natures-microworlds--series-1---5-okavango|access-date=25 August 2012|newspaper=Radio Times}} and praised the final episode on Svalbard, likening it to a " mini-episode of Frozen Planet" filled with "jaw-dropping, eye-covering scenes".{{cite news|last=Crawford|first=David|title=Nature's Microworlds: Svalbard|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/rt5cy/natures-microworlds--episode-6-svalbard|access-date=25 August 2012|newspaper=Radio Times}} The Guardian{{'s}} Martin Skegg was more positive on the length of the final episode, writing that "relaying the complex interplay of life in just 30 minutes, the film is a punchy antidote to the sometimes bloated 'event' nature".{{cite news|last=Skegg|first=Martin|title=TV highlights 20/08/2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/aug/19/riots-in-their-own-words?newsfeed=true|access-date=25 August 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 August 2012}}

References

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External links

  • {{BBC programme}}
  • [http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/hidden-habitats Hidden Habitats] at BBC America
  • [http://www.abc.net.au/tveducation/series/NATURESMICROWORLDS.htm Nature's Microworlds] at Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • {{IMDb title|id=2288138|title=Nature's Microworlds}}

{{BBC Natural History Unit}}

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