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2361:Life on Air
2143:(1995–2008)
2107:(1977–2005)
1904:filmography
1825:Wendy Darke
1502:Earthflight
1330:Inside Life
1255:Expeditions
1164:Yellowstone
1106:Wild Brazil
1099:Wild Arabia
1071:Wild Europe
1050:Wild Africa
1004:Springwatch
653:overfishing
622:soldierfish
583:Middle Ages
529:, bringing
461:deforesting
382:hieroglyphs
339:flint tools
212:(1984) and
108:Andrew Neal
92:of episodes
2744:Categories
2492:Our Planet
2321:programmes
2308:Wild Isles
2220:Life Story
2188:Madagascar
2180:First Life
1400:Supersense
1238:Madagascar
1085:Wild China
1042:Continents
1032:Wild Wales
844:Life Story
794:Television
734:References
639:Phylloxera
634:Suez Canal
632:, via the
575:Black rats
423:, but the
421:Nile Delta
327:fruit bats
319:chameleons
303:spoonbills
295:bee-eaters
201:Carl Davis
163:1987-03-29
153:1987-03-08
116:55 minutes
100:Production
67:Carl Davis
2698:(brother)
2692:(brother)
2650:(2013–14)
2642:(2009–11)
2537:and films
2252:Dynasties
2239:(2015–16)
2083:(1967–86)
2067:(1954–63)
2064:Zoo Quest
1762:Deep Blue
1516:Dynasties
1407:Lifesense
1344:Deadly 60
1150:Galápagos
1116:Locations
801:Landmarks
595:Newmarket
515:Jerusalem
503:Visigoths
386:wild bull
311:flamingos
2705:(nephew)
2686:(father)
2477:episodes
2228:The Hunt
2117:episodes
1783:One Life
1495:The Hunt
1346:episodes
1138:The Nile
705:Region 2
688:and the
670:Plitvice
657:seagrass
571:Crusades
555:mandrake
539:falconry
535:peacocks
470:—
401:Pharaohs
394:bull-god
274:Atlantic
266:Dead Sea
230:—
222:Episodes
218:(1990).
63:Composer
2718:(niece)
2712:(niece)
2319:One-off
674:Croatia
665:sardine
630:Red Sea
559:Cocullo
527:Granada
523:Córdoba
511:Arabian
507:Vandals
449:Artemis
433:octopus
425:Minoans
413:Saqqara
409:Memphis
359:Ephesus
291:rollers
279:Maltese
161: (
157: –
151: (
149:8 March
146:Release
140:BBC One
136:Network
84:English
2677:Family
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2623:(2008)
2615:(2005)
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2588:(2015)
2580:(2014)
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906:series
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626:Cyprus
603:Vienna
579:plague
519:Qur'an
445:Empire
441:Romans
429:olives
335:Israel
248:Rhodes
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1769:Earth
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1623:Other
1460:Shark
1131:Congo
567:Syria
543:hares
491:horse
437:tunny
411:. At
43:Genre
2172:Life
1921:Life
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1747:Film
1323:Roar
904:Life
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397:Apis
374:bull
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