REALLY WILD SHOW - ARCHIVES

Michaela Strachan finds out why the Tasmanian devil has such a bad reputation. Janice Acquah encounters kangaroos, koalas, prehistoric dragons and a baby wallaby on a tour through the concrete jungle of Brisbane. Howie Watkins meets a flying marsupial known as a sugar glider. Nick Baker looks at dinosaur ants.

This programme looks at the `criminal behaviour' of animals. Nick Baker meets some bloodhounds. Michaela Strachan encounters a jackdaw who has been raiding a local primary school. Howie Watkins joins the `limpet police', who patrol the beaches of Dorset to protect the tiny shell fish. And Janice Acquah meets a tiny masked bandit.

This programme comes from the tropical paradise of Costa Rica, a region rich in wildlife. Michaela Strachan visits a sloth sanctuary and then takes to the air to track some of South America's rarest cats; Nick Baker ventures into the rainforest after dark to find out about some of the world's most dangerous frogs; and Janice Acquah has her hands full with a baby coati.

Michaela Strachan investigates the world's only Alpine parrot, the fun-loving kea, in New Zealand, and encounters the kangaroo when she hops over to Australia. Janice Acquah meets a school of bottle-nosed dolphins. Nick Baker gets acquainted with a group of dancing male mannikin birds in Costa Rica. And Howie Watkins takes three baby Asian elephants for some exercise at Woburn Safari Park.

This programme comes from New Zealand. Michaela Strachan takes a helicopter over the basin of an active volcano and experiences a fearsome performance of the Maori war dance. Nick Baker swims with dolphins and meets New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi.

Nick Baker stands to attention as he discovers the world of caterpillar defence. Michaela Strachan is at ease with an echidna, an animal with a prickly suit of armour. Howie Watkins has to find his own defences to ward off dive-bombing magpies in New Zealand. And Janice Acquah helps barn owls on Salisbury plain by shelling out old ammunition boxes.

The team travels to Spain where Michaela Strachan learns flamenco and visits a hospital for vultures; Howie Watkins helps to round up the largest flamingo colony in Europe; and Janice Acquah discovers how chameleons manage to co-exist with tourists.

Nick Baker looks at the vampire bat. Janice Acquah visits Australia,where she wrangles with a dangerous snake.

Michaela Strachan is in Egypt to find out about camels. Howie travels to the Red Sea to swim with a wild dolphin. Janice has her hands full with a baby meerkat. And Nick comes face to face with the monstrous imperial scorpion.

The team are in Iceland. Janice reports on plans to release a killer whale back into the wild. Michaela visits the largest icecap in Europe. And Howie investigates how life begins after a volcanic eruption.  

The team travel to the Bahamas where Michaela Strachan encounters hundreds of Caribbean reef sharks, Nick Baker spends the day with rock iguanas, and Howie Watkins and Janice Acquah investigate the sun spider and a school of spotted dolphins.  

Borneo
Entertaining look at animals and nature. Michaela acts as a foster mum at an orphanage for baby orang-utans. Nick explores some of the most remarkable caves on Earth.

Australia
Entertaining look at animals and nature. The team are in Australia where they encounter a unique crocodile expert, an emu and a deadly dingo. With Michaela Strachan, Janice Acquah, Nick Baker and Howie Watkins.

The programme visits Namibia and meets a woman who runs a rescue service for persecuted cheetahs and discovers the amazing techniques animals use to survive on the biggest sand dunes in the world.

Explore the amazing wildlife around the space shuttle launch pad in Florida, see how robots are being designed to be like animals, and find out how technology is helping to track migrating swans.

The team meet a policeman with a zoo in his garden, two children with badgers living under the kitchen sink, and a boy who can recognise every British bird by its song. Plus why ducks are waterproof.

The team meet the real mermaids of Florida, discover the truth behind trolls of Orkney, and find out which three little monsters bring terror to the British countryside. Plus, giant crabs, baby seals and ferocious piranhas.

In this edition, find out why sinking rubbish in the sea is good for fish, discover how an African wasteland is turned into a wildlife paradise, and meet a boy who is an expert on wild mushrooms. Plus the world's weirdest pig, baby raccoons, slime moulds and the amazing trapdoor spider.  

The team meets some royal birds of prey, follows the marathon journey of a salmon, and joins a girl with her very own animal sanctuary. Plus the painful secrets of the stinging nettle.

The team meet an Italian boy who wrestles with a lynx, take language lessons from Europe's only wild porcupines, and join the hunt for a real-life baby dragon.

In this programme: the crazy scientists who dress up like birds to save very rare cranes; and why a three-legged hedgehog needs a swimming lesson.  

The team head off to Florida where they meet a mountain lion, alligators and a 12-foot-long python.

A group of South African penguins have got problems with their neighbours; and at `Giraffe Manor', in Kenya, some young Norwegian eagles are moving house.  

This edition of the programme comes from Gibraltar, where the team go dolphin watching, meet the riotous rock apes and find out where birds go in winter.  

Michaela takes a bath with 56 young elephants from Sri Lanka's Pinnawela reserve, and Nick finds out what life is like for the wild turtles of the southern beaches.

An entertaining look at animals and nature, presented by Michaela Strachan with Howie Watkins, Nick Baker and Janice Acquah. The first edition of the new series comes from South Africa, where it discovers how foxes can hear ants underground and why snails leave trails.  

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