The BBC Atlas of the Natural World is the title of two compilations

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 (boxed sets) of DVD

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s consisting of eight separate nature documentary

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 series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit

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 between 1987 and 2005. The boxed sets, each consisting of 4 series and 6 DVDs, are subtitled “Western Hemisphere and Antarctica” and “Africa and Europe”. They were released on October 31, 2006 and October 2, 2007, respectively, for DVD Region 1

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 (i.e., Canada

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, United States

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, U.S. territories, and Bermuda

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). They were later released in DVD Region 4

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, although still with NTSC

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 video.

The two compilations consist of the following series and episodes:

BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Western Hemisphere and Antarctica

(4 series; 6 discs; 1055 minutes)

• Disc 1 & 2: Land of the Eagle (1991; 394 minutes)
  • Disc 1:
    • Episode 1. "The Great Encounter"
    • Episode 2. "Confronting the Wilderness"
    • Episode 3. "Conquering Swamps"
    • Episode 4. "Across the Seas of Grass"
  • Disc 2:
    • Episode 5. "Into the Shining Mountains"
    • Episode 6. "Living on the Edge"
    • Episode 7. "The First and Last Frontier"
    • Episode 8. "Searching for Paradise"
• Disc 3: Spirits of the Jaguar (1996; 196 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The Foraging of a New World"
    • Episode 2. "Forests of the Maya"
    • Episode 3. "Hunters of the Caribbean Sea"
    • Episode 4. "The Fifth World of the Aztecs"
• Disc 4: Land of the Tiger
  Land of the Tiger
  Land of the Tiger is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Indian subcontinent, first transmitted in the UK on BBC Two in 1997...
  
  (1997)
  • • Episode 1. "The Tiger's Domain"
    • Episode 2. "Sacred Waters"
    • Episode 3. "Unknown Seas"
    • Episode 4. "Desert Kingdom"
    • Episode 5. "Mountains of the Gods"
    • Episode 6. "Monsoon Forest"
• Disc 5: Wild South America; Original title: Andes to Amazon
  Andes to Amazon
  Andes to Amazon is a nature documentary TV series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, England and Animal Planet, first transmitted in the UK on BBC2 in November 2000. In other territories it was sometimes broadcast under the title Wild South AmericaEach of the six 50-minute...
  
  (2000; 294 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "Lost Worlds”
    • Episode 2. "Mighty Amazon"
    • Episode 3. "The Great Plains"
    • Episode 4. "The Andes”
    • Episode 5. "Amazon Jungle"
    • Episode 6. "Penguin Shores."
• Disc 6: Life in the Freezer
  Life in the Freezer
  Life in the Freezer is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 18 November 1993....
  
  (1993)
  • • Episode 1. "The Bountiful Sea"
    • Episode 2. "The Ice Retreats"
    • Episode 3. "The Race to Breed"
    • Episode 4. "The Door Closes"
    • Episode 5. "The Big Freeze"
    • Episode 6. "Footsteps in the Snow

BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Africa and Europe

(4 Series; 6 discs; 1055 minutes)

• Disc 1 & 2: Wild Africa
  Wild Africa
  Wild Africa is a BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the African continent, first transmitted in the UK on BBC2 in November 2001.The series comprises six episodes. Each concentrates on a particular environment...
  
  (2001; 294 minutes)
  • Disc 1:
    • Episode 1. "Mountains"
    • Episode 2. "Savannah"
    • Episode 3. "Deserts"
  • Disc 2:
    • Episode 4. "Coasts"
    • Episode 5. " Jungles"
    • Episode 6. " Lakes and Rivers
• Disc 3: Congo
  Congo (BBC TV series)
  Congo is a 2001 BBC nature documentary series for television on the natural history of the Congo River of Central Africa. In three episodes, the series explores the variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 4,700 km reach.Congo was produced for the BBC Natural History...
  
  (2001; 146 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The River That Swallows All Rivers"
    • Episode 2. "Spirits of the Forest"
    • Episode 3. "Footprints in the Forest"

NB: Disc 3 also includes the 48-minute episode "Spirits of the Forest" (about Madagascar) from the BBC television series The Natural World.

• Disc 4: The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man
  The First Eden
  The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man is a BBC documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 8 March 1987....
  
  (1987; 220 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "The Making of the Garden"
    • Episode 2. "The Gods Enslaved"
    • Episode 3. "The Wastes of War"

(the final episode "Strangers in the Garden" is not included.)

• Disc 5: Nile (2004)
  • • Episode 1. "Crocodiles and Kings"
    • Episode 2. "The Great Flood"
    • Episode 3. "The Search for the Source"
• 'Disc 6: Europe: A Natural History
  Europe: A Natural History
  Europe: A Natural History is a four-part BBC nature documentary series which looks at the events which have shaped the natural history and wildlife of the European continent over the past three billion years. It debuted on UK television on BBC Four in February 2005, and was repeated on BBC Two in...
  
  (2005; 200 minutes)
  • • Episode 1. "Genesis"
    • Episode 1. "Ice Ages"
    • Episode 1. "Taming the Wild”
    • Episode 1. "A New Millennium"
• Disc 6 also includes Bonus Material