Timothy Treadwell was quite a guy, a self appointed crusader and protector for the grizzly bears of Alaska, his commitment over thirteen summers was without doubt, though his motives and methods were perhaps more confused. What Herzog has created from Treadwell's copious footage is a stunning wildlife documentary in which the observer is as fascinating as his beloved subjects; in fact Treadwell is a perfect real life example of the damaged, obsessive characters in a number of Herzog's films, and find out more...

Fascinating, factually based story of an anti-social double murderer, Robert Stroud, who used his years in the world's toughest prison to transform himself into a world-renowned ornithologist. Superb performances all round but Karl Malden is particularly riveting as the sadistic prison governer. find out more...

A top notch documentary following an undercover team, who in a daring act of espionage, record the bloody annual slaughter of over 2,000 dolphins in Taiji National Park, Japan, by the local fishing community. This slaughter is commercially driven not only by the sale of cheap 'whale' meat to supermarkets, but the huge value of those taken alive for dolphinaria, a craze that, to his everlasting sadness, was introduced by current activist, project instigator and once trainer of dolphins for the find out more...

Ever since the dinosaurs died out over 65 million years ago our planet has been dominated by mammals. A succession of bizarre evolutionary experimental species have come and gone - from walking whales to sabre-toothed cats - yet many of these magnificent creatures have never been visualised. Here, for the first time, some of these spectacular, unfamiliar animals are recreated and set into the context of their world. Walking with Beasts vividly reveals the extraordinary ancestors of modern mammal find out more...

Part One of the BBC series spanning the 160 million year history of the dinosaurs. The programme uses special effects to bring to life the many theories and discoveries of dinosaurs on Earth. Plenty of research has gone into making this as accurate as possible, including recreating the climate and landscape. It also raises many questions about how they came to walk the Earth in the first place and why they became extinct. find out more...