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In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice i find out more...

The controversial and moving story of the late Joy Adamson and her husband. The film charts her obsessive devotion to her lions, and to Elsa in particular, as they try and train her for release into the wild. A sensitive and magnificently filmed portrayal of an unusual true story. A great score too. Living Free is the humble sequel, but worth a watch if you REALLY like lions... find out more...

Xan has lived his whole life on the family farm in South Africa, his only real friend a young cheetah named Duma find out more...

When Amy is sent to live with the dad she's not seen for 9 years, she's unimpressed by his eccentricity, not to mention his new girl friend. But when Amy's adopted by a gaggle of orphaned goslings who must somehow learn to fly, her father's flying machine is their only hope. Beautiful, magical adventure. find out more...

The now popular winsome little semi-desert critters are back at play in this docu-soap set in the Kalahari desert.
More Disney than Attenborough and, personally, I prefer the drier tones of the latter any day. find out more...

A family adventure with real lions given the voices (and lip-synching) of a collection of Britain's finest luvvies. Beautifully filmed, as you'd expect from the BBC, but make no mistake, this is one for the kiddies. find out more...

The Red Balloon: The haunting relationship between a little boy and a red balloon with a mind of its own that he befriends on the Parisian streets. Widely recognised as one of the most important films in children's cinema, this 1956 classic is the only dialogue-free film to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay!

In The White Mane, A boy comes across a white-haired wild horse in the Camargue. Ranchers seek to capture the horse, but it escapes. What will happen as the boy sets out to fi find out more...

This is the story of an orphaned bear cub, the male who adopts him and the two hunters out to track them down. Set in stunning scenery in British Columbia, this is a unique film seen through the eyes of the young cub as he learns the laws of the wild. Magnificent and brilliantly filmed. find out more...

If the word "poignant" sends you running for the hills rather than the Kleenex, you'll probably want to avoid this. But if you want a good clean family weepie, this'll probably do nicely. Twelve year old Grace is involved in a horrific accident whilst riding her horse, in which she loses her leg while the beast loses its mind. So caustic career mom Kristen Scott Thomas ships the unhappy pair out of ugly Manhattan and heads for the beautiful Montana ranch of Robert Redford, apparently a master of find out more...