More than 30 animatronic spy cameras disguised as animals secretly record behavior in the wild in this "Nature" miniseries from WNET and BBC. The series captures rarely seen behavior that reveals how animals possess emotions and behavior similar to humans -- including the capacity to love, grieve, deceive and invent. Special sequences include a female Nile crocodile gathering her babies in her mouth and carrying them underwater; a female red-billed hornbill waits with her chicks for her mate to bring them food, and a young chimp befriends an abandoned genet kitten.
Franny's Feet is a Canadian animated series for children. It is produced by DHX Media/Halifax Film in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and created by Cathy Moss and Susan Nielsen. The show follows the adventures of four-year-old Frances "Franny" Fantootsie as she tries on various pairs of shoes and travels to different places in the world. Its very first appearance was on Ask. com/television in September 2001; it later appeared on CBC Television on January 1, 2004, then began to air on Family the following September, and was introduced to PBS Kids Sprout in the U.S. beginning in June 2006. In the U.K., it has aired on Discovery Kids UK, Channel Five, Playhouse Disney UK and Tiny Pop. A fourth season began in September 2009.
The adventures of Chris and Martin Kratt as they encounter incredible wild animals, combining science education with fun and adventure as the duo travels to animal habitats around the globe.
Nature Cat can't wait to get outside for a day of backyard nature excursions and bravery! But there's one problem; he's still a house cat with no real instincts for nature. That doesn't stop this passionate and curious feline, who loves learning and experiencing all he can about nature.
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is a children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January to May 1998. Re-runs aired until late 1999, with infrequent airings throughout 2000. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play-Along and was hosted by Shari Lewis, whose strong belief in the benefits of music education for children led to the creation of the series. The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out, a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates; Fingers, a giant purple raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria; Cookie the soft-hearted, opera-loving cook; and Junior, who works at the pizzeria part-time, and plays musical instruments, such as the tuba for his high school marching band.The series was put on hiatus after the May 30 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.
This ten-part series explores the work and ideas of Joseph Campbell. Widely known for his The Power of Myth interviews with Bill Moyers, Campbell has been a key figure in (if not the father of) comparative mythology. As a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence University, Campbell was given room to explore the mythologies of both occidental, oriental, and aboriginal religions and folktales. As he studied, he began to see patterns of shared symbols, and stories from cultures on opposite sides of the globe telling similar moral tales. The Joseph Campbell's Mythos series attempts to condense the many years of Campbell's scholarship and resulting philosophy into a conceivable vision of religion and spiritual pursuits. By retelling tales and examining artifacts, Campbell attempts to show the viewer that, in essence, all religions and their mythologies are seeking to accomplish the same goal -- enlightenment, or spiritual transcendence, for the student/practitioner. The series begins with Joseph Campbell's Mythos: Psyche and Symbol, where Campbell lays the foundation for his theory by identifying several archetypes that seem common among people and relating these archetypes to modern psychology, much as Carl Jung did in his work. Through the next eight parts, Campbell connects different religions through shared tales and symbols, investigates differences between Western and Eastern thought, and examines the spiritual practice of yoga, as well as the teachings of Buddha and other Eastern philosophies. Oscar award-winning actress Susan Sarandon hosts the series.