Episode 1
Aired Jan 6, 1998
Night Creatures of the Kalahari
The nocturnal creatures of the Kalahari, from bush babies to fungal termites, keep up the never-ending search for food on the grassland plains.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 20, 1998
Mysterious Mummies of China
Blond-haired, blue-eyed mummies dating back 3,000 years don't appear to be the ancestors of modern-day Chinese people, making their presence in the Takla Makan desert a mystery.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 27, 1998
Supersonic Spies
The race to build the world's first supersonic passenger airliner intensified Cold War espionage between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 3, 1998
Animal Hospital
Treating everyday pets and exotic animals in veterinary hospitals with state-of-the-art technology and a lot of compassion.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 10, 1998
The Brain Eater
Researchers investigate an infectious and incurable disease responsible for killing nearly a million cattle in Britain.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 24, 1998
Everest: The Death Zone
Himalayan climbers on their way to the top of Mount Everest test the effects of weather and altitude on the human body.
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Episode 7
Aired Mar 31, 1998
Search for the Lost Cave People
Scouring the Chiapas jungle in search of information on the little-known Zoque people, a civilization that thrived centuries before the Maya.
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Episode 8
Aired Apr 21, 1998
Warnings From the Ice
A scientific inquiry into whether the Earth is facing a rapid rise in sea levels due to the breakup of large antarctic ice sheets.
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Episode 9
Aired Apr 28, 1998
Crocodiles! With David Attenborough
David Attenborough presents a new perspective toward crocodiles as caring parents and social creatures.
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Episode 10
Aired May 12, 1998
The Truth About Impotence
Treating impotence not as a psychological problem but as a curable and normal physical occurrence.
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Episode 11
Aired Oct 6, 1998
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
John Harrison (Patrick Malahide) invents the chronometer for marine navigation; narrator Richard Dreyfuss.
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Episode 12
Aired Oct 13, 1998
Chasing El Nino!
How El Nino helped scientists realize just how extensively connected the world's weather is and how easily the delicate balance can be broken.
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Episode 13
Aired Oct 27, 1998
Terror in Space
Russian and American astronauts explain the dangers they have faced aboard the aging space station Mir, including a fire, computer failures and a collision.
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Episode 14
Aired Nov 3, 1998
Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
Creating the on-screen illusions in the films "Titanic," "The X-Files" and "Flubber"; the work of special-effects pioneer Georges Melies.
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Episode 15
Aired Nov 10, 1998
Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius
The volcano Vesuvius destroys the city of Pompeii in the first century and continues to pose a threat to the area.
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Episode 16
Aired Nov 24, 1998
Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven
Researchers return to the Andes Mountains seeking a better understanding of the Incan ritual of child sacrifice known as the capacocha.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 24, 1998
Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden
The discovery in 1993 of a 2,500-year-old nomadic princess frozen in the Russian hinterland.
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Episode 18
Aired Nov 24, 1998
Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman
What scientists were able to learn about the Stone Age from a 5,300-year-old corpse found frozen in the Alps.
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Episode 19
Aired Dec 1, 1998
Leopards of the Night
The social groups and predatory patterns of leopards living in the Luangua Valley of Zambia. Host: Richard Attenborough.
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Episode 20
Aired Dec 29, 1998
The Perfect Pearl
A study of pearls, from cultured pearls to those plumbed from the depths of the ocean.
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