The BEST episodes directed by Nigel Marven
#1 - The Beauty of Ugly
Nature - Season 26 - Episode 4
Nature's ugliest creatures are spotlighted, including the dung beetle, elephant-seal bull, ghost-faced bat, Indian stork, naked mole rat, needle-toothed viperfish, proboscis monkey, star-nosed mole, tapeworm, vulture and warthog. Included: how their looks and attributes contribute to their survival.
#2 - The Venom Cure
Nature - Season 23 - Episode 9
Scientists have discovered that natural poisons and venoms contain chemicals that can be used to create drugs for treating everything from chronic pain to cancer.
#3 - The Serpent's Embrace
Natural World - Season 8 - Episode 14
Snakes: a look at the facts and fiction.
#4 - The Witness Was a Fly
Natural World - Season 12 - Episode 9
Scientists demonstrate ways in which animals, insects and plants can provide clues to the detection of crimes.
#5 - Iran: Secrets of the North
Natural World - Season 17 - Episode 18
The first of two programmes exploring the wildlife inhabiting this vast country, a natural crossroads that is home to animals from Asia, Europe and Africa.
#6 - Crime Scene Creatures
Nature - Season 24 - Episode 13
They are among the most reliable witnesses to a crime — expert in their testimony and bulletproof in their account. Yet they never utter a single word. They are the animals, plants, and insects that are being recruited by a special breed of forensic scientists to solve the most seemingly impenetrable of crimes.