The BEST episodes of Tales by Light
Every episode of Tales by Light ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tales by Light!
Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft. Told from the eye of the storyteller, follow these extraordinary artists as they work to capture the perfect image and show us our world in a new light.

#1 - Children in Need Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/2018
Photographer Simon Lister and Orlando Bloom document at-risk children for UNICEF. They head to Bangladesh where they document impoverished children in challenging conditions.

#2 - Preserving Indigenous Culture Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2018
Dylan takes a trip into Arnhem Land, where he engages in a special ritual. He films the unique customs and tribal lifestyle of the Yolngu.

#3 - Paradise in Peril Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/2018

#4 - Children in Need Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/26/2018
Simon and Orlando visit an improvised school that educates Bangladesh's underprivileged.

#5 - Life and death: part 2
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2016

#6 - Life and death: part 1
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2016
A celebrated war photographer, Stephen Dupont has captured images in some of the world’s most dangerous regions. Unfortunately this has left him questioning the way he now views life & death and has him seeking a new perspective.

#7 - Misunderstood predictors: part 2
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2016

#8 - Preserving Indigenous Culture Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2018
Dylan River showcases his family's filmmaking tradition in the outback of Australia. He focuses his work on the Aboriginal native art which adorns the rock faces in the area.

#9 - Paradise in Peril Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/2018
Underwater photographer Shawn Heinrichs attempts to record the beauty of underwater life. Threatened by environmental changes, this marine diversity is captured in a beautiful series of images.

#10 - Submerged
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2015
In Papua New Guinea, marine photographer Darren Jew is chasing a photo that has eluded him for years - the submerged wreck of a WWII Bi-Plane.

#11 - Misunderstood predictors: part 1
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2016
Over the years Eric Cheng has dived with the planet’s most magnificent creatures. Now he is determined to use his photography to tell the true story of the most misrepresented and demonised species of all – sharks.

#12 - Sacred nature: part 2
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2016

#13 - Sacred nature: part 1
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2016
For years, award winning wildlife photographers Jonathan & Angela Scott have travelled the world, always returning home to Kenya. There they introduced the world to the big cats of the Maasai Mara and now they are part of its fight for survival.

#14 - Tribes
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/2015
Legendary nature and cultural photographer Art Wolfe captures the famous mud men and the Huli people in Papua New Guinea, and works on his human canvas project with the Surma people of Ethiopia.

#15 - Panorama
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2015
Masterful travel photographer Richard l'Anson captures an important religious festival in the Himalayas, followed by a visit to the Tigers of Bandhavgarh and the exuberant Festival of Holi in India.

#16 - Wild
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/2015
Legendary nature and cultural photographer Art Wolfe captures the great brown bear with the stunning backdrop of Alaska's mountains and glaciers, immigrating wildebeests in the plains East Africa, and the hard-to-find gorillas of Uganda.

#17 - Adrenaline
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/2015
Prominent adventure sports photographer Krystle Wright captures the immersive world of free-diving in Vanuatu, athletes who appear to walk on air in the canyons of Colorado, and powered para-gliders on the flooded salt pans of Utah.

#18 - Himalaya
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2015
Leading landscape photographer Peter Eastway follows in the footsteps of Frank Hurley - the pioneering Australian photographer on Shackleton's expedition to the south a century ago - to capture the wilderness and wildlife of Antarctica and South Georgia.