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When is New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands next on TV?

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands is next on TV on Monday 12 October at 7:00 pm on BBC Four. The episode is Cast Adrift, Season 1, Episode 1.

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands next airing

Cast Adrift

Season 1 · Episode 1

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Monday 12 October

On BBC Four (9)

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Coming up this week

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands TV listings this week

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):

  • Mon 12
    7:00 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Four 9 Channel BBC Four HD 106

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Mon 12, 7:00 pm
  • Wed 14
    2:15 am ends 3:15 am
    Channel BBC Four 9 Channel BBC Four HD 106

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Wed 14, 2:15 am
  • Thu 15
    9:00 am ends 10:00 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 9:00 am
  • Thu 15
    1:00 pm ends 2:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 1:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    5:00 pm ends 6:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 5:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    9:00 pm ends 10:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 9:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    10:00 am ends 11:00 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 10:00 am
  • Thu 15
    2:00 pm ends 3:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 2:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    6:00 pm ends 7:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 6:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    10:00 pm ends 11:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 10:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    11:00 am ends 12:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    New Arrivals — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    New Zealand is now home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world, boasting magnificent gardens with plants from around the planet and rare magical creatures. A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 11:00 am
  • Thu 15
    3:00 pm ends 4:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    New Arrivals — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    New Zealand is now home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world, boasting magnificent gardens with plants from around the planet and rare magical creatures. A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 3:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    7:00 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel U&Eden 57

    New Arrivals — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    New Zealand is now home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world, boasting magnificent gardens with plants from around the planet and rare magical creatures. A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 7:00 pm
  • Thu 15
    11:00 pm ends 12:00 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    New Arrivals — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    New Zealand is now home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world, boasting magnificent gardens with plants from around the planet and rare magical creatures. A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Thu 15, 11:00 pm
  • Fri 16
    1:00 am ends 2:00 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Cast Adrift — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Sam Neill narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the island chain, which has been left to its own devices for 80 million years - with surprising consequences. The opening edition features New Zealand's weirdest and most ancient species, including dinosaur-like reptiles, insects that have become giants, and flightless birds that behave like badgers, while the people who settled developed their own unique culture, and all must battle the natural forces that shape the island nation

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Fri 16, 1:00 am
  • Fri 16
    2:00 am ends 3:00 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Fri 16, 2:00 am
  • Fri 16
    3:00 am ends 3:50 am
    Channel U&Eden 57

    New Arrivals — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    New Zealand is now home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world, boasting magnificent gardens with plants from around the planet and rare magical creatures. A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Fri 16, 3:00 am
  • Mon 19
    7:00 pm ends 8:00 pm
    Channel BBC Four 9 Channel BBC Four HD 106

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Mon 19, 7:00 pm
  • Tue 20
    1:30 am ends 2:30 am
    Channel BBC Four 9 Channel BBC Four HD 106

    Wild Extremes — New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand's wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glow-worms. In these often inhospitable locations, any creature hoping to survive must resort to radical techniques, none more so than on the South Island, which lies toward Antarctica and is home to the rapidly rising peaks of the Southern Alps

    More Details → for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands, Tue 20, 1:30 am

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