The Nature of Things
series currently in production
Returning Series
Documentary
Seasons | 63
Episodes | 526
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 1960-11-06
Last EP | 2025-06-06
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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1960-11-06
1
Why Is It So?
1960-11-06
2
The Roar of the Crowd
1960-11-13
Study of brain cells, how research has helped the understanding of learning and memory. Filmed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, with Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. Herbert Jasper
3
The Future of Science
1960-11-20
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
4
Schizophrenia
1960-11-27
5
Engineering
1960-12-04
6
Man as an Environment
1960-12-11
7
Science Fiction
1960-12-18
8
A special Christmas edition
1960-12-25
9
The Aurora-Borealis
1961-01-01
10
Man as an Environment – Human Body
1961-01-08
11
Kept Alive
1961-01-15
12
Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
1961-01-22
13
The Face of the Moon
1961-01-29
14
Hibernation
1961-02-05
15
Man and His Environment
1961-02-12
16
Eclipse
1961-02-19
17
Animal Communication
1961-02-26
18
The Speed of Light
1961-03-05
19
Monotony
1961-03-12
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
20
The Chemical Senses
1961-03-19
21
The Mohole: Earth's Crust
1961-04-02
22
Laws of Conservation
1961-04-16
23
Photosynthesis
1961-04-23
24
Physics of Clouds
1961-04-30
25
The Sources of Science
1961-05-07
CAST
charactor: Self - Presenter
Original: David Suzuki
Total EP: 46
charactor: Self - Presenter
Original: Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
Total EP: 28
charactor: Self - Presenter
Original: Anthony Morgan
Total EP: 28
charactor: Self - Host
Original: Donald Ivey
Total EP: 25
charactor: Self
Original: Dennis Compayre
Total EP: 2
charactor: Self
Original: Salima Ikram
Total EP: 1
charactor: Dr. Fred Urquhart
Original: Gordon Pinsent
Total EP: 1
charactor: Ken Brugger
Original: Shaun Benson
Total EP: 1
charactor: Middle Age Fred Urquhart
Original: Stephen Bogaert
Total EP: 1
charactor: Catalina Aguado
Original: Stephanie Sigman
Total EP: 1
charactor: Chloe
Original: Sofía Sisniega
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Connel Bradwell
Total EP: 1
CREW
Chris Yapp
Director of Photography
Camera
Mike Downie
Director
Directing
Tom Ranson
Director
Directing
Gwyn Williams
Director
Directing
Paul Berry
Editor
Editing
Merit Jensen-Carr
Producer
Production
Michael Allder
Producer
Production
Hadley Obodiac
Producer
Production
Niobe Thompson
Producer
Production
Gordon Henderson
Executive Producer
Production
Caroline Underwood
Producer
Production
Christopher Sumpton
Producer
Production
Alan Handel
Executive Producer
Production
Carlo Massarella
Executive Producer
Production
Dan Kendall
Executive Producer
Production
Alex Rowson
Producer
Production
Kelly Scissons
Line Producer
Production
James Hyslop
Executive Producer
Production
Tom Ranson
Producer
Production
Shannon Foerter
Producer
Production
Karen Lee
Line Producer
Production
Gwyn Williams
Producer
Production
John Kanakis
Original Music Composer
Sound
Christopher Sumpton
Writer
Writing
Tom Ranson
Writer
Writing
Gwyn Williams
Writer
Writing
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney