The Wonder List with Bill Weir

The Wonder List with Bill Weir

TV Series

2015 min TMDB 1.0

EN 4 Seasons

Documentary

Storyteller Bill Weir and renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom embarks on a quest to tell the untold stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures that are at a crossroads.

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TV Series

The Wonder List with Bill Weir

2015 min TMDB 1.0

EN 4 Seasons

Documentary

Storyteller Bill Weir and renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom embarks on a quest to tell the untold stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures that are at a crossroads.

Watch Now

The Wonder List with Bill Weir

2015-03-01

The Wonder List with Bill Weir

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Across eight, one hour episodes, storyteller Bill Weir and renowned filmmaker Philip Bloom will take viewers to Vanuatu; the Galapagos Islands; Ikaria, Greece; the Taj Mahal in India; the Alps; the Dead Sea; the Everglades and Venice. While in these visually stunning locations, captured by Bloom’s unparalleled cinematography, Weir explores the forces of change that effect so many lives, and discovers what can be done to save them.

Episode 1

Episode 1: Vanuatu: Landlords of Paradise

Proud native tribes of the islands face head-on, a changing world that threatens their centuries old...

2015-03-01 60min

Episode 2

Episode 2: Galapagos: A Fight for Survival

Many endangered species of the islands face the fate of extinction if not for the efforts of the wor...

2015-03-08 60min

Episode 3

Episode 3: Ikaria: The Island Where People Forget to Die

A visit to the remote Greek island of Ikaria where inhabitants live longer than most Americans and t...

2015-03-15 60min

Episode 4

Episode 4: India: Tigers and the Taj

Weir visits the Taj Mahal in India and learns about conservation efforts to save the Bengal tiger.

2015-03-22 60min

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Dead Sea: Salt of the Earth

The Wonder List visits Jordan and Israel to examine the Dead Sea's decline, and meets the people bat...

2015-03-29 60min

Episode 6

Episode 6: Venice: Sink or Swim

A journey through the canals of Venice, where rising sea levels threaten the future of the historic...

2015-04-05 60min

Episode 7

Episode 7: The Alps: Fire and Ice

A visit to the Alps where glaciers are receding to examine what the stakes are if the melting contin...

2015-04-12 60min

Episode 8

Episode 8: Everglades: A Fight for Glory

A visit to Florida's endangered Everglades.

2015-04-12 60min

Storyteller Bill Weir continues his worldwide quest to uncover the untold stories of remarkable people, places, cultures, and creatures, at the crossroads of change. Across six hour-long episodes, viewers will be transported to fascinating and breathtaking locations, including the glaciers and fjords of Iceland, the Peruvian ruins of Machu Picchu, the Grand Canyon and Colorado River, stunning Botswana and Namibia in southern Africa, the secretive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and to Cuba as it undergoes dramatic transformation.

Episode 1

Episode 1: Cuba: Forbidden Island

Season 2 begins with a visit to Cuba where people are preparing for a tourist invasion.

2016-03-20 60min

Episode 2

Episode 2: Iceland: The Wedding Crash

A visit to Iceland, where two-thirds of babies are born to unmarried parents, to explore whether the...

2016-03-27 60min

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Colorado River: A Thirst for More

An examination of the Colorado River that sustains more than 40 million people in the West to see wh...

2016-04-03 60min

Episode 4

Episode 4: Bhutan: The Happiest Place On Earth

The magical kingdom of Bhuton, "the happiest place on earth," is visited to see whether it can stay...

2016-04-10 60min

Episode 5

Episode 5: Botswana: The Hunters & the Hunted

Weir goes on safari in Africa with naturalists fighting to save precious species from extinction.

2016-04-17 60min

Episode 6

Episode 6: Amsterdam: The Future of Freedom

Bill Weir travels to Amsterdam, famed as one of the world's liberal cities, to find out if it can st...

2016-12-18 60min

Episode 1

Episode 1: Patagonia: Paradise Bought

A report on an American conservationist who has purchased vast tracts of land in Patagonia, much to...

2017-10-07 60min

Episode 2

Episode 2: Madagascar: The Richest Poor Country in the World

A visit to Madagascar where deforestation rages and unique species vanish, and where a fight is brew...

2017-10-14 60min

Episode 3

Episode 3: Egypt: Sunken City of Pharaohs

As sea levels rise, the sunken city of Heracleion sounds a stark warning of the growing threat faced...

2017-10-21 60min

Episode 4

Episode 4: Alaska: Buried Treasure

Miners want to drill for billions of dollars worth of copper and gold beneath the pristine wildernes...

2017-10-28 60min

Episode 5

Episode 5: New Zealand: Preying on the Predators

A look at predatory mammals in New Zealand.

2017-11-04 60min

Episode 6

Episode 6: Peru: The Curse of Incan Gold

A look at whether the fragile beauty of the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu can be protected from an eve...

2017-11-11 60min

Episode 1

Episode 1: Montana: Saving the Last Best Place

The pristine land of President Lincoln's favorite state is under threat like never before as develop...

2022-04-21 60min

Episode 2

Episode 2: Greenland: Breaking the Ice

Global warming is dramatically altering the landscape — and the prospects — of the world's largest i...

2022-04-21 60min

Episode 3

Episode 3: Charleston: History and the Rising Tide

As surging seas and frequent floods batter America's most historic city, the fight is on to save bea...

2022-04-21 60min

Episode 4

Episode 4: Hawaii: Protecting Paradise

The global shutdown gave Hawaii's fragile islands a chance to recover from the effects of surging to...

2022-04-21 60min