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Martin Hughes-Games investigates the plight of threatened species. He sees how the giant panda has survived, and follows the stories of the pied tamarin and the Asian rhino.

All over the world, species are on the brink of extinction. Martin Hughes-Games meets babies who have beaten the odds to become Nature's Miracle Babies.

For an endangered animal, each and every birth is vital for the survival of the species. Zoologist and presenter Martin Hughes-Games sets out to discover just what dedication, passion and expertise is needed to create each one of these miracles.

Meeting extraordinary people who dedicate their life to ensuring a future for these babies, he begins his journey in China with the pin-up of the natural world, the giant panda. Without the extraordinary advances in reproductive science, it's possible that the giant panda would be extinct.

Pandas are not the only species on the brink - Martin also follows the story of the pied tamarin - a tiny and tenacious monkey teetering on the edge, and the enormous but threatened one-horned Asian rhino. Her miracle baby is likely to weigh in at an eye-watering ten stone.

59 minutes

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Sun 31 Mar 2019 16:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Snow Patrol

    Take Back The City

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Back to Front

  • 00:06

    Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

  • 00:17

    Eliza Doolittle

    Rollerblades

  • Mike Posner

    Cooler Than Me

  • JosΓ© GonzΓ΅lez

    Crosses

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Nightbook

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Paris Nights/New York Mornings

  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

  • Zero 7

    Today

  • Ray LaMontagne

    Winter Birds

  • 00:28

    Skepta

    Rescue Me

  • 00:34

    Eliza Doolittle

    Back to Front

  • 00:54

    ΄³Γ³²Τ²υΎ±

    Tornado

  • 00:56

    Adele

    Make You Feel My Love

Credits

Presenter Martin Hughes-Games
Executive Producer Sara Ford
Series Producer Annie Heather

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