Sri Lanka: Elephant Island
Sri Lanka is home to its own special elephants. Cameraman Martyn Colbeck, of Echo of the Elephants fame, has travelled to Sri Lanka to reveal their world.
Sri Lanka, the tropical island lying off the southern coast of India, is home to its own special elephants. A subspecies of the Asian elephant, they have their own unique characteristics. In this programme, award-winning wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck of Echo of the Elephants fame travels to Sri Lanka to try and get to know them.
Martyn has planned his arrival to coincide with the start of the monsoon, hoping it will be the best time to find and follow a newborn calf. By drawing on local knowledge, Martyn begins to unravel the complex social world of Sri Lanka's elephants - he witnesses a fight over a calf, a battle between two bulls in musk and, at an elephant sanctuary, befriends an orphaned elephant who sadly lost a leg to a snare and is facing an uncertain future.
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Female elephants fight
Duration: 02:46
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Sri Lanka: Elephant Island
Duration: 01:46
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Flying termites
Duration: 01:19
Music Played
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Sons of the San Joaquin
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Martyn Colbeck |
Producer | Mike Birkhead |
Director | Mike Birkhead |
Executive Producer | Chris Cole |
Series Producer | Roger Webb |
Broadcasts
- Fri 9 Aug 2013 21:00
- Sat 10 Aug 2013 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Wed 4 Sep 2013 10:00
- Wed 9 Jul 2014 15:15
- Thu 4 Jun 2015 14:45
- Wed 25 Nov 2015 22:00
- Thu 26 Nov 2015 03:00
- Fri 19 May 2017 16:15
- Mon 8 Oct 2018 15:45
- Sun 14 Jun 2020 19:00
- Fri 8 Apr 2022 15:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland