TV Guide Sky Nature Saturday

Meeting the animals that have unlikely friendships with humans, beginning with a road-tripping chicken, a mouse family living in an English garden and Earth's last two northern white rhinos. Plus, a spider helping someone overcome their arachnaphobia

From monkeys to lemurs and apes to human beings, primates are unique mammals who have taken an extraordinary evolutionary leap. See how they put their brains to work. Millions of years ago, animals were stranded on the shores of Madagascar, leading to remarkable adaptations. A case in point - the ring-tailed lemur

Naturalist and shark expert Steve Backshall celebrates the dazzling diversity of sharks, uncovering their secret lives and the threats they face. He begins by exploring the radical variety of sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and marks the start of a global journey in the so-called shark capital of the world, the Bahamas

Documentary revealing how the African elephant has conquered the continent, following three vastly different herds - a matriarch leading her family across the merciless Namibian desert, a family protecting its young calf on the unforgiving planes of the Okavango Delta and a bull elephant searching for a mate along the immense Zambezi River

Documentary capturing some of the greatest filming sequences of David Attenborough's career, using previously unseen footage, from the deepest dives in a submersible on the Great Barrier Reef to watching a million bats take off in a cave in Borneo. Other highlights include life in the frozen tundra of South Georgia, a colony of King Penguins and the world's largest migration of Hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands

First of two programmes about some of earth's most dangerous creatures, which lurk in the oceans, the forests, swamps and deserts. In Australia, meet the world's most venomous snake, and in nearby oceans, discover the deadly nature of the marine creatures that share these tropical waters

The deadly world of snake catching Down Under, where even the smallest mistake could have lethal consequences. Adele and Mick go up against an eastern brown, the second deadliest snake in the world, while Stuart and Olivia tangle with a carpet python

An investigation into the different reasons that lead animals to fight, from power and territory to family and food - beginning with the most basic of instincts - the fight for life