Great Barrier Reef: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Stretching a full 2000 kilometres in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. These programmes offer a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef - how it was created, how it works, the intricate relationships between its inhabitants and how climate change and other factors might shape its future. Using the latest specialist filming and visual techniques, the series captures the magic of the reef as it has never been seen before.

Series details

• Title: Great Barrier Reef
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2012-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10448
• IMDb ID: tt2185885
• TVDB ID: 254930

Cast and credited roles

• Monty Halls — Monty Halls

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-01-01; final listed air date 2012-01-15; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Great Barrier Reef on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.