Wild Arabia

Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia. Entering the forbidding wilderness reveals a magical cast of characters, as this extraordinary documentary reveals. From the snow-white oryx that inspired the myth of the unicorn, to the long-legged jerboa leaping ten times its own body length. Horned vipers hunt glow-in-the-dark scorpions, while Bedouin nomads race their camels.

In a remote corner of southern Arabia, one mountain range holds a remarkable secret. The Dhofar mountains are a magical world of waterfalls and cloud forests filled with chameleons and honey-badgers. This stunning documentary reveals green sea turtles coming ashore in their thousands, shadowed by egg-stealing foxes. Heat-seeking cameras reveal striped hyenas battling with Arabian wolves.

Huge changes have swept across Arabia since the discovery of oil and the Arab relationship with nature has changed too. This is summed up by evolution of camel racing, now a hi-tech sport. This fascinating documentary reveals the world's first carbon-neutral city is being built in oil country, plus dugongs fitted with satellite transmitters and falcons chasing down radio-controlled planes.