The World About Us was a BBC Two television documentary series on natural history which ran from 3 December 1967 to 20 July 1986.
The series also featured Jane Goodall, again in 1968 and was narrated by Desmond Morris.
An episode narrated by Wilfred Thesiger about his journey through, and his love for, the "Empty Quarter" desert won several awards in 1968 (Trento International Film Festival 1967, Melbourne Film Festival 1968, International Addis Ababa Film Festival 1968).
The series marked the evolution of natural-history broadcasting "to the point at which constantly improving photographic techniques, allied to a seemingly inexhaustible supply of subject matter," make recurring series possible.
[1] The title sequence was created by Bernard Lodge with music by Stuart Crombie; it was parodied in two Look Around You fictional schedule sketches as Tlentifini Maarhaysu.