On screen
Penguin Documentaries
From Oscar-winning features to long-running BBC series, these films let you stand in the middle of a colony without leaving your couch.
The Oscar-winning French documentary tracing the annual 100-km Emperor penguin trek across Antarctica to breed in the harshest winter on Earth.
Fifty disguised robotic cameras infiltrate three species of penguin colonies, revealing intimate behaviour never before seen on film.
A single Emperor penguin family's struggle through an Antarctic winter — the crew intervenes to save trapped birds in an unprecedented moment.
Follows Steve, an awkward young Adélie penguin, through his first breeding season — equal parts heart-warming and visually astonishing.
The first months of an Emperor penguin chick, narrated by Kate Winslet — filmed with remote-operated animatronic "spy" cameras.
Attenborough's landmark polar series — the first to bring the full cycle of Antarctic wildlife, including all four Antarctic penguin species, to a global audience.