The Ultimate Guides Discovery Channel (Ultimate Guide Series II) 1998-99 Distributor: Discovery Communications Inc. The Ultimate Guide: Octopus, Crocodiles, Horses, Dolphins, Ants. Series Producer: Nigel Ashcroft Producers: Emma Peddie, Steve Gooder, Nigel Ashcroft, Ginger Kathrens, Karen Partridge 5x52 minute programmes that use a pacey combination of behavioural footage, interviews, computer graphics, and archive material to reveal the anatomy, physiology, evolution, ecology and even folklore of different groups of animals.