Africa
Africa
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Africa

8.3 / 10
2013
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

Africa, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes us on an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.

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Trailer

David Attenborough's Africa (BBC) - Introduction

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Seasons

  • Kalahari

    1.Kalahari

    8.8
    02-01-201357m

    The series opens in Africa's south west corner and features the wildlife and landscapes of the Kalahari and Namib deserts. Starlight cameras reveal previously unfilmed nocturnal be...

  • Savannah

    2.Savannah

    8.4
    09-01-201357m

    East Africa is the subject of the second programme, from the glaciated peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains to the savannahs and caustic soda lakes of the Great Rift Valley. The filmmak...

  • Congo

    3.Congo

    8.7
    16-01-201357m

    The third episode visits the Congo basin and features some of the creatures which inhabit its two million square miles of jungle. In the canopy, a chimpanzee is filmed extracting h...

  • Cape

    4.Cape

    8.7
    23-01-201357m

    The fourth instalment shows how Southern Africa is influenced by two very different ocean currents. The warm Agulhas Current generates rainfall in Mozambique's interior, where butt...

  • Sahara

    5.Sahara

    8.5
    30-01-201358m

    The penultimate episode opens in the cedar forests of the Atlas Mountains, where Barbary macaques have become isolated from other primates by the expanding Sahara. Aerial photograp...

  • The Future

    6.The Future

    7.8
    06-02-201358m

    David Attenborough meets a baby rhino and wonders what the future holds for it.

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