Africa

Overview

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.

Episodes

Kalahari

S01E01 Kalahari

January 2, 2013 8.8 57 min
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 behaviour of black rhinos as they socialise at a...
Savannah

S01E02 Savannah

January 9, 2013 8.4 57 min
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 filmmakers focus on the life...
Congo

S01E03 Congo

January 16, 2013 8.4 57 min
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 honey from a bees' nest...
Cape

S01E04 Cape

January 23, 2013 8.4 57 min
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 butterflies gather on the summit of Mount Mabu to court...
Sahara

S01E05 Sahara

January 30, 2013 8.4 58 min
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 photography shows the Sahara is a landscape dominated by...
The Future

S01E06 The Future

February 6, 2013 8.0 58 min
David Attenborough meets a baby rhino and wonders what the future holds for it.

Cast

David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Self - Narrator (voice)

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