About this season
A documentary series about the landscape, animals and people of Africa.
Episodes (9)
1. Nile: An African Odyssey
Aired 2 June 2010 • 44 min
The world's longest river flows from the heart of Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. What feeds this inexhaustible river to make its waters so fertile?
2. The Virungas: Land of Ice and Fire
Aired 2 June 2010 • 44 min
How is this epic land of fire and ice home to some of the world's most iconic animals and the most mysterious landscapes?
3. Madagascar: Island of the Monsters
Aired 3 June 2010 • 44 min
Madagascar is truly a weird and wonderful land. Isolated on an island of extreme and magical looking locations, life has adapted and diversified. With few predators, numbers have proliferated and natural selection has gone mad.
4. Mount Kenya: African Heart of Ice
Aired 9 June 2010 • 44 min
Reaching high into the sky at Africa's equator, Mount Kenya stretches up into the troposphere. How does life survive on these harsh slopes?
5. Cape Coast: Where Worlds Collide
Aired 4 June 2010 • 43 min
Stretching 1,500 miles from the frigid waters of Cape Point to the sub-tropical seas of Kwazulu- Natal, Africa's Cape Coast is where irresistible force meet immoveable object.
6. Congo: The Untamed Heart
Aired 4 June 2010 • 43 min
A wilderness of extremes. How do these uniquely diverse, ancient people coexist alongside wildlife found nowhere else in the world?
7. Sahara: Life on the Edge
Aired 9 June 2010 • 44 min
Stretching for millions of miles, the world's largest desert receives little rainfall and temperatures fluctuate wildly. How do people and animals flourish?
8. Lake Turkana: Land of the Crocodile
Aired 5 June 2010 • 43 min
Stretching for thousands of square kilometres, the world's largest salt lake receives little rainfall and temperatures fluctuate wildly. How can life flourish in this environment?
9. Ethiopia: Land of Extremes
Aired 6 June 2010 • 44 min
In a wilderness of extremes, how do the diverse and ancient people of Ethiopia coexist alongside wildlife found nowhere else in the world?