About this season
In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.
Episodes (7)
1. African Queens
7.0Aired 4 March 2024 • 49 min
In the towering walls of Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater, the sisters of a lion pride clash with a hyena clan ruled by an all-powerful queen.
2. Rainforest Queens
7.0Aired 4 March 2024 • 44 min
In the Congo Forest, a young bonobo must leave behind everything she knows to find her place in a world where friendship means survival.
3. Tiny Jungle Queens
Aired 4 March 2024 • 49 min
Under the rainforest canopy two tiny insect queens build their empires. One through great sacrifice, the other betrayal.
4. Savanna Queens
Aired 11 March 2024 • 48 min
A baby is born into the ultimate animal sisterhood; a family of elephants. She will need all their experience and protection if she is to survive.
5. Mountain Queens
Aired 11 March 2024 • 44 min
A gelada monkey and an Ethiopian wolf fight for their families and their legacy in a world of ancient Ethiopian mountain peaks.
6. Coastal Queens
Aired 11 March 2024 • 48 min
An orca family's success relies on the experience of their sixty-year-old matriarch; while a first-time bear mother must raise her three cubs alone.
7. Behind the Queens
Aired 11 March 2024 • 39 min
A celebration of the extraordinary women filmmakers and game changing conservationists behind the Queens series.