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Mind of the Swarm

2021 Nature

In the third episode, Will Smith crosses the Serengeti to catch one of the greatest events of nature. "An image, one and a half million wildebeests on the plains of Africa in the most dramatic migration on Earth, has stayed with me since around thirty years ago I picked up a National Geographic Magazine and saw it. And finally, I'm here to se ...e it." Show More

Series: Welcome to Earth

Hidden Spain

2020 Nature

Spain is found at the crossroads between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, between Europe and Africa, resulting in diverse landscapes, ancient cultures and magnificent wildlife. It's a hidden Spain missed by many tourists who fail to venture outside the resorts. Worlds within worlds, the medieval towns, to farming communities, desert, mount ...ains and forests with some of the most dramatic and diverse wildlife of the continent. Show More

My Octopus Teacher

2020 Nature

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den ... and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal's trust and they develop a never before seen bond between human and wild animal. Show More

Cheetah Plains

2020 Nature

Sunset over the plains of Kenya's Maasai Mara, one of Africa's most protected wild spaces. And home to the fastest land animal on Earth, the cheetah. These agile cats have always been thought of as daylight hunters. They target prey from more than a kilometre away and chase it down at over 100 kilometres an hour. In one of these plains, two c ...heetah brothers attempt a high-speed night hunt with a gang of powerful hyenas on their trail. Show More

Series: Earth at Night in Color

Lesotho: Confronting Sexual Violence

2020 Culture

Lesotho's Maseru Central Correctional Institute in Southern Africa holds the country's most dangerous and disturbed criminals. Shockingly almost half the inmates are doing time for rape. The culture of sexual violence in Lesotho has deep roots in society. Women are taken as secondary citizens in their culture. And sexual aggression continues ...inside the prison.
In this episode, Raphael Rowe will spend a week locked up in this African prison surrounded by sex offenders. Show More

Series: Inside the World Toughest Prisons

Girl Power

2020 Nature

The plains of Africa, home to a powerful predator where females rule: spotted hyena. They have a reputation as dim-witted scavengers. But these fierce queens are the opposite; strong, fearless and highly intelligent. Hyenas are the girl gang of the Savannah. They hunt in packs, get first bite of their prey, and outrank every male in their gro ...up, making them some of Africa's most fierce queens. Show More

Series: Fierce Queens

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