| AFRICA (DISCOVERY)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
1/8/13
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2/12/13
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2012-2013 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (7 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Discovery's press release, December 2012) The award-winning documentary team behind the breakthrough natural history series LIFE returns with a revealing look at aseemingly familiar continent that is still holding many secrets. A Discovery Channel/BBC co-production fouryears in the making, AFRICA - premiering Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 10PM E/P - is a seven-part series that brings the continent to life with never-before-filmed species, animal behaviors and secret, natural wonders of the world. Travel to a secret location in southwest Africa to witness what could be the last great rhinoceros gathering on Earth, filmed with a newly developed camera system that is operated using the light of the stars and captures sound using microphones embedded around a watering hole. Track a teenage chimp in the Congo with a sweet tooth that drives her to perfect complicated honey-hunting techniquesusing four different tools. Meet some gutsy lizards who hunt for flies on the backs of sleeping lions in the Serengeti, a behavior never before captured on film. And see giraffes in a whole new way as two rival males in Namibia deliver sledgehammer-like blows on each other in a knockout fight for domination. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· James Honeyborne as PROD
· Mike Gunton as EP
· Robert Zakin as EP (Discovery)
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· BBC Worldwide Productions
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