Thursday, December 6, 2012

BBC and Discovery Channel's new natural history series, Africa, with David Attenborough coming to BBC Knowledge in 2013.


BBC Knowledge (DStv 184) will bring South African viewers Africa in 2013, the 7 episode natural history series which has been a co-production between Discovery Channel and the BBC, narrated by David Attenborough.

The new natural history series will bring viewers images of new species, animal behaviours and secret natural wonders on the continent.

For Africa which has been 4 years in the making, the production team spent more than 1 500 days on location across 79 separate expeditions in 27 African countries. More than 21 different types of cameras were used, filming more than 2 000 hours of footage for the breathtaking new documentary series.

The episode "Making of Africa in the series has David Attenborough narrating how the series was filmed and the final episode will look at the rapid change Africa as a continent and its people are experiencing.