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The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart

★ 8.1/10•2010•1h 0m•NR•Documentary•Family
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A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 24, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - FireE160m

Fire

The valley is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa's most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies to cope with their challenging mountain environment.

Jan 24, 2010

Episode 2 - WaterE260m

Water

The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - spanning from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbor previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift's waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish in all Africa.

Jan 31, 2010

Episode 3 - GrassE360m

Grass

The Great Rift Valley provides the stage for an epic battle between trees and grass - its course influenced by volcanic eruptions, landscape and rainfall. On its outcome rests the fate of Africa's great game herds. In the Rift's savannas, grazers and their predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing one group of primates to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind.

Feb 9, 2010

Actors

Hugh Quarshie

Hugh Quarshie

Narrator

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