Wild Africa: Narrated by Fergal Keane. Nile: Ali Mohamed Soliman, Ali Ahmed Mokhtar, Lee Fern. Optional "Enhanced Content Mode", in which pop-up windows will periodically appear during the program featuring added factual content. Originally produced for television in 2001 (Wild Africa) and 2004 (Nile). Also released as Discs 1 and 2 of "BBC Atlas of the natural world - Africa and Europe."
Contents:
Disc 1: Wild Africa, episode 1 "Mountains" (written and produced by Patrick Morris ; photographed and directed by Martyn Colbeck) ; episode 2 "Savannah" (written and produced by Amanda Barrett and Owen Newman ; photographed and directed by Owen Newman) ; episode 3 "Deserts" (written and produced by Patrick Morris ; photography, Alastair MacEwen) ; episode 4 "Coasts" (produced by Marguerite Smits van Oyen ; photography, Simon King, Peter Scoones) -- Disc 2: Wild Africa, episode 5 "Jungles" (written and produced by Andrew Murray ; photography, Richard Kirby) ; episode 6 "Lakes & Rivers" (produced by Julian Hector ; photography, Richard Kirby, Mike Richards, Owen Newman, Mark Gottleib, Phil Sharpe, Mike Holding, Philip Lovel) ; "The Nile: Crocodiles and Kings" (produced and directed by Gavin Maxwell ; principal photography, Richard Kirby) ; "The Nile: the great floods" (producer, Tim Scoones ; principal photography, Richard Kirby).
Summary:
Examines each of Africa's stunning natural realms in turn, revealing little-known facts and showing how humans and creatures co-exist within this vast area.
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