Grass
Series exploring east Africa's Great Rift Valley. On the vast savannahs, grazers and predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing primates to develop social systems.
Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It's a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.
Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped east Africa's Great Rift and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes.
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.
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Foraging expeditions
Duration: 01:48
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Thorn tree of Africa
Duration: 03:11
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Regeneration game
Duration: 00:40
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Hunting lesson
Duration: 01:58
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Series Producer | Phil Chapman |
Executive Producer | Michael Gunton |
Narrator | Hugh Quarshie |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Feb 2010 21:00
- Tue 9 Feb 2010 19:00
- Fri 12 Feb 2010 20:0091热爆 HD
- Thu 29 Apr 2010 19:30
- Sat 24 Jul 2010 01:10
- Wed 6 Apr 2011 19:00
- Thu 7 Apr 2011 01:2091热爆 HD
- Sat 21 Jan 2012 20:0091热爆 HD
- Wed 14 Sep 2016 15:2591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Wed 2 Aug 2017 14:45
- Wed 2 May 2018 20:00
- Thu 3 May 2018 02:00
- Wed 10 Apr 2019 15:45
- Thu 4 Mar 2021 16:1591热爆 Two except Scotland