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Documentary series that showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s great supercontinent, using cutting-edge technology to highlight extraordinary, untold wildlife stories.

Documentary series that showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s great supercontinent, using cutting-edge technology to uncover never-before-seen behaviour, highlighting extraordinary, untold wildlife stories. Five years in the making and filmed over 180 expeditions, this groundbreaking series reveals the spectacular landscapes of earth’s most varied landmass – the only one to stretch between both poles.

The series delivers a host of remarkable world firsts: new species, new intimate courtship rituals, dramatic deep-sea hunting and some of nature’s strangest stories, including a frog that seems to defy death every day.

Each episode features a different iconic location across the Americas.

Narrated by Tom Hanks, The Americas is a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios Natural History Unit production in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio for NBC.

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