Kalahari
David Attenborough explores two deserts in Africa's south west, where he encounters meerkats, black rhinos, giant insects and the greatest giraffe battle ever filmed.
David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it has never been seen before.
In Africa's ancient south west corner, two extraordinary deserts sit side by side. Water is in short supply, yet these deserts are somehow full of life because the creatures that live here have turned the rules of survival on their head. This film celebrates nature's ingenuity, no matter how tough it gets.
In the Kalahari scrublands, clever meerkats are outsmarted by a wily bird, solitary and belligerent black rhinos get together to party and giant insects stalk huge flocks of birds. Rain almost never falls in the Namib - instead it must make do with vaporous, vanishing fog. The creatures in this, the world's oldest desert, have gone to the extremes, as spiders wheel to escape and a desert giraffe fights to defend his scant resources in the greatest giraffe battle ever filmed.
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Clips
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Secretly sociable rhinos
Duration: 01:26
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Filming rhinos at night
Duration: 01:07
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Outsmarting a meerkat
Duration: 03:05
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A wheelie good defence
Duration: 02:17
Giraffe fight producer: "our jaws hit the floor"
Africa production team members discuss the fighting giraffes footage on Radio 5 live.
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Getting the perfect wildlife shot
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | David Attenborough |
Executive Producer | Michael Gunton |
Series Producer | James Honeyborne |
Producer | Hugh Pearson |
Broadcasts
- Wed 2 Jan 2013 21:00
- Sun 6 Jan 2013 16:00成人快手 One Scotland
- Sun 6 Jan 2013 17:35成人快手 One except Scotland & Wales
- Sun 17 Feb 2013 17:15成人快手 HD
- Sat 21 Sep 2013 19:00
- Sun 22 Sep 2013 02:20
- Mon 23 Sep 2013 23:55
- Fri 27 Dec 2013 09:30
- Mon 23 Feb 2015 14:45
- Wed 23 Sep 2015 15:50成人快手 Two except Scotland
- Wed 23 Sep 2015 16:15成人快手 Two Scotland
- Mon 18 Jul 2016 15:10
- Thu 23 Feb 2017 15:25
- Tue 29 May 2018 21:00
- Mon 29 Jul 2019 20:00
- Sat 3 Aug 2019 20:00
- Wed 11 Oct 2023 19:00
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