Africa
Whenever documentary filmmakers at Discovery Channel and the BBC unite for a project, stellar television seems to follow. The breakthrough natural history series "Life" stemmed from this collaboration in 2009, and "Africa" follows suit in stunning fashion. It's narrated by actor Forest Whitaker, who takes viewers on a journey through the vast and diverse continent. Four years in the making, during which more than 2,000 hours of video were shot, the program consists of six hourlong episodes that feature an array of never-before-filmed species, animal behaviors and previously unknown places. Cameras uncover the extreme dangers of the Kalahari, the dense forests and snow-capped peaks of the Savannah, the dynamic Congo rainforest, the ever-changing climate of the Cape and the massive and parched Sahara. A seventh episode, hosted by British naturalist David Attenborough, details changes Africa is undergoing and the challenges faced by a future generation of animals. … MORE
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Charl Crous
South African swimmer
Clive Eksteen
Official
Dave van Vuuren
South African singer
Deejay Kriel
South African professional boxer
Derek Keys
Former Minister of Finance of South Africa
Derick Minnie
Rugby union player
Frank Fenter
Music executive
Frans Pretorius
South African-Canadian physicist
Gadi Brumer
Footballer
Harold Henning
South African professional golfer
Alwyn Hollenbach
Rugby union centre
Jade Stighling
Player
Cobus Grobbelaar
Rugby union flanker
Akiva Tatz
South African rabbi
Andrew Cronje
South African field hockey player
Billy Stelling
Dutch-South African cricketer
Cavin Johnson
South African association football manager
Cherie van der Merwe
Actress
Connor Wilson
South African olympic athlete
Deborah Bell
South African painter
Demetri Catrakilis
South African rugby union player
Eddie Keizan
South African motorsports racing driver
Eric Rowan
South African cricketer
Ernest Severn
Child actor
David Kretzmer
Professor
Henry van Straubenzee
Cricketer
Ian Dalrymple
British screenwriter
Joan Rankin
Author
Johannes P. Louw
Linguist
John Bockris
South African professor
Jaco Muller
Actor
Jake White
Coach
Julie Kavanagh
Author
Katharine Blake
British actress
Kevin Foote
Rugby union
Julia Anastasopoulos
South African artist
Elana Bregin
Author
Lawrence Sephaka
Lettie Viljoen
South African author
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl
Luvuyo Pupuma
John-Laffnie de Jager
South African tennis player
Jonti
Australian record producer
Lakuti
Musical artist
Mags Arnold
Film editor
Maks van Dyk
South African rugby player
Marc Arnold
German-South African footballer
