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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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
British soldier
Josiah Tungamirai
Zimbabwean military officer
Maqbool Ahmed Sabri
Pakistani singer
Frederick Guthrie Tait
Golfer
Margaret Ballinger
Member of Parliament
Jimmy Kruger
Former President of the Senate of South Africa
Ronald Ridout
Writer
Rok Ajulu
Professor ‧ Lindiwe Sisulu's husband
Pamela Mboya
Kenyan diplomat
Stanley Skewes
South African mathematician
Thillaiaadi Valliammai
Brian Birch
English footballer
Peter Carter
Australian tennis player
Okey Geffin
South African rugby union player
Carl Zeidler
Former Mayor of Milwaukee
Mainza Chona
Former Vice-President of Zambia
Christian Gitsham
South African athlete
Nothando Dube
Elias Xitavhudzi
Serial killer
Bevil Rudd
South African olympic athlete
Cléophas Kamitatu
Congolese Politician
Donald Gray
South African actor
Olugbenga Ashiru
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
Gerrit Maritz
Ion Baciu
Olympic athlete
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl
Michael Crossley
Nicholas Saunders
British author
Stan Reid
Australian rules footballer
Vishnu Wagh
Poet
Henrique Abranches
Angolan writer
Des Horne
South African footballer
Norman Mashabane
South African ambassador
Bob Mark
Tennis player
Mahmood Hasan Gangohi
Mufti
Ian Towers
English footballer
Frederick Dalberg
Opera singer
Alan Sutherland
New Zealand rugby union player
Arthur Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien's father
Yusuf Deedat
Islamic scholar ‧ Ahmed Deedat's son
Sigrid Frank
Niklas Frank's sister
Karima Brown
South African journalist
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini
Politician
Luyanda Ntshangase
Footballer
Colin Gill
English artist
Ahmed Essop
South African author
Thandi Brewer
South African screenwriter
