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Planet Earth: Jungles

Planet Earth (2006)

Documentary, Family | UK

Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

Eden | Sunday, 7 May 2023 | 11:00

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Sunday, 7 May 2023 11:00

Sunday, 7 May 2023 04:40

Saturday, 6 May 2023 21:00

Saturday, 6 May 2023 15:00

Tuesday, 25 April 2023 15:00

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 3 - Freshwater

SYNOPSIS

A tour of the mightiest rivers in the world, from the deep waters of Siberia's Lake Baikal, home to the world's only freshwater seal, to the wetlands downstream of Earth's tallest waterfall patrolled by frenzied piranhas. There is also footage of the lightning-quick ambush of wildebeest by crocodiles in Africa and macaque monkeys swimming underwater to catch crabs in Indonesia. Presented by David Attenborough.

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david Attenborough

Writer: David Attenborough, Vanessa Berlowitz

Narrator: Sigourney Weaver, Nikolay Drozdov

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