Africa (2013 TV series)
A 2013 BBC series on African wildlife and habitats.
Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the 2013 series Africa spent four years documenting the continent's wildlife and wild habitats. The program includes six hour-long episodes and six shorter 10-minute featurettes.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Nature documentary
- Narrator
- David Attenborough (BBC version); Forest Whitaker (Discovery version, except episode six)
- Composer
- Sarah Class, Will Slater
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 6 (BBC); 7 (Discovery)
- Executive producers
- Mike Gunton
- Producer
- James Honeyborne
Facts from the source article.
Broadcast
In the United Kingdom, Africa aired on BBC One, with each hour-long episode including a 10-minute making-of featurette called Eye to Eye. The Discovery Channel broadcast a seven-part version in the United States starting 8 January 2013; the first five episodes feature narration by Forest Whitaker, while the sixth, "Africa: The Future", is presented on-screen by David Attenborough, and the seventh compiles the Eye to Eye featurettes. In China, the series aired on the Chinese language version of CCTV-9. In Singapore, five episodes were broadcast on Mediacorp Okto during Animal Nights from 15 July 2013 to 24 July 2013, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9pm to 10pm.
Merchandise
The six-part series arrived on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 18 February 2013, with Region 1 editions following eight days later. A companion hardcover, Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown, hit shelves on 6 December 2012; Michael Bright wrote it, and David Attenborough contributed a foreword. Its chapters match the TV episodes, plus a behind-the-scenes section. A soundtrack came out on 18 March 2013, and an official 2014 calendar was released on 16 September 2013.
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