Serengeti III

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Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

Capturing the high drama of the Serengeti’s distinctive wildlife up close.

Love and loss, jealousy and rivalry, tragedy and triumph as the lives of the animals entwine and dramatically unfold in the heart of this legendary land.

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Warren Samuels

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Luke Gent

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Simon Fuller

John Downer

Serengeti: Series 3: Inferno

Inferno

BBC One - Serengeti, Series 3, Inferno

Everyone struggles when a great fire leaves behind a changed and inhospitable landscape.

A great fire leaves homes destroyed and families separated. The animal characters must find new ways to survive in an unrecognisable and inhospitable landscape.

In the aftermath of a great fire, the animal characters struggle to survive in an unrecognisable and inhospitable land. Amid the choking smoke, Bakari, the baboon, discovers the charred skull of his rival, but that does little to calm the rebellious factions in his troop. Finding a new home is now more urgent than ever. As the troop's quest takes them across the burnt wastelands, Bakari tries to work out how to crack an ostrich egg, with comical consequences. At a rocky outcrop, they find a fig tree that can provide all the food they need. But when a flock of angry eagles attack, the troop are cast out into the wilderness once more. 

When the fire took hold, Kali the lioness found refuge in a cave on her rock kopje, but now it’s over, she and her cubs are trapped there while her sister gives birth. They are separated from the pride with nothing to eat and no-one to defend them. Can Askari, the pride male, reunite them in time, or will the tiny cubs fall victim to a hungry puff adder?

The fire separated Mzuri, the young leopardess, from her mother and sister. To survive, she tries to hunt a warthog. When that fails, she tries catching Utani the mongoose and the pup he cares for, but with no better luck. Will she be reunited with her family? 

As the rains arrive, things start to look up. The blackened land turns green, bringing hope for all. Utani takes the pup to meet the warthogs, whose thick coats provide a feast of ticks and fleas for the bold. He soon discovers that taking his pup there wasn’t his wisest move. 

When the baboons finally do find themselves a new home, they discover Kali’s sister has taken up residence and is not accepting guests. Can Bakari risk moving his troop in? Meanwhile, Kali takes her cubs on their first hunt. This could be her biggest mistake yet.

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