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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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Serengeti: Series 2: Change

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After a storm come the floods, and all the families must battle to reach higher ground.

After a storm, the vast landscape is flooded, and all the families battle to reach higher ground. But as the flood waters rise, the danger of being washed away grows too.

The storm and the floods that followed have brought catastrophe for the Serengeti families - much of their land is now submerged or unrecognisable. As Nalla’s family try to cross the flood waters, they face disaster as baby Kadogo and his mother are washed away. Nalla must lead the desperate search to reunite her family.

The baboon troop are trapped in their roosting tree. To escape, Bakari takes a death-defying leap to the edge of the flood waters, followed by Cheka and their offspring. The rest of the troop soon follow, but Bibi, Cheka’s rival, is left behind, creating more tensions within the troop. Everything comes to a head when the baboons find an unexpected feast among the newly flowering water lilies. By the time Bibi gets there, Cheka and Bakari have eaten almost everything. The rivalry has just got worse.

Shani and her family are in the greatest danger. As she leads her family to higher ground, she is swept away in the flood waters, watched by Punda, her stallion and their foal. Somehow, she must find a way out. With everyone displaced, a new family arrives. Aiysha, daughter of Kikay the cheetah mother from series one, is now a mother to four young cubs of her own, including her fearless son, Duma. But it is difficult to be brave during unexpected encounters with Kali the lioness and some roaming male cheetahs.

The leopard cubs, Mzuri and Dada, have never seen rain before, let alone floods. For their mother, hunting is pointless. They will have to sit and wait for the waters to subside. 

Gnu, the wildebeest calf, is getting more adventurous by the day and sets off to investigate the neighbours, who are anything but welcoming. None are to be more feared than Zalika the hyena. With another storm on the horizon, now is not the time to be alone.

Back with the baboons, Bibi is trying a more subtle way to win over Bakari. Will he fall for her charms? 

While everyone has been dealing with their own problems, Kali has been frantically searching for her missing cubs, but when she encounters a herd of buffalo, she learns the hard way that life outside the pride is dangerous. She must return, but is she in for a surprise? Nalla’s quest to find her sister and Kadogo ends in tragedy, but is there hope among the despair?

Storyteller Lupita Nyong'o
Created & Produced by Simon Fuller
Directed & Produced by John Downer

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