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Wild Africa [DVD]

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Product details

  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 18 July 2005
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009WL8QO
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,351 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Synopsis

Africa is the mother continent - the core from which all the other continents were torn away 270 million years ago. Since then, three factors have had profound consequences on its wildlife. This mighty block of land has stayed in much the same place, it stands alone and it straddles the equator. It's also been protected from crippling ice ages and destructive invasions as well as nurtured by gentle changes in climate and geology.

As a result, animals and plants have flourished here more successfully than on any other continent. This is Africa - rich, diverse and fascinating - and at the heart of the world.

Time is the key to this series. Influenced by climate and geology, time has allowed Africa to accumulate the breathtaking variety of wildlife we see today. The series covers jungle, coasts, mountains, deserts, savannahs, and rivers and lakes as the topic of each episode.



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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have lived in Africa for many years and have marveled over its beauty and magnificance. Never had I thought that a TV programme would ever do it justice but BBC's Wild Africa brought me to tears. It is simply the most vivid, stark, honest and breathtaking account of African nature. True, there are no people, no poverty, no corruption, nothing depressing. But in the detatched privelige of looking from the outside this DVD is amazing. It makes you want to experience it for yourself, which in my opinion is the best review any nature DVD can get. See it - then go there.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Mark R
Format:VHS Tape
A really excellent 2 video box set covering the diverse habitats of the african continent. Visually pleasing and very informative, the photography and narration compliment each other perfectly to bring africa into your living room. I would recommend this video set to anyone with an interest in wildlife.
The only dissapointment to this this suberb BBC production.......
No DVD!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
An amazing series. 18 Dec 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
I have watched all of the series of wild Africa and it never seases to amaze me.My favourite programme was the the first one.It was filmed with beutifal camera work.It showed the wonderful lammagier bird(bearded vulture),and how it extracted bone marrow by flying effortlessly and releasing the bones on hard rock.It also showed the beutifal Gelada baboon which comes from the same region as the lammagier(the Ethiopian highlands)and how they congragated together in vast numbers to keep warm.The programmed showed how fearless the Geladas were when they were clinging on to rock crevices at night to escape predators such as the leopard which also lives in this region.The programme also showed mountain ranges in East Afica .The programme showed a beutifal and rare Melanistic leopard and a serval which only seemed to occur in this range along the great rift valley.This programme also showed the extremly rare Ethiopian wolf which is the rarest canid in the world.The programme also showed the Barbary Maqaque in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco,and how they survived in there harsh alpine climate.
The programme also contains rivers,lakes and coasts,savanahs,Rainforests and Deserts(but not in that order).I think this is a fantastique series,and in my opinion it is better then the blue planet.And I highly reccomend it .
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wild Africa
Ordered this dvd for my mother for mothers day ans she has told me it is fabulous and she really liked it so I am pleased with the product
Published 1 month ago by Nina
Says what it does on the tin!
Well I've now replaced all my old videos with DVDs, Wild Africa being the last.It's probably just in time to find out that we will all be buying our stuff as MPEG downloads onto... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Hime Arite
Another BBC epic spoiled by overblown music score
What is it with modern wildfife film producers?. They did it on the Natures Great Events DVD and really ruined it. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2009 by GeeJayBee
Marred
Wonderful photography, great subject, interesting text, beautifully spoken by Fergal Keane - so nice when it is a naturalist not an actor, etc, speaking the words - but horribly... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Josquine
Africa Poorly Portrayed
My interest is in the animals, and not the person showing them.
Basically, the show was about a pot bellied slob and his cellulite sweety
at resorts throughout Africa. Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by Rob Brewer
AFRICA in all its Beauty
This is Wild Africa in all its Beauty, "its the heart of the world".
Fergal Keane does some smashingly good narration for this series. Read more
Published on 16 April 2008 by Mr. P. Gray
Top notch
Vivid and beautifully shot collage of African wildlife. Yes we have all seen films of lions on the Serengeti and they are portrayed here and brilliantly well, but there are also... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2008 by C. J. Maden
Utterly breathtaking
I highly recommend this DVD set for anyone who loves nature documentaries or is interested in African wildlife. The images are just spectactular. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by A reader
Brilliant
Brilliant filming, and a sharp picture even though its not HD obviously.
There is plenty too watch at this price, it really is a bargain too good to miss and is a thoroughly... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Film Critic
Better than Planet Earth
I bought this DVD on the strength of catching only ten minutes of one episode and I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 16 April 2006 by M. James
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