Wild Brazil
Wild Brazil | |
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Also known as | Brazil Gone Wild |
Genre | Nature documentary |
Narrated by | Stephen Mangan |
Composer | David Mitcham |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No.of series | 1 |
No.of episodes | 3 |
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Executive producer | Tim Scoones |
Producers | Joe Stevens Adam White |
Production location | Brazil |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
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Network | BBC Two,BBC Two HD |
Release | 14 January 16 January 2014 | –
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Wild Brazilis a Britishnature documentaryseries, first broadcast onBBC TwoandBBC Two HDin January 2014. Produced by theBBC Natural History Unitand narrated byStephen Mangan,[1]the three-part series focuses on three animal families, one oftufted capuchins,one ofgiant ottersand one ofSouth American coatis,but also looks at other animals likejaguars.Each episode is followed by a ten-minuteWild Brazil Diariessegment, illustrating the techniques used to film a particular subject.
The series aired in theUnited StatesonDiscovery Channel,under the titleBrazil Gone Wild.
The series forms part of the Natural History Unit's "Continents" strand.[citation needed]It was preceded byWild Arabiain 2013 and followed byWild West: America's Great Frontierin 2016.[citation needed]
Episodes
[edit]1. "A Dangerous World"
[edit]- UK broadcast 14 January 2014
Introducing a family oftufted capuchinsthat lives on the cliffs ofPiauí(Serra da Capivara National Park), a family ofgiant ottersthat make their holts on the banks of thePantanaland a family ofSouth American coatisthat lives in the 'vasantes' of the southern Pantanal. Each family has newborn offspring that are taking their first steps during a brief pause between seasonal extremes.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Jaguar_in_Pantanal_Brazil_1.jpg/220px-Jaguar_in_Pantanal_Brazil_1.jpg)
2. "Facing the Flood"
[edit]- UK broadcast 15 January 2014
Five months ofmonsoonin theAndesandAmazon rainforestcause mountain streams to swell and start a cascade of flooding, spectacularly affecting Brazilian wildlife.Capuchin monkeyson the cliffs make the most of a few weeks of abundant vegetation, but their offspring must quickly learn to become less dependent on mother and fit into the group hierarchy. The otters enjoy plentiful fish, but are hunted bycaimanandjaguars.The coatis must retreat to higher ground as their lowland prairies flood, but feast onlungfishin pools and shallow patches.
3. "Enduring the Drought"
[edit]- UK broadcast 16 January 2014
A fiercedroughtculminates in huge and ferociousfires.The capuchin monkeys, giant otters, coatis and jaguars are proving their extreme survival skills while looking for mates with which to breed in time for the next generation to be born just as the good times return.
References
[edit]- ^"Stephen Mangan Bio".TV Guide.Retrieved20 June2015.
External links
[edit]- Discovery Channel original programming
- BBC television documentaries
- Documentary films about nature
- Nature educational television series
- 2014 British television series debuts
- 2010s British documentary television series
- 2014 British television series endings
- British English-language television shows
- Television shows set in Brazil