Africa

In Africa's ancient south west corner, two extraordinary deserts sit side by side. Water is in short supply, yet these deserts are somehow full of life because the creatures that live here have turned the rules of survival on their head. This film celebrates nature's ingenuity, no matter how tough it gets.

East Africa is a land which is constantly changing. To survive here, creatures must be able to deal with unpredictable twists and turns – wet turning to dry, famine to feast, cold to hot – no matter how hostile and unpredictable it becomes.

The very heart of Africa is covered in dense tropical rainforest. The animals that live here find the most ingenious ways to carve out their space in a claustrophobic landscape.

Southern Africa is a riot of life and colour because of two great ocean currents that sweep around the continent's cape. Where the two currents meet, the clash of warm and cold water creates one of the world's most fabulous natural spectacles - this is the greatest gathering of predators on the planet, including Africa's largest, the Bryde's whale.

Northern Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This is a story of an apocalypse and how, when nature is overrun, some are forced to flee, some endure, but a few seize the opportunity to establish a new order.

Africa is the one continent that has not lost its biggest animals - despite the fact that mankind has lived here longer than anywhere else on the planet! So, in a quest to save Africa's most iconic species, what lessons learned from the rest of the world can we bring back to our ancestral homeland?