Africa's Wild Year

A year in Africa in which every season brings different conditions, including fluctuating temperatures, rain levels and light, and how the animals adapt to each new season.
Spring
S1 E1

Spring's arrival across Africa reveals the life-giving gifts in the continent's plant and animal life; a close-up look at African animal families raising their young and their emergence into the wider world.

Autumn
S1 E3

Autumn in Africa brings opportunities; cape fur seals, Samango monkeys, chameleons, impala, and more respond to the season; autumn triggers changes in the lives of many animals; rare creatures reveal themselves and predators gather to take advantage.

Winter
S1 E4

Winter in Southern Africa brings drought, ice and storms; the animals that live here must compete with the weather, the land and each other; cheetahs, seals, vultures, and meerkats; rains finally end the dry season and trigger a burst of life.