Africa TV Listings
Find out when Africa is on TV today, tonight and this week at the UK TV Listings Guide.
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Coming up this week
Africa TV listings this week
Africa is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
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Fri 18
Kalahari — Africa
David Attenborough explores the vast and diverse continent, aiming to show its landscapes and wildlife as they have never been seen before. He begins in the Kalahari desert, Africa's south-west corner, where clever meerkats are outsmarted by a wily bird's use of mimicry, a solitary rhino is seen to exhibit previously unknown sociable behaviours, terrifying insects prey on baby birds and the rarest fish in the world is filmed for the first time. In the neighbouring Namib desert, which receives almost no rain, the competition for scant resources can be fierce, as proven by a ferocious fight for supremacy between two giraffes
More Details for Africa, Fri 18, 11:00 am -
Mon 21
Congo — Africa
David Attenborough looks at the varied creatures of the Congo rainforest, one of the most competitive habitats on Earth. A sweet-toothed chimpanzee uses a complex array of tools to access honey from a beehive, the elusive picathartes bird feeds unsuspecting frogs to its dinosaur-like chicks and a massive female python reveals her maternal side as she sunbathes to incubate her eggs. Tiny leaf-folding frogs battle it out kung fu style, and as darkness falls the forest elephants gather to face their rivals
More Details for Africa, Mon 21, 11:00 am -
Tue 22
Cape — Africa
David Attenborough describes some of the wildlife spectacles of southern Africa, starting out in a little-explored rainforest discovered less than a decade ago by scientists who spotted it on satellite maps. There, thousands of butterflies dance for the right to mate, while on a tiny island off Mozambique, green turtles emerge from eggs and begin a hazardous journey to the water - with pied crows and hungry crabs eager to get them. Cameras also capture one of the largest gatherings of great white sharks on the planet as 30 of the predators circle around a dead whale
More Details for Africa, Tue 22, 11:00 am -
Wed 23
Sahara — Africa
David Attenborough explores the wildlife eking out an existence in and around the scorching wilderness of the Sahara, where only the toughest survive. It's a constant struggle against dehydration, as zebra battle over dwindling rivers, camels search for water and tiny barn swallows navigate thousands of square miles of barren sand to find a life-saving oasis. The naked mole rat avoids the heat by living a subterranean existence, while the silver ant is able to take on the midday sun - but needs a 'spacesuit' to do it
More Details for Africa, Wed 23, 11:05 am
Where to watch
Where to Watch Africa
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About the show
About Africa
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