
The South American continent is a land of great extremes, stretching from the Antarctic to the Equator. It has the planet's greatest river system, longest mountain chain, biggest and richest rainforest and driest desert. Using the latest camera techniques, including infrared night vision cameras, rarely seen animals are revealed, while a special aerial camera soars over the continent, revealing an entirely new perspective on its varied and dramatic landscape.
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Air Date: 2000-11-06
The opening episode traces the events that have created the unique landforms and ecology of South America. Originally...
Air Date: 2000-11-13
The second programme shows how life along the Amazon River is dominated by the annual cycle of floods. In the dry sea...
Air Date: 2000-11-20
The third instalment features Brazil's Cerrado grasslands and the Pantanal, the largest seasonal swamp on Earth. The ...
Air Date: 2000-11-27
In the fourth programme, the viewer is taken on a journey along the Andes, the spine of the continent. In the norther...
Air Date: 2000-12-11
Episode five covers the Amazon rainforest, home to more varieties of plants and animals than anywhere else on Earth. ...
Air Date: 2000-12-18
The final programme begins in the Falkland Islands, where thousands of rockhopper penguins negotiate the treacherous ...