Madagascar

Madagascar

TV-G2011•1h 0m•8.3/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.3/10(37)

Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 9, 2011

Last Aired

February 23, 2011

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Mike Gurton, James Honeyborne

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Island of Marvels

E1

Island of Marvels

Air date: 2011-02-09

The cameras observe lemurs in their natural habitat, male red giraffe-necked weevils fighting one other and the courting rituals of chameleons.

Lost Worlds

E2

Lost Worlds

Air date: 2011-02-16

The wildlife featured this week includes cyanide-eating lemurs, cannibalistic frogs, carnivorous plants, tadpole-eating wasps, tunnel-digging chameleons and house-proud flycatchers.

Land of Heat and Dust

E3

Land of Heat and Dust

Air date: 2011-02-23

This episode focuses on the desert-like west and south of Madagascar. It might not rain there for nine months of the year and some years not at all. To live here, you have to be a specialist.

Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

John Brown

Self

Pam Fogg

Self

Tim Fogg

Self

Ian Gray

Self

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