Hidden Kingdoms
This is a series about the tiny animals of the forest and jungles. Seen from their perspective, we experience a life where almost everything is a giant.
- 2014-2014
- 1 season
- Documentary
This is a series about the tiny animals of the forest and jungles. Seen from their perspective, we experience a life where almost everything is a giant.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Under Open Skies
Thu, Jan 16, 2014 58 mins
This is the story of two young animals forced to grow up fast. In Africa's savannah, a baby elephant shrew (sengi) learns how speed is the secret to survival amongst the largest animals on Earth after her mother is killed; and in America, a young grasshopper mouse leaves home to confront the Wild West's deadliest creatures and stake a claim of his own.
Episode 2
Secret Forests
59 mins
In the wild woods of North America, a young chipmunk is gathering a vital store of nuts ahead of his first winter - in his way are ruthless rivals and giant predators. In the steaming rainforest, a young tree-shrew is forced deep into the jungle to find food. She must draw on all her intelligence and agility if she is to survive.
Episode 3
Urban Jungles
58 mins
In the colourful and chaotic streets of Rio, a young marmoset is separated from his street gang and forced to confront of the dangers of the city alone. In the futuristic metropolis of Tokyo, a rhinoceros beetle escapes his captors and begins an extraordinary journey through this alien world to find sanctuary.
