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Series combining stunning wildlife with adventure. Explorers search the depths of the Guyanan wilderness, the last great unspoilt jungle. George McGavin hunts for whip spiders.
Series combining stunning wildlife with high octane adventure as a team of explorers search the depths of the last great unspoilt jungle on the planet.
Cameras follow the team every sweaty step of the way as they explore the beautiful wilderness of Guyana, from abseiling down one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world to climbing to the very top of the rainforest trees. Known as the land of giants, Guyana is home to the huge anaconda, the world's largest tarantula and giant otters
Gordon Buchanan goes in search of the elusive jaguar, while Steve Backshall abseils down one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world to see the creatures living there. Meanwhile, Justine Evans climbs to the top of the rainforest trees in search of monkeys and macaws and George McGavin explores rotten logs for whip spiders.
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Exploring the unknown
Duration: 02:31
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Descending Kaieteur falls
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Getting stuck in
Duration: 02:07
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | George McGavin |
Presenter | Steve Backshall |
Presenter | Justine Evans |
Presenter | Gordon Buchanan |
Executive Producer | Tim Martin |
Series Producer | Steve Greenwood |
Broadcasts
- Wed 30 Jul 2008 20:00
- Thu 31 Jul 2008 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 3 Aug 2008 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland & Yorkshire
- Thu 28 Aug 2008 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 29 Dec 2008 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 29 Mar 2009 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Wed 15 Jul 2009 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Wed 3 Mar 2010 22:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Fri 14 Jan 2011 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 18 Jul 2011 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Tue 19 Jul 2011 00:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Fri 22 Jul 2011 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Tue 4 Feb 2014 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 8 Oct 2016 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Mon 27 Aug 2018 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 30 Jul 2020 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Wed 7 Jun 2023 15:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
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