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Nature documentary. Adventurer Steve Backshall embarks on a dramatic expedition to explore Venezuela's tepuis - ancient, sheer-sided mountains cut off from the jungle below.

Adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall embarks on one of the most dramatic and dangerous expeditions ever filmed by a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ crew. His mission is to explore Venezuela's tepuis - ancient, sheer-sided mountains, lost worlds cut off from the jungle below.

With an elite team of rock climbers, Steve attempts the first ascent of an unclimbed wall on a remote tepui to search for wildlife on the summit. But nobody could have predicted what would happen, nor the kinds of decisions they'd be forced to make. A white-knuckle ride from the start, the team encounter river rapids and hazardous wildlife, and survive a close shave with a rickety biplane. Yet nothing can prepare them for their climb to the island in the sky.

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  • Led Zeppelin

    When The Levee Breaks

  • Kings of Leon

    Closer

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Steve Backshall
Director Ben Lawrie
Executive Producer Jonathan Renouf
Executive Producer Cameron Balbirnie
Assistant Producer Max Goldzweig
Camera Operator Keith Partridge
Camera Assistant Hugh Campbell

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