Plot Synopsis

Narrated by Puleng Stewart, AFRICA'S WILD YEAR is a four-part series set over a single year in Africa, with each one-hour episode focusing on one season -- Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter -- while revealing the different conditions they bring. As temperatures, rain, and light change every animal adapts to the new season. Spring brings a burst of new life and replenishes the continent. This is the season of learning, as Africa's youngsters master the arts of swimming, hunting, and flying, in time to face the challenges of independence. Summer is a season of severity that separates the weak from the strong. For some, it's a time to feast but for others, summer pushes their survival instincts to the limit. Giants visit, ocean wanderers emerge, and predator and prey are forced closer together. Autumn is a time to prepare. Falling temperatures and sporadic rains herald a drastically changing world, as each animal is locked in a state of flux, bracing for the difficulties ahead while trying to make the most of new opportunities. And, finally, Winter: a season as unforgiving as it is unpredictable. This time of the year is both feast and famine. Drought hits large areas of the savannah, turning it into a battleground. All caught in the cold embrace must battle both the elements, and the other animals, if they are to make it to the end of the year. AFRICA'S WILD YEAR made its linear television debut on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT on BBC America.
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On Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT, BBC America premiered "Winter," the finale of AFRICA'S WILD YEAR. Winter in Southern Africa brings drought, ice and storms; the animals that live here must compete with the weather, the land and each other; cheetahs, seals, vultures, and meerkats; rains finally end the dry season and trigger a burst of life.