Episode 1: Lost Worlds
Episode 2: Mighty Amazon
Episode 3: Great Plains
Episode 4: Andes
Lost Worlds
This documentary series is an exploration of the exciting, diverse and unique wildlife that inhabits the dramatic landscapes of the vast South American continent. It is a land of great extremes, stretching from the Antarctic to the Equator. It has the planet’s greatest river system, longest mountain chain, biggest and richest rainforest and driest desert.
Using the latest camera techniques, including infrared night vision cameras, rarely seen animals are revealed, whilst a specialist aerial cameraman soars over the continent, revealing an entirely new perspective on its varied and dramatic landscape.
This first episode details the hard struggle for existence on the icy peaks of the Andes and the sheer abundance of life in the Amazon Basin. “Lost Worlds” explores how and why such an odd collection of wildlife have come to live on the same continent.
Released 6 Sep, 2000. 50 min. TV documentary series.
