Andes to Amazon

Andes to Amazon

Infobox nature documentary
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show_name = Andes to Amazon


caption = Series title card
picture_format = 16:9 (anamorphic)
audio_format = Stereo
runtime = 50 minutes
creator = BBC Natural History Unit
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producer =
executive_producer = Karen Bass
presented =
narrated = Fergal Keane
music = Nicholas Hooper
country = United Kingdom
language = English
network =
first_run = BBC Two
first_aired = 6 November
last_aired = 18 December 2000
num_episodes = 6
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"Andes to Amazon" is a nature documentary TV series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, England and Animal Planet, first transmitted in the UK on BBC2 in November 2000. In other territories it was sometimes broadcast under the title "Wild South America"

Each of the six, 50 minute episodes portrays a different aspect of the South American continent. The series features extensive aerial photography of major landforms shot by Bob Fulton, and footage of rarely-glimpsed animals in the wild. "Andes to Amazon" was narrated by Fergal Keane and produced by Karen Bass.

The series forms part of the Natural History Unit's "Continents" strand, and was preceded by "Land of the Tiger" in 1997 and followed one year later by "Wild Africa".

Production

The filmmakers journeyed the length and breath of South America in search of locations and unusual species. Memorable sequences include an aerial journey over a glacier in Argentine Patagonia, jungle animals visiting an Amazon waterhole at night and luminous termite mounds in the grasslands of central Brazil. Other locations featured are the Galápagos Islands and the Salar de Uyuni, the world's biggest salt lake in the Bolivian altiplano.

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Episodes

# Lost Worlds
# The Mighty Amazon
# Great Plains
# Andes
# Amazon Jungle
# Penguin Shores

Merchandise

A book, soundtrack CD and DVD were all released to accompany the TV series:

* A Region 2 and 4, 2-disc DVD set was released on 18 July 2005 (BBCDVD1707) and features all six full-length episodes along with a bonus 30 minute documentary, "Wildlife on One: Giant Otters". "Andes to Amazon" is one of four series which comprise the Region 1 DVD box set "BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Western Hemisphere" released on 31 October 2006.

* The accompanying book, "Andes to Amazon: A Guide to Wild South America" by Michael Bright, was published by BBC Books on 2 November 2000 in a hardcover edition (ISBN 0-563-53705-1) and on 4 April 2002 in a paperback edition (ISBN 0-563-53495-8).

* On 20 November 2000 a CD was released with a compilation of the incidental music in "Andes to Amazon".

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