BBC America, AMC+, and Sir David Attenborough (Seven Worlds, One Planet) turn their attention to mammals with their latest natural history series, Mammals. The six-part series will premiere this summer, 20 years after Attenborough’s Life of Mammals.
“Being mammals ourselves, the animals featured in the series and the stories told about them are instantly relatable. It’s impossible not to admire a mother capuchin monkey who’s able to provide her baby with a drink in a dry, sun-baked forest or a chimpanzee father giving his family a lesson in finding honey buried underground,” said Roger Webb, executive producer. “This connection to us, makes Mammals an incredibly engaging and compelling piece of television – one that will also lead us to question our role in the lives of the wild mammals we share the planet with.”
Scott Alexander served as a producer of the docuseries from BBC Studios Natural History Unit and co-produced by BBC AMERICA, ZDF, Youku and France Televisions.
“Mammals includes animals like the great apes, the big cats, dolphins, whales as well as the mythical wolverine and adorable tenrec – who wouldn’t want to make a series with such a wonderful cast of animals,” said Alexander.
Mammals Series Description, Courtesy of BBC America and AMC+:
“Attenborough revisits this extraordinary group of animals in a major new series for BBC America: Mammals. Full of new, never-before-seen behaviors, this series offers fascinating insights into the most successful animal group in the world. From the tiny Etruscan shrew to the giant blue whale, Mammals will reveal the secrets of their success and how their winning design, incredible adaptability, unrivaled intelligence, and unique sociability have all contributed to their remarkable rise.
By weight, less than 6% of today’s mammals are wild animals, and many species face extinction. As well as giving viewers an exciting new perspective on a remarkable group of animals, the series will also highlight many of the problems faced by mammals in today’s rapidly changing world.
Each episode explores a different environment: Dark, Cold, Heat, Water, Forest, and The New Wild – an episode that explores the ingenious ways mammals are adapting to a world dominated by humans, arguably the most successful mammal of all. And each episode covers a range of remarkable mammals – from the miniature tenrecs of Madagascar to the humpback whales of the Indian ocean.”
