Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

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The TV presenter examines how animals survive in hostile environments by visiting some of the hottest, coldest, deepest and wettest places on Earth to experience life in extreme conditions.

Documentary20161 season

Cast: Davina McCall

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Season 1

4 episodes

1. HotDavina begins her journey in Namibia, one of the hottest countries in the world. Here she comes face-to-face with one of the world's more iconic predators - the cheetah. Davina decides to test a cheetah's speed, by racing one of the wild cats. She then heads to a Game Reserve to learn more about how animals can cool themselves down, she also spends a night camping in the reserve. During the night, the camp is visited by a lion. Davina also meets the San Bushpeople, who live in the Kalihari desert. She also takes a look at the fog and how animals can use this as well.NRCC50minFeb 29, 2016
2. DepthIn episode two, Davina travels to the Azores, a small group of remote islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Beneath the surface of the waves is a world brimming with life and a playground for some of the world’s deepest diving creatures.NRCC50minMar 7, 2016
3. ColdIn episode three, Davina travels to the islands of Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. It’s a harsh environment set across 15 million square kilometers of sea ice, where temperatures can drop to minus 40 degrees Celsius. Just 800 miles from the North Pole, her journey begins in Longyearbyen, one of the most Northerly towns in the world.NRCC50minMar 14, 2016
4. WetIn the final episode of the series, Davina travels to the Costa Rican jungle, one of the wettest places on earth, a habitat in which animals thrive. Even with near 100 per cent humidity, and being less than a quarter of the size of the UK, it’s home to a staggering 500,000 species of life.NRCC50minMar 21, 2016

Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

Documentary

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The TV presenter examines how animals survive in hostile environments by visiting some of the hottest, coldest, deepest and wettest places on Earth to experience life in extreme conditions.

Creators and cast

Cast: Davina McCall
Studio: Plimsoll Productions

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English

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