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2226:Wendy Darke
1903:Earthflight
1731:Inside Life
1656:Expeditions
1565:Yellowstone
1507:Wild Brazil
1500:Wild Arabia
1472:Wild Europe
1451:Wild Africa
1405:Springwatch
925:James Grant
821:Congo basin
813:Lake Edward
797:Lake Albert
785:Ripon Falls
781:James Grant
763:dispatched
728:Tim Scoones
692:Congo basin
672:lammergeier
617:White Niles
607:kingdom of
491:droppings.
449:Old Kingdom
410:Tutankhamun
402:New Kingdom
240:documentary
204:27 February
140:Tim Scoones
126:Mike Gunton
109:of episodes
59:Narrated by
2267:Categories
1801:Supersense
1639:Madagascar
1486:Wild China
1443:Continents
1433:Wild Wales
1245:Life Story
1195:Television
1136:BBC Online
1009:References
955:Nigel Buck
947:Producer:
769:John Speke
726:Producer:
670:where the
473:Crocodiles
250:Production
218:2004-03-12
208:2004-02-27
181:60 minutes
172:Nigel Buck
117:Production
98:of seasons
2163:Deep Blue
1917:Dynasties
1808:Lifesense
1745:Deadly 60
1551:Galápagos
1517:Locations
1202:Landmarks
1079:The Times
1053:The Times
1027:The Times
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851:as Young
799:in 1864.
789:Gondokoro
680:Lake Tana
493:Wild dogs
312:The Times
290:The Times
279:Reception
132:Producers
2184:One Life
1896:The Hunt
1747:episodes
1539:The Nile
1147:The Nile
953:Editor:
734:Jo Payne
732:Editor:
704:pelicans
649:shoebill
645:lungfish
625:Khartoum
583:—
557:Editor:
538:Lee Fern
453:Pyramids
382:—
360:—
349:Episodes
310:—
229:The Nile
168:Jo Payne
69:Composer
41:Starring
1111:21 July
1085:21 July
1059:21 July
1033:21 July
932:as Sir
853:Stanley
661:catfish
603:of the
497:jackals
451:of the
442:catfish
406:Rameses
395:Pharaoh
324:Ratings
284:Reviews
216: (
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201:Release
195:BBC Two
191:Network
160:Editors
90:English
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1632:Africa
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414:Thebes
334:Awards
297:that,
2170:Earth
2109:Radio
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1532:Congo
640:Dinka
593:Sudan
485:Thoth
477:Sobek
434:cobra
430:Horus
232:is a
31:Genre
2148:Film
1724:Roar
1305:Life
1224:Life
1152:IMDb
1131:Nile
1113:2008
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