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Secret Forests

Episode 2 of 3

Nature series on tiny wildlife. A chipmunk faces rivals and predators, while a juvenile tree shrew, forced into the jungle, has to find food and escape a python.

This is the story of two tiny animals coming of age.

In the wild woods of North America, a young chipmunk is gathering a vital store of nuts ahead of his first winter - in his way are ruthless rivals and giant predators.

In the steaming rainforest, a young tree shrew is forced deep into the jungle to find food. She must draw on all her intelligence and agility if she is to escape the ultimate jungle predator - a reticulated python!

58 minutes

Music Played

  • James Newton Howard

    The Healing

  • Diallo

    Hi Hater

  • John "Rabbit" Bundrick

    Feather

  • Johnny Daukes

    Wonder

  • Era

    Thousand Words

  • John Barry

    We Have All The Time In The World

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Stephen Fry
Producer Verity White
Series Producer Mark Brownlow
Executive Producer Michael Gunton

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