The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
| The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | The Great Rift |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by | Hugh Quarshie |
| Composer | Barnaby Taylor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mike Gunton |
| Producer | Phil Chapman |
| Running time | 176 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit Animal Planet |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 24 January – 7 February 2010 |
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart (released in the US as The Great Rift: Africa's Greatest Story) is a British nature documentary series, which began airing on BBC Two on 24 January 2010. A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. At the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute featurette, Inside The Great Rift, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filming the series.
The series made its US broadcast premiere in August 2010 on Animal Planet, as a two-hour special with the shortened title Great Rift. Hugh Quarshie narrated both the BBC and Animal Planet versions.