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Dynasties

★ 9.1 6K votes 2018–2022 2 seasons · 12 episodes Ended BBC One
Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 10/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 9/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 9/10Big-budget spectacleBlockbuster-scale production values.This show: 8/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 8/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 7/10
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"Nature footage told like intimate character drama"

A prestige nature documentary series, narrated by David Attenborough, that follows individual animals rather than whole species, tracking chimpanzees, lions, tigers, painted wolves and emperor penguins as they struggle to keep control of their families and territory. Each episode plays out almost like a character drama, with real stakes, rivalries and losses. The pace is slow and observational, but the stakes feel personal because you're rooting for a specific animal, not just a general idea of wildlife. Visually stunning, emotionally heavier than typical nature docs, and often quietly devastating by the end of each hour.

Watch it for

the way individual animals become genuine protagonists with real stakes and emotional arcs.

Maybe skip if

you want breezy, low-stakes nature footage rather than tense, often heartbreaking animal drama.

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All Seasons

Dynasties2018
8.93K64h 32m
Dynasties II2022
9.067658m
A sequel to Attenborough's great nature show following the lives of different dynasties from the animal kingdom.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

David Attenborough Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter
John Brown Self - Cameraman
Sophie Darlington Self - Camerawoman
Nick Lyon Self - Producer
Justine Evans Self - Thermal camera
Mark MacEwen Self - Cameraman
Will Lawson Self - Director
Lindsay McCrae Self - Cameraman
Stefan Christmann Self - Camera Assistant
Barrie Britton Self - Specialist camera
Jill Pruetz Self - Anthropologist

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