Series investigating the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift Valley and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes

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2/3 Looking at the colourful wildlife of East Africa's lakes and rivers.

Fri 3 May 2013 14:00 BBC Two Scotland only

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  • Tanzania's high life

    Tanzania's high life

    Follow the Great Rift programme team's expedition to explore Tanzania's highland wildlife. From discovering a little known trade in plant poaching to how a new species of primate was discovered.

    Earth explorers: expedition to Tanzania

  • Tropical grassland

    Tropical grassland

    During the wet season the savannah draws and supports huge herds of grazing animals, including mega-herds of African antelope. But this is one of the fastest changing and most unpredictable of all African habitats.

    Explore the wildlife of the savannah

  • Great Rift hippos

    Great Rift hippos

  • Wonderful Africa

    Wonderful Africa

    The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart was shown in BBC Four's Wonderful Africa season, a wide ranging season of films that looked at the arts and culture, life and landscape of Africa in advance of the 2010 World Cup.

    Go to the Wonderful Africa website

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