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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!

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58 minutes

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Last on

Mon 19 May 2025 15:45

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

Broadcasts

  • Thu 23 Jan 2014 20:00
  • Sun 26 Jan 2014 15:00
  • Sun 26 Jan 2014 16:35
  • Sat 1 Mar 2014 02:15
  • Thu 27 Aug 2015 15:45
  • Wed 16 Mar 2016 20:00
  • Thu 17 Mar 2016 00:30
  • Wed 5 Oct 2016 15:30
  • Tue 11 Jul 2017 00:25
  • Thu 19 Jul 2018 16:15
  • Sat 12 Jan 2019 19:00
  • Sun 13 Jan 2019 02:00
  • Tue 22 Oct 2019 15:15
  • Thu 23 Jul 2020 09:00
  • Thu 28 Jan 2021 15:45
  • Tue 28 May 2024 16:15
  • Mon 19 May 2025 15:45

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