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Big Cat Week

Cameras get up close and personal with nature's fiercest felines struggling to survive extinction.

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Jeremy Irons
Narrator
J Boone Smith Jr.
Self
Huey Morgan
Narrator

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Episode 1

Battle for the Pride

Mon, Feb 20, 201744 mins

Follow a pride in Botswana to discover the brutal realities of family life for lions. As few as one in five cubs live to two years old and it takes them years to develop the abilities needed to become an apex predator. Watch as the cubs learn from their family, mastering the expert skills needed to stay on top and practicing their killer tactics on prey. Find out who will become a lion king.

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Awards

  • 2014 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Narrator - winner

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