Jungle

Latest Episodes

• Waterworld

  Charlotte Uhlenbroek explores the Amazon rainforests. Along the way, she feeds piranhas, meets a family of river otters and goes in search of the elusive freshwater dolphin. The forests are the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, and Charlotte examines how the river makes them the perfect environment for so many plant and animal species. Last in series

• Underworld

  Charlotte Uhlenbroek explores the rainforests of the Congo. The tiniest inhabitants of the forest can be dangerous - flies carry fatal diseases and venomous snakes lurk in the undergrowth. It is also home to much larger creatures, such as forest elephants and lowland gorillas

• Canopy

  Charlotte Uhlenbroek journeys deep into the world's largest rainforests. In Borneo she uses a single-seater helium balloon to explore the previously inaccessible heights of the forest canopy, where gibbons and birds search for food among the treetops. The animal activity is just as constant once the sun goes down, as Charlotte learns when she spends the night 150ft above the forest floor