Synopsis
In a groundbreaking natural history event, remote cameras capture life at a specially built African waterhole. Which animals find it, how do they use it, and will they share?
- Programme: Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Ecosystems
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...

Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...

Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...

Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...

Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...

Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...

Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 2 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
It is the hottest time of year, and the waterhole becomes busier in the cool of the night. Hyena lurk in the shadows as the team...

Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Episode 3 | Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
The rains hit the waterhole, and for the first time in half a year, grass begins to grow, and water is everywhere, dramatically ...
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