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TELEVISION BOOKS FILM ONLINE APPS PUZZLES
Frans Lanting/Mint Images/Getty alpha male known as David
Chimps – specifically a
group in Senegal led by an
– star in the new BBC One
series Dynasties.
Thehierarchyofsurvivalinthewild
Explore the complex relationships of animal families with Sir David.
to accompany the series, each episode As ever, we can only marvel at the
Book DYNASTIES of which focuses on an individual physical and mental exertions
BY STEPHEN MOSS, BBC BOOKS, £25
choice leader and the challenges they face to demanded of film-making in remote
Autumn’s natural maintain their power and safeguard habitats, but what is to be really
history spectacular is their territories for future generations. savoured are the reflections from
about to burst onto Author Stephen Moss delivers a those with a ringside seat, whose
our screens. Dynasties, rich narrative of how each ‘dynasty’ encounters are testament to months
a new five-parter for lives, feeds and breeds, introducing and years on location. Observing two
BBC One narrated by the characters from the series and penguins attempting to mate is like
David Attenborough, expanding on their stories, skilfully “watching a surfing lesson, with the
offers an in-depth look at the complex interweaving exciting and intimate male climbing onto the female and
social relationships of some of the observations from the camera losing his balance;” the head of a
most charismatic animal families on teams on the ground. The result is a newborn painted wolf is so large that
the planet: chimps, lions, emperor photographically stunning tome that it “teeters over its front legs like a
penguins, painted wolves and tigers. is at once a natural history reference, see-saw”, and when a male chimp
As is the norm for landmark BBC compendium of wonderful animal comes close, you “genuinely feel the
productions, there’s a lavish hardback stories and behind-the-scenes tour. earth move”. Sarah McPherson
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