Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestSteve and Justine are camped at the bottom of an enormous hole lying deep in the jungle. They are the first naturalists ever to explore this bizarre twilight world and they stumble across a network of caverns and passages, never explored by humans before. Meanwhile, Tara and her team face the white water rapids of a remote jungle river in order to be the first team of biologists ever to explore the pristine jungle that lies upstream.
Wildlife adventure series following a team of explorers in the heart of the tropical island of Borneo.
Practical Effects
Real creatures, real danger, zero CGI nonsense.
Acting
Backshall's unhinged enthusiasm for deadly animals.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the first BBC expeditions to document the then-newly discovered Bornean clouded leopard subspecies. They didn't find one, but the tension was REAL.
The series aired during peak 'edutainment' era when Steve Backshall became the internet's jungle boyfriend — mostly because he kept almost dying gracefully.
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