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Lion Country: Night and Day

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: February 5, 2017
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 3
  • Networks: ITV1
  • Genres: Documentary
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Lion Country: Night and Day(2017)

TMDB Rating: 7.7 (3 votes)

Overview

Lions are the world's most social cats and their family dramas rival anything seen in a TV soap. This series follows two lion prides in extraordinary detail, following them night and day for six months in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, one of Africa’s last great wildernesses

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Season 1

3 episodes • 2017

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Young & VunerableFeb 5, 20170.0
2Prides in ConflictFeb 12, 20170.0
3Boiling PointFeb 19, 20170.0

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