After four decades of reporting from the continent, Jonathan Dimbleby returns to Africa on a 7,000-mile journey to discover how it is changing.
【Mali, Ghana and Nigeria】
He starts his African journey in the capital of Mali, Bamako, the fastest-growing African city. Following the course of the Niger river, Dimbleby finds not a continent of beggars but of industrious people, some of whom go to extraordinary lengths to make a living, free-diving 20 feet to excavate building sand.
Travelling north-east, he sees how tradition is preserved in an area where a sophisticated urban society has thrived for 1600 years. Jonathan gets his hands dirty as the apprentice of a 74-year-old mud mason in Djenne, a town built entirely of mud.
In Ghana, one of Africa's freest and most stable countries, Jonathan sees a spectacular festival before playing a game of golf with the King of the Ashanti, who recalls his time working for Brent council. Dimbleby attends the King's court to see what lessons the UK can draw from traditional African structures that promote harmony and reconciliation.
Jonathan discovers that the African brain drain is turning into a brain gain as economic opportunity and patriotism draw people home. Football unites Ghana like nothing else, superseding political and tribal divisions. There is a rich seam of young football talent on the continent in the year that the World Cup is hosted by an African nation for the first time.
In Lagos, Nigeria's business capital, Jonathan Dimbleby sees a different take on a city that is often depicted as a hotbed of violence, crime and corruption. He is taken on a private jet by Africa's richest man, then savours the creative talents of two of African music's rising stars who are helping to cement Lagos's place as the continent's cultural hub.
【Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania】
On the second leg of his illuminating journey across Africa, Jonathan Dimbleby travels 2000 miles through East Africa's Rift Valley.
Starting in Ethiopia, where he was the first journalist to report the 1973 famine, Dimbleby discovers the great strides being made to safeguard the country from future catastrophes.
In Kenya he finds out how mobile phones are revolutionising small businesses and even the lives of Masai tribes.
In Tanzania he joins in a football match with the judges and guards of Africa's own Human Rights Commission and meets the street kids in Dar-es-Salaam who are building an international profile for their music.
【Congo, South Africa and Zambia】
On the final leg of his 7,000-mile odyssey, Jonathan Dimbleby travels from Congo to Durban in search of the stories revealing contemporary Africa.
He learns how China's billion-dollar deals have rebooted African economies, once dependent on Western aid and investment.
Passing through Zambia, Jonathan survives a training session with boxing world champion Esther Phiri and meets Hugh Masekela, who shares with him his view of Africa's emerging revival.
为纪念大卫.爱登堡爵士（Sir David Attenborough）从事野外生物考察和献身生态电视片创作60周年，BBC公司推出《大卫爱登堡野外探索60年》系列。
作为一位世界知名的自然史学、生物学家和生态纪录片制作人，大卫.爱登堡创作了一系列具有热烈反响的电视片。特别是2001年那部纵览海洋世界的《蓝色星球》，更是在世界各地广受欢迎。在进行拍摄的50年间，大卫.爱登堡和他的同事们以勇敢的冒险精神，和对科学探索孜孜不倦的热情，深入全球每个角落，为获取最广泛，详尽的资料，拍摄了许多令人惊叹的珍贵镜头。这些花费大量时间，资金和精力制作的纪录片，内容涉及科学，历史，文化和环保各个领域，以揭示物种起源，探索生物进化，研究人与环境的协调发展为目的，具有严肃的科学，教育意义。同时，利用令人难以相信的拍摄技巧和唯美的艺术手段所创作出的精彩画面，又不失大众观赏的娱乐价值。
在近二十部电视系列片中，每部作品都因内容丰富奇特，画面精致壮观，叙述简洁生动而吸引观众。这些宝贵的精神财富不仅以极高的收视率创造了电视史上前所未有的神话，而且也为大卫.爱登堡赢得无数的奖项和荣誉。现在他制作的电视片已成为众多生态，影视爱好者观赏、收藏的顶级佳作，同样在学术上也是各院校，科研机构用于教学和研究的必备资料。
Part 1: Life on Camera
在近半个世纪的创新的野生动物电影制作中，David Attenborough提出了他的独特的观点。他再次访问并回顾了在他的电影制作历程中的关键地方和事件，通过他旧照片的回忆他的那些难忘的野生动物的镜头：包括他抓一只科摩多龙（世界上最巨大的蜥蜴），与海豚一起游泳。回到他常去的加里曼丹（婆罗洲）他回想起那一次在蝙蝠洞中摄影的挑战，他是如何使用个现代科技让我们能看到那里。
Part 2: Understanding the Natural World
David Attenborough回顾了在他的一生中改变了我们对地球上的生命的认识的科学的发现。生命最初是在哪里开始的？是怎样开始的？大陆是怎样漂移的？动物间是怎样交流的？它们为什么要那样表现？Attenborough跟我们分享了他作为科学家的记忆以及帮助他形成他自己的职业的突破。
Part 3: Our Fragile Planet
在最后一部影片中，在他的有生之年反映出人类对于自然世界的巨大影响。他讲述着和他一起工作的自然资源保护论先驱者在最上一个60年所看到的令人惊叹的变化，以及世界性的对于自然世界的观点的革新。在他从伦敦动物园到加里曼丹（婆罗洲）的丛林的旅行中，他披露了是什么激励他成为了一个自然资源保护论者。他记得自己与山地大猩猩，蓝鲸，巨型陆龟等的经典相遇之旅。这些都改变了公众对于自然世界的观点。
