Download Photos and Key Art<\/a><\/p>\nNEW YORK \u2013 December 16, 2025 \u2013 BBC AMERICA\u2019s highly anticipated landmark natural history series, Kingdom, set to premiere on Saturday, January 24 at 8pm ET\/PT on BBC AMERICA and AMC+, chronicles the dramatic real-life sagas of four African rival animal families \u2013 leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, and lions \u2013 as they all fight to claim a remote Zambian paradise as their home. Who will succeed in ruling this precious kingdom? Narrated by renowned naturalist and three-time Emmy\u00ae Award-winner Sir David Attenborough (Asia, Planet Earth III), all-new episodes of the major six-part natural history will premiere weekly on Saturdays.<\/p>\n
In the heart of Zambia, different animals all lay claim to a lush corner of South Luangwa National Park known as Nsefu. Situated on the banks of the mighty Luangwa River and teeming with life, Nsefu is an ideal place to raise a family \u2013 and that means that things can get crowded here\u2026<\/p>\n
Kingdom follows the stories of a lion pride, a wild dog pack, a hyena clan and a leopard family \u2013 who are all competing to make Nsefu their home. It\u2019s a story about endurance, control, ever-shifting power dynamics, and perhaps the greatest challenge of all: raising a family in a competitive world.<\/p>\n
This is the longest the BBC Studios Natural History Unit has been embedded in one location, tracking the lives of individual animals, for a single series. Spending around 1400 days in the field, working alongside local crews and experts, Kingdom not only documents the story of some of Africa\u2019s most charismatic animals, but also shines a light on the efforts to protect them from poaching by leading conservationists.<\/p>\n
Kingdom, a 6\u00d750\u2019 series for BBC One and iPlayer, is made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, co-produced by BBC AMERICA. It was commissioned by Jack Bootle, Head of Specialist Factual, BBC Commissioning. The Executive Producer is Mike Gunton, the Series Editor is Simon Blakeney, and the Series Producer is Felicity Lanchester. BBC Studios is handling global sales.<\/p>\n
BBC AMERICA<\/p>\n
BBC AMERICA is a hub of innovative, culturally contagious programming and the definitive television home and co-producer, in partnership with BBC Studios, of the most iconic natural history series and franchises including Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Dynasties, Eden: Untamed Planet, Frozen Planet and Seven Worlds, One Planet, Asia and the forthcoming Kingdom. Wholly owned and operated by AMC Networks, BBC AMERICA\u2019s most notable series, including Killing Eve, Doctor Who, Orphan Black, Luther and The Graham Norton Show, among others, have attracted widespread critical acclaim and garnered Emmy\u00ae Awards, Golden Globes\u00ae, Peabody Awards, Critics\u2019 Choice Awards, NAACP Image Awards, TCA Awards and more.<\/p>\n
AMC+\u202f<\/p>\n
AMC+ is the company\u2019s premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, and SundanceTV and full access to targeted streaming services Shudder, the ultimate streaming brand for horror fans \u2013 and Sundance Now, home to the premier collection of culture-defining independent films. The service features a continually refreshed library of commercial-free content, with iconic series from the AMC Networks portfolio including\u202fMad Men, Halt & Catch Fire, Hell on Wheels, Turn: Washington\u2019s Spies, Rectify, Orphan Black\u202fand series from\u202fThe Walking Dead Universe, among many others. The service also offers a growing slate of original and exclusive series including\u202fGangs of London, Dark Winds,\u202fand three series in the Anne Rice universe,\u202fAnne Rice\u2019s Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice\u2019s Mayfair Witches and Anne Rice\u2019s Talamasca: The Secret Order. With new movies released every Friday, AMC+ is the newest destination for exclusive film premieres direct from theaters all year long. AMC+ is available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Spain and is available in the U.S. through AMCPlus.com, the AMC+ app, and a number of digital and cable partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six-Part Series, Narrated by Legendary Sir David Attenborough, Showcases Four Families\u2019 Competition for Survival and Dominance in One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-187284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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