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Series combining stunning wildlife with high-octane adventure, as a team of 
scientists and wildlife filmmakers from the BBC's Natural History Unit explores 
one of the last great unspoilt jungle wildernesses on earth. 

New Guinea is a rugged tropical island that is home to some of the strangest 
creatures on the planet. The team is based at the foot of Mount Bosavi, a giant 
extinct volcano covered in thick and largely unexplored rainforest. With the 
help of trackers from a remote tribe, they aim to search for the animals that 
live there - and they make amazing finds. 

1

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan discovers the nest of the world's smallest 
parrot, insect expert Dr George McGavin finds a talking beetle, the scientists 
identify types of frog, gecko and bat that are completely new to science, and 
adventurer Steve Backshall has to live and sleep underground as he explores a 
cave system flooded with white water. 

The cameras follow the team every sweaty step of the way as they search for the 
evidence that may help preserve this last great jungle forever.

2

The second part of this exploration series combining stunning wildlife with 
high energy adventure. 

A team of scientists and wildlife filmmakers have made base camp on a remote 
extinct volcano at the heart of the tropical island of New Guinea. Their aim is 
to search the thick jungle for the weird and endangered animals that hide 
there. Now they are pushing deeper into the rainforest, and cameraman Gordon 
Buchanan enlists the help of a tribe to find and film the extraordinary birds 
of paradise as they perform their bizarre courtship displays. 

George MacGavin has to manhandle a giant crocodile, and Steve Backshall is 
living deep underground where he discovers a new cave system never seen by 
humans.

3

Steve Backshall heads a team descending into the crater of a giant extinct volcano covered in thick jungle. Deep in the heart of the remote island of New 
Guinea, this lost land is protected on all sides by fortress walls half a mile 
high. They are the first outsiders ever to penetrate this hidden world which 
biologists have long believed could be home to spectacular new creatures.

George McGavin travels east to an erupting volcano and discovers a rare bird 
that depends on the hot ash for its survival. Sudden explosions bring the trip 
to a quick halt as giant boulders crash into camp.

The series culminates in the lost world of the crater as Steve and wildlife 
cameraman Gordon Buchanan discover two large mammals that have no fear of 
people and are brand new species: a giant rat that is as big as a cat, and a 
cuscus, which is a tree-climbing marsupial.