Unnatural Histories

Season

2011

UK

7.6

A look at the true 'nature' of the world's most iconic wildernesses. This series investigates the little known human history behind the Serengeti, Yellowstone and the Amazon.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Serengeti

Examination of events and controversies leading to the creation of the Serengeti National Park, starting with a pandemic of Rinderpest that decimated local cattle and culminating in the actions of colonial government that excluded the local population and changed a landscape managed by herdsmen into an illusion of a pristine wilderness.