Mini Monsters aka Hidden Kingdoms

Season 1
Unedited UK Edition. For the first time, Mini Monsters (released in the UK as Hidden Kingdoms) takes the viewer into a unique and unexplored miniature world, immersing you into the action-packed lives of the planet's smaller animals. The challenges our planet's mini creatures face are daunting and their solutions are always surprising and often defy belief.
IMDb 8.020143 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Under Open Skies

    January 16, 2014
    59min
    TV-PG
    This is the story of two young animals forced to grow up fast. In Africa's savannah, a baby elephant-shrew learns how speed is the secret to survival amongst the largest animals on earth and in America, a young grasshopper mouse confronts the Wild West's deadliest creatures to stake a claim of his own.
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  2. S1 E2 - Secret Forests

    January 15, 2014
    59min
    TV-PG
    This is the story of two tiny animals coming of age. In the wild woods of North America, a young chipmunk is gathering a vital store of nuts ahead of his first winter - in his way are ruthless rivals and giant predators. In the steaming rainforest a young Tree-shrew is forced deep into the jungle to find food.
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  3. S1 E3 - Urban Jungles

    January 15, 2014
    59min
    TV-PG
    The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is slowly engulfing the surrounding jungle and animals that live there. Above Rio's chaotic streets, a group of tiny marmosets have left the trees and use the city's power-lines to scour the city for food and keep one step ahead of people, cars and feral cats. In Tokyo, a very different cast of characters is learning how to survive in the city.
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Directors

Simon BellGavin MaxwellVerity White

Producers

Mark BrownlowStephen Bell

Cast

Stephen Fry

Studio

BBC America
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