Dynasties (2018 TV series)

Dynasties is a 2018 British nature documentary series on five vulnerable or endangered species known to form enduring populations: chimpanzee, emperor penguin, lion, tiger and African wild dog.

The series is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit[1][2] and narrated by David Attenborough.

Some mothers of deceased chicks are seen attempting to steal baby penguins from pairs that were successful, while the fathers make the journey to the sea to recover their strength, then return to the colony once more.

By springtime, the newborns must learn to stand and huddle to shelter from the cold as they both go out to fish, and they moult before reaching adulthood.

Tait is the elderly matriarch of a pack of painted wolves in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park.

Tait leads her family into the territory of a lion pride in the midst of a drought, with Blacktip's pack in an eight month long pursuit.

[10] The book Painted Wolves: A Wild Dog's Life by Nicholas Dyer and Peter Blinston is a large-format coffee-table book that charts the lives and fortunes of the same packs of painted wolves featured in BBC Dynasties.