Aerial Africa is a television series made for the Smithsonian Channel. Each episode is an aerial video tour of a country or region in Africa, in a similar format to Aerial America (2010–19). The narrated show consists entirely of aerial scenes using the Cineflex V14HD gyro-stabilized camera system mounted under the "chin" of a helicopter.[1][2] It was narrated by Nigerian-American Ike Amadi.[3] The first and only season covered Southern Africa.[4]
| Aerial Africa | |
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| Narrated by | Ike Amadi |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Lamberti |
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| Running time | 48 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Smithsonian Channel |
| Release | July 14, 2017 – May 6, 2018 |
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Wild South Coast" | July 14, 2017 | |
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Covers the south coast of South Africa. | |||
| 2 | "Spirit of Ubuntu" | 2017 | |
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Covers Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini) and central and eastern South Africa, including Table Mountain, the Cape Winelands, Augrabies Falls, Johannesburg and the Garden Route. | |||
| 3 | "Botswana: Okavango to Kwando" | 2017 | |
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Botswana from the air. | |||
| 4 | "Western Cape" | 2018 | |
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South Africa's Western Cape province. | |||
| 5 | "Namibia" | 2018 | |
| 6 | "Zambia" | 2018 | |
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Zambia from the air, including Victoria Falls, the Zambezi, Lusaka, the Luangwa Valley, Kafue National Park and the Bangweulu Wetlands. | |||
| 7 | "Kruger National Park" | May 6, 2018 | |
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Kruger National Park, located in the northeast corner of South Africa. | |||
References
edit- ^ "Up in the Air with Smithsonian Channel - Aerial Camera Works". Aerial Camera Works. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "See All 50 States From the Air". Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Shows A-Z - aerial africa on smith | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com.
- ^ Gani, Ayesha (January 30, 2020). "Aerial Africa Season 2: Release Date, Cast, New Season/Cancelled".
External links
edit- Aerial Africa at the Smithsonian Channel
- Aerial Africa at IMDb