Serious (2002)

Genre

documentary, kids

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each series follows a group of teenagers traveling to a remote environment like a jungle or desert. They help with wildlife conservation and environmental projects while facing the challenges of the location.

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What happens

Serious, Serious Explorers in later series, is an observational documentary series made by the BBC and broadcast as part of their children's programming. It encompasses Serious Jungle (2002), Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2005), Serious Amazon (2006), Serious Andes (2007), Serious Ocean (2008) and two series of Serious Explorers (2011). Serious Ocean consisted of ten 30-minute episodes, while each previous series was six 30-minute episodes. In each series a group of eight 12- to 15-year-olds embark on an expedition to an extreme part of the world, in order to help wildlife or assist in environmental projects. The programmes have won numerous awards, among them honours from BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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