• Director(s)

    na

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    David Attenborough, Daan Smit, Lydia Baines

TV Show

Dynasties II

DYNASTIES is a nature documentary series; in this episode, a young rival poses a challenge to a hyena queen.…

DYNASTIES is a nature documentary series; in this episode, a young rival poses a challenge to a hyena queen.

  • Director(s)

    na

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    David Attenborough, Daan Smit, Lydia Baines

upsetting scenes, scenes of animals fighting, very mild threat
Classified Date:
27/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Meerkats fight, causing slight bloody injury.
threat and horror
There is threat to the meerkat family from predators, other meerkats, weather and lack of food.
theme
A mother meerkat dies after, it is implied, being bitten by a snake. A meerkat family loses all their pups on a treacherous journey. The episode ends reassuringly, with the family thriving and a new set of pups.
scenes of animals hunting
Classified Date:
27/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of animal attacks in which pumas bite, claw and hunt alpacas. There are also territorial fights between pumas with aftermath sight of blood on their fur.
upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
27/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
The episode follows the early life of twin calves born into the herd. The twins encounter various threats to life during their first year including being submerged in mud, being trampled on by bulls and starvation. Scenes in which the calves are in danger are upsetting, but they all have reassuring outcomes. There are also verbal references to elephant and human deaths, including a brief long shot image of an elephant carcass in a state of decay.
additional issues
There are infrequent references to animal mating.
scenes of animals hunting
Classified Date:
27/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are several scenes of cheetahs hunting down prey, with some sequences containing close-up emphasis on the tearing of flesh and blood from carcasses.
mild injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
30/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
In a scene of brief mild threat, a wildebeest is shown drowning as a hyena pursues it through deep water
injury detail
There is mild bloody detail when men and women remove a snare from a tranquilised hyena. There are also scenes in which hyenas feast on wildebeest carcasses.
mild injury detail
Classified Date:
27/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There is sight of a fleshy wound on an animal's leg in the aftermath of an animal attack.
additional issues
A male macaque steals a female's baby and prevents her from feeding it; the infant macaque is soon rescued by a more senior male who returns it to its mother. There are scenes in which a pack of wild dogs chase a group of macaques up a tree and also scenes of animal fighting and mating. There are also verbal references to poaching.
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  • Classified date

    30/09/2022

  • Distributor

    2 entertain Video Ltd.

  • Language

    English