Big Beasts: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Big Beasts features some of the world's most massive species filmed across 17 countries, including the gray whale, the elephant seal, the giant otter, the gorilla, the hippo, the brown bear, the ostrich, the orangutan, the tiger and the polar bear. Viewers will see that it's not easy being big — the larger the animal, the greater the challenges they face — as the series captures rare and first-ever footage using specialized equipment and next-generation filming techniques.

Series details

• Title: Big Beasts
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2023-04-21
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Apple TV
• Typical episode runtime: 28 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 67792
• IMDb ID: tt27371495
• TVDB ID: 433117

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Hiddleston — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-04-21; final listed air date 2023-05-19; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Big Beasts on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.