Kingdom: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kingdom will dramatically chronicle the real-life sagas of four African animal families, in one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit. Filmed across five years in a single spectacular location, the lives and fates of our four families – leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions – are inextricably linked as they strive for a foothold in a remote and fertile river valley in Zambia. As well as the intense power struggles between these top predators, the series shows how a colourful supporting cast, from powerful elephant herds to vast flocks of crimson bee-eaters to troops of marauding baboons, impact our central characters in surprising and diverse ways.

Series details

• Title: Kingdom
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2025-11-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-11-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 49 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 87859
• IMDb ID: tt38848632
• TVDB ID: 469578

Cast and credited roles

• David Attenborough — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-11-09; final listed air date 2025-11-09; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kingdom 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.