Years of Living Dangerously: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This groundbreaking documentary event series explores the human impact of climate change. From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, Years of Living Dangerously combines the blockbuster storytelling styles of top Hollywood movie makers with the reporting expertise of Hollywood's brightest stars and today's most respected journalists.

National Geographic Channel (NGC) (@NatGeoChannel) and The Years Project announced today, 17 September 2015 the return of the Emmy® award-winning documentary series Years of Living Dangerously, a thought-provoking and ambitious cinematic television event that will delve even deeper into the highly debated issue of climate change. The new season of the critically acclaimed series will air exclusively on NGC in 2016 in 171 countries and 45 languages. Years of Living Dangerously will once again feature some of Hollywood's biggest influencers who are passionate about environmental issues, and will reveal emotional and hard-hitting accounts of the effects of climate change from across the planet.

Correspondents will include Jack Black, Ty Burrell, James Cameron, Thomas Friedman, Joshua Jackson, David Letterman, Aasif Mandvi, Olivia Munn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Somerhalder andCecily Strong— with more names to be announced soon — all giving first-person accounts from locations, shockingly close to home, where the effects of climate change are most prevalent. They will cover crucial issues like severe hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of our planet's wildlife. The result will be a gritty and raw look at not only how our species has impacted our planet, but also how we can save it for future generations.

The Emmy-winning climate change series, returns for a second season. From Executive Producers James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new season premiers on National Geographic Channel at a special date and time on Sunday, October 30, at 8/7c, before moving to its regularly scheduled time of Wednesday's at 10/9c.

Season two correspondents will include David Letterman, Narendra Modi, Cecily Strong, Jack Black, Ian Somerhalder, Gisele Bündchen, Ty Burrell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thomas Friedman, Nikki Reed, Aasif Mandvi, Bradley Whitford, America Ferrera, Sigourney Weaver.

Series details

• Title: Years of Living Dangerously
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-04-13
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3768

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-13; final listed air date 2014-06-09.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-10-30; final listed air date 2016-12-14; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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