Watch the Trailer for National Geographic’s “Secrets of the Penguins”
The trailer is here for Secrets of the Penguins, the new three-part series from National Geographic.
- With a debut tied to Earth Day, Secrets of the Penguins features BAFTA Award-winning Nat Geo Explorer Bertie Gregory. Secrets of the Penguins is executive produced by National Geographic Explorer-at-Large and Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and Emmy and BAFTA winners Ruth Roberts and Martin Williams from Talesmith.
- To make the docu-series, Talesmith’s team, led by Bertie and over 70 world-class scientists and filmmakers, embarked on a two-year, globe-spanning adventure—from the rocky beaches of Cape Town and the icy shores of South Georgia Island to the tropical Galapagos and Namibia’s desert caves—capturing penguins like never before. Pushing the boundaries of wildlife filmmaking, a three-person crew endured an astonishing 274 days filming on the Ekström Ice Shelf in Antarctica, home to a colony of 20,000 emperor penguins. Facing one of the planet’s harshest environments, they captured never-before-seen moments like a bonded pair of emperors practicing egg transfers with a snowball to hone their skills for the moment they would need to transfer a real egg, tenacious chicks navigating brash ice amid climate change, and young penguins using their beaks to hoist themselves out of a crevasse.
- Narrated by Blake Lively, the three-part series premieres April 20 at 8/7c on National Geographic, with all three episodes streaming April 21 on Disney+ and Hulu. Disney Channel will also celebrate Secrets of the Penguins by airing the first episode on Earth Day, April 22, at 8/7c.
The Secrets of the Penguins episodes include:
- “Heart of the Emperors" - Premieres April 20 at 8/7c on Nat Geo; Streams April 21 on Disney+ and Hulu.
The emperors are the largest and strongest penguins, living in the coldest and most extreme environment on Earth. Embedded with an Antarctic colony, National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory encounters social skills never filmed before, discovering bonds forged from birth between family, friends and strangers are the difference between life and death.
- “Survival of the Smartest" - Premieres April 20 at 9/8c on Nat Geo; Streams April 21 on Disney+ and Hulu.
Millions of years ago, a group of penguins left the ice, riding powerful currents and arriving in strange new lands. They reshaped traditions for deserts and tropics—and even to live among humans. Tested to the extreme, they became perhaps the smartest of all penguins. National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory discovers the penguins’ problem-solving, “talking" and enduring search for new worlds.
- “Rebels with a Cause" - Premieres April 20 at 10/9c on Nat Geo; Streams April 21 on Disney+ and Hulu.
It takes a special type of courageous penguin to survive the fierce Southern Ocean, but 40 million crowd its isolated, rocky outposts, and they are some of the most successful penguins on Earth. National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory follows the rockhoppers, gentoos and macaronis to discover a world of risk-takers, rebels and unconventional parents.
- Previous Secrets of seasons include Secrets of the Octopus, narrated by Paul Rudd; Secrets of the Elephants, narrated by Natalie Portman; and Emmy-winning Secrets of the Whales narrated by Sigourney Weaver.
- All installments are currently streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
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