Dynasties 2 review: A gripping look at the lives of the remarkable wild animals
What: Dynasties 2 on BBC earth is a gripping look at the lives of the remarkable wild animals that engrosses you with extraordinary storytelling around their struggle to build a family against the odds.
Dynasties 2 synopsis
On a quest to establish her own Dynasty, young meerkat queen Maghogho must raise her four pups in one of the harshest places on earth. And in the highlands of Patagonia, a solitary puma named Rupestre battles to raise her cubs. The mother puma must battle rivals, tackle prey nearly three times her size and endure the wild mountain weather of Patagonia in her bid to raise four cubs.
Dynasties 2 (Dynasties (II), a grand visual spectacle narrated by Sir David Attenborough revolves around the theme "Legacy Must Live On". The series provides fresh insights into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet. Powered by exquisite and breath-taking cinematography, the show incisively delves into the captivating and lesser animals as they fight for their families against all obstacles.
It is more dramatic than any fictional work, bringing back the world of growing families, power struggles, and feuding rivals. It mesmerizes you by every tender moment, poignant event, and heartbreaking betrayal in the second season as animals work to build dynasties fit to rule for generations. In addition to revealing the tales of some underappreciated members of the animal kingdom, such as Meerkat, Puma and Hyena, Dynasties II also features surprising, dramatic, and heartwarming tales starring iconic favorites like Elephant and Cheetah. The viewers get a distinct and personal look into their worlds through this six-part series.
It’s intriguingly and fascinating and bulky – considering that each of these episodes spread to 50 odd minutes. In one of the episodes, we see a cheetah (Kali) which has lost 12 of her cubs to the unforgiving grasslands, but now she successfully raised 3 daughters but as they grow larger, Kali must fight harder to feed them.
Dynasties 2 – final words
There is a rhythm to each shot and frame brought by ominous music when the creator tries to tell a story out of the animals’ daily living. The show once again proves that reality is stranger than fiction, with previously unseen moments that astounded both the camera teams and the top experts who closely collaborated with the crew throughout filming.
Dynasties season two, a 4x60’ series for BBC One, is made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, co-produced with BBC America and bilibili. It was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer and Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Science and Natural History. The Executive Producer is Mike Gunton; the Series Producer is Simon Blakeney.
The series is streaming on Sony BBC Earth from 20th March 2023.