Kingdom Trailer and Key Art From BBC America and AMC+
BBC America today announced that the highly anticipated landmark natural history series, Kingdom, is slated to premiere on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at 8 pm ET/PT on BBC America and AMC+. Additional episodes will premiere weekly on Saturdays.
Narrated by renowned naturalist and three-time Emmy Award-winner Sir David Attenborough (Asia, Planet Earth III), the major new six-part natural history series chronicles the dramatic real-life sagas of four African animal families, in one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by 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 among these top predators, the series shows how a colorful supporting cast — from mighty elephant herds to flocks of hamerkops to troops of marauding baboons — impacts our central characters in surprising ways.
Kingdom, a 6×50’ series for BBC One and iPlayer, is made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, co-produced by BBC America. It was commissioned by Jack Bootle, Head of Specialist Factual, BBC Commissioning.
The executive producer is Mike Gunton, the series editor is Simon Blakeney, and the series producer is Felicity Lanchester. BBC Studios is handling global sales.
