Wonders of the Monsoon

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  • BBC Two
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Waiting for the Rains
Episode overview
From India to Australia, all life awaits the transforming power of the monsoon rains. Our story begins in the southern extreme of the monsoon region, northern Australia. It is the .. show full overview
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Deluge
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With a whisper on the wind, pre-monsoon showers come to Thailand. Assamese macaque monkeys play in the waters and gorge themselves on a monsoon delicacy of water snails. To the west, .. show full overview
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The Drought
Episode overview
During the part of the year that the monsoon doesn't bring rain, the winds reverse, bringing instead dry air and even drought to large parts of the region. Fed by the previous rains, .. show full overview
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Strange Castaways
Episode overview
Between Australia and Asia, sit thousands of rain-drenched tropical islands, many pocked with volcanoes and each a strange, unique world of wonderful life. Killer leeches, volcano .. show full overview
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People of the Monsoon
Episode overview
Our story begins as the relationship began - humans entered the region as hunter-gatherers. On the Philippine island of Palawan near Borneo, for part of the year people still hunt in the .. show full overview