Stephen Tompkinson
Himself - Presenter
Stephen Tompkinson's African Balloon Adventure (2009)
Season 1
Stephen Tompkinson and hot air balloon pilot Robin Batchelor embark on the journey of a lifetime across the African continent. They experience the amazing abundance and diversity of wildlife and explore the relationship between Africa's game and its people.
Released June 6, 2009
Episode 45 min
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Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.africa, tmdb.hot-air-balloon, tmdb.balloon
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Tanzania
Setting off in Tanzania, they travel over the Ngorongoro Crater, where one of the world's densest
concentrations of game inhabits an enormous extinct volcanic crater. Landing in the Serengeti,
Stephen shadows a local vet on his rounds treating the wildlife of the famous national park. Then he
takes to the air again, this time heading westward into the dense forests of Rwanda's Volcanoes
National Park in search of one of the planet's most awe-inspiring animals - the mountain gorilla.
June 7, 2009, midnight
S1E2 - Rwanda
Stephen’s African Balloon Adventure continues to the mountains of Rwanda, and the world famous Victoria Falls. Along the way Stephen tracks a leopard using 21st Century technology, visits an elephant orphanage and has a close encounters with lions and a leopard.
June 14, 2009, midnight
S1E3 - Botswana to Namibia
In this final programme of the series Stephen continues his African Balloon Adventure, travelling from Botswana to Namibia. On the way he encounters crocodiles, elephants, vultures and comes across a baboon who thinks he is a goat.
June 21, 2009, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: June 6, 2009
Last Air Date: June 21, 2009, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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