WASHINGTON, D.C. — Blue Ant Media’s wildlife and nature brand Love Nature and UK-based Sky Nature announced today award-winning British actress Adjoa Andoh (above) will narrate their new original series Chasing the Rains.
Created and produced by Scotland-based production company Maramedia in association with Arte France, this four-part series “takes audiences on a journey into one of the most majestic, unspoiled and rarely filmed areas in Africa. It features an indepth look at wildlife that struggle to survive through cycles of drought and dramatic rainfall,” reads a press release.
As part of the announcement, the docuseries’ official trailer featuring Andoh’s narration was unveiled today.
Andoh’s most recent acting work includes playing Lady Danbury in Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton, for which she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Her other TV appearances include roles in Fractured, Silent Witness, The Witcher, Doctor Who, Casualty and Law & Order UK.
She is also a renowned stage actor, known for lead roles at the National Theatre (Stuff Happens, His Dark Materials) and The Royal Shakespeare Company (Julius Caesar, Troilus & Cressida, The Odyssey). In 2019, she created, co-directed and played Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, in the UK’s first all-women-of-colour production.
Her film appearances include starring with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, as well as roles in Adulthood, Brotherhood and I Is a Long Memoried Woman.
She has also been a BBC radio actor for more than 30 years and has narrated more than 150 audiobooks.
“Adjoa’s captivating narration elevates the storytelling in Chasing the Rains and infuses episodes with drama, bringing audiences even closer to the lives of the wild animals who inhabit one of the most mysterious areas of East Africa,” said Carlyn Staudt, global general manager at Love Nature, in the press release.
“It’s exciting to be working with the team at Maramedia once again to give our global Love Nature audiences another world-class wildlife series with stunning, never-before-seen footage of our natural world,” Staudt said.
“We are delighted to have Adjoa Andoh narrate this stunning nature documentary which will bring our audiences even closer to the natural world,” said Poppy Dixon, Sky’s director of documentaries and factual and an executive producer of the docuseries.
“Filmed in the gorgeous expanses of Kenya, viewers can’t fail to empathise deeply with the families of elephants, cheetahs and wild dogs featured, experiencing their everyday struggles to survive in the ever-changing climate.”
Chasing the Rains will premiere on Love Nature’s linear and streaming platforms internationally in December 2022. The series will debut in March 2023 on Sky Nature in the UK and Italy as part of Love Nature and Sky’s expanded content partnership. In France and Germany, the series will premiere on Arte.
Blue Ant International is overseeing licensing and pre-sales in other territories.
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Photo provided by Blue Ant Media. Photo credit: Suki Dhanda.
