Close encounters!
What's on TV|January 06, 2024
Wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet risks his life to embed himself with a family of wild gorillas...
HANNAH DAVIES
Close encounters!

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Cameraman Vianet Djenguet has filmed all manner of animals for series like A Year on Planet Earth. Now, in a new documentary, he's following a group of wild gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for three months, gradually becoming part of the family. However, being accepted depends on a fiercely protective 32st silverback called Mpungwe!

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