Episode 1
African Queens
In the towering walls of Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater, the sisters of a lion pride clash with a hyena clan ruled by an all-powerful queen.
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Queens
2024TV-141 season7.8 / 10
All hail.
In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Queens premiered March 4, 2024. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.
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Episode 2
Rainforest Queens
In the Congo Forest, a young bonobo must leave behind everything she knows to find her place in a world where friendship means survival.
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Episode 3
Tiny Jungle Queens
Under the rainforest canopy two tiny insect queens build their empires. One through great sacrifice, the other betrayal.
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Episode 4
Savanna Queens
A baby is born into the ultimate animal sisterhood; a family of elephants. She will need all their experience and protection if she is to survive.
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Episode 5
Mountain Queens
A gelada monkey and an Ethiopian wolf fight for their families and their legacy in a world of ancient Ethiopian mountain peaks.
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Episode 6
Coastal Queens
An orca family's success relies on the experience of their sixty-year-old matriarch; while a first-time bear mother must raise her three cubs alone.
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Episode 7
Behind the Queens
A celebration of the extraordinary women filmmakers and game changing conservationists behind the Queens series.
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Cast
Angela Bassett