| Congo | |
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Written by | Brian Leith |
| Directed by | Brian Leith |
| Narrated by | John Lynch |
| Composer | Ben Salisbury |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Neil Nightingale |
| Producer | Brian Leith |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production companies | Scorer Associates BBC Natural History Unit Discovery Channel |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 30 January – 13 February 2001 |
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Congo is a 2001 BBC nature documentary series for television on the natural history of the Congo River of Central Africa. In three episodes, the series explores the variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river's 4,700 km (2,922 mi) reach.
Congo was produced for the BBC Natural History Unit and the Discovery Channel by Scorer Associates. The series writer/producer was Brian Leith and the executive producer was Neil Nightingale. Series consultants were Michael Fay, Kate Abernethy, Jonathan Kingdon and Lee White.
Little filming was possible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which encompasses the vast majority of the river's watershed. (The one exception to this is the brief sequence of Livingstone Falls.) The reason for this is that the Second Congo War (1998–2003) was underway during filming (1999–2000).
The series forms part of the Natural History Unit's Continents strand and was preceded by Andes to Amazon in 2000 and succeeded by Wild Africa later that year in 2001.