| Serious | |
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| Starring | Bruce Parry Emma Jay Ben Major Polly Murray |
| Narrated by | Kate Gerbeau (2002) Fearne Cotton (2003–2007) Sophie Okonedo (2008–2011) Steve Backshall (2011) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 8 |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 23 December 2002 – 7 December 2011 |
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Serious, Serious Explorers in later series, is an observational documentary series made by the BBC and broadcast as part of their children's programming. It encompasses Serious Jungle (2002), Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2005), Serious Amazon (2006), Serious Andes (2007), Serious Ocean (2008) and two series of Serious Explorers (2011).
Serious Ocean consisted of ten 30-minute episodes, while each previous series was six 30-minute episodes. In each series a group of eight 12- to 15-year-olds embark on an expedition to an extreme part of the world, in order to help wildlife or assist in environmental projects. The programmes have won numerous awards, among them honours from BAFTA and the Royal Television Society.