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Tom Hanks the new Attenborough? Film star takes over from nature show king to front BBC natural world series exploring the Americas


The two-time Oscar winner, 68, is the face of the 10-part nature series, covering two continents and spanning multiple ecosystems.

Tom Hanks is taking over from the undisputed king of the nature documentaries, Sir David Attenborough, to present a new BBC show covering the breadth of the Americas (seen in studio with Mike Gunton) The series will see many animal behaviours captured for the very first time, with footage of bison on the Great Plains, polar bears in Hudson Bay and male blue whales racing along the coast of California. The series will see many animal behaviours captured for the very first time, with footage of bison on the Great Plains, polar bears in Hudson Bay and male blue whales racing along the coast of California (pictured)

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