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| genre = [[Nature documentary]]<br />
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| narrated = [[Sarah Parish]]<br />
| composer = [[David Poore]]<br>Abbie Lathe<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| num_episodes = 3<br />
| executive_producer = Sara Ford<br />
| producer = Holly Spearing<br>Nigel Pope<br />
| location = [[Kenya]]<br />
| runtime = 60 minutes<br />
| company = [[BBC Natural History Unit]]<br>[[Animal Planet]]<br />
| channel = [[BBC One]]<br />
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'''''The Secret Life of Elephants''''' is a [[BBC]] [[nature documentary]] series following the lives of [[elephant]]s and the work of the conservation charity [[Save the Elephants]] in [[Samburu National Reserve]], [[Kenya]]. It was first transmitted in the United Kingdom on [[BBC One]] in January 2009 to 4.2 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web | title =4.2m interested in 'Life of Elephants' | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a142135/42m-interested-in-life-of-elephants.html | work = [[Digital Spy]] | date = 16 January 2009 | accessdate = 29 January 2009 }}</ref><br />
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The three part series follows the lives of [[African elephant]]s in Samburu, Northern Kenya, focusing on the stories of individual elephants to show the most dramatic moments of their lives.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Secret Life of Elephants – behind the scenes of the filming |url=http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/behindthescenes.asp |publisher=[[BBC Wildlife (magazine)|BBC Wildlife]] |accessdate=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507142012/http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/behindthescenes.asp |archivedate=7 May 2010 }}</ref> Their hidden world is revealed, from the complexities of family life and their intelligence to the depth of their emotions. The series also follows the work of father and daughter [[Iain Douglas-Hamilton|Iain]] and [[Saba Douglas-Hamilton]] and their Save the Elephants team, which includes tracking elephants, fitting tracking collars and developing the relationship between humans and elephants.<br />
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== DVD ==<br />
The series was released on [[DVD]] by [[BBC Worldwide]] on 9 February 2009.<br />
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* [http://www.savetheelephants.org/ Save the Elephants]<br />
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