Serious Jungle (2002), and its sequels Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2004), Serious Amazon (2005) and Serious Andes (2006) are observational documentary series made by the BBC and broadcast as part of their children's programming. The programme is produced as part of the BBC Talent initiative and when broadcast in the UK is always preceded by a BBC Talent "sting". Each series consists of six 25-minute episodes.