Greystoke

Greystoke is a 2014 ten part miniseries by HBO and based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The miniseries itself is 1 hour long for each episode and is the most faithful adaptation of the novel so far, It aired from January 2 to March 6, upon airing it received critical acclaim for its writing and acting, it also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Drama Series. It was followed in 2016 by a sequel called Greystoke: Tarzan's Return based on The Return of Tarzan.

Plot
In 1886 Lord John Greystoke and his wife Lady Alice Greystoke were abandoned on the west coast of the Belgium Congo following a mutiny and soon after Alice gives birth but soon afterwards dies from a fever and Lord John gets slain by brutal ape leader Kerchak. Luckily, a female Great Ape named Kala who lost her biological baby to Kerchak's rages finds the baby and adopts him as her own.

21 years after in 1907 the grown up boy named Tarzan meets a stranded group consisting of Jane Porter, her father Archimedes Q. Porter, her ward Esmeralda and William Cecil Clayton who unbeknown to them Tarzan's cousin.

Jane meets the mysterious ape-man of the jungle when he rescues her from falling and takes her into the jungle, whilst with Tarzan in the jungle Jane begins to fall in love with him and even considers staying in the jungle with him. However Jane and her father eventually return to America, however Tarzan soon follows them there.

However despite be reunited with Jane, Tarzan soon learns that civilized life is far different from that of the jungle where he grew up. But maters soon become even more complicated when Jane and her father are kidnapped by a man who they owe money to and Tarzan must come to rescue them. Eventually Cecil learns the truth be keeps it hidden.

Humans

 * François Arnaud as Tarzan - The son of Lord John and Lady Alice Greystoke who were both stranded in the West African jungle in 1886 following a mutiny, after their deaths he was adopted by the Great Ape Kala of the Mangani tribe and grew up learning the laws of the African jungle and eventually claimed the title "Lord of the Apes". When he was 21 he met and fell in love with the beautiful young American Jane Porter.
 * TBA as Infant Tarzan.
 * TBA as Year old Tarzan.
 * TBA as Tarzan aged 5.
 * Ty Simpkins as Tarzan aged 12.
 * Sarah Ramos as Jane Porter - A beautiful young woman from Baltimore, Maryland in America. She came to West Africa with her father to search for some lost treasure in order for him to settle his debt with a mobster. It was on the expedition that she falls in love with Tarzan, however she is unsure if their romance could work out due to the worlds they live in despite feeling more at home in the jungles of West Africa then in Baltimore. She is also a supporter of the suffragette movement.
 * Daniel Radcliff as William Cecil Clayton - The cousin of Tarzan and the current Lord of Greystoke. He came to Africa to look for his aunt and uncle who disappeared over 21 years ago but eventually discovered that they had died. He arrogantly refuses to believe that Tarzan is his cousin due to his wild appearance but eventually does after receiving a telegram from d'Arnot.
 * Ewan McGregor as Paul d'Arnot - A Walloon commander of the Belgium Navy who came to look for Archimedes team but ended up being captures by a tribe of cannibals but is rescued by Tarzan, he then teaches Tarzan how to speak French and he also becomes his loyal friend.
 * Ian McShane as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter - Jane's father who is also an eccentric, noble, jolly, and wise professor from Baltimore, America. He came to Africa to study the newly discovered region on the Congo. He is also in debt with a mobster named Robert Canler
 * Freema Agyeman as Esmeralda - Jane and Archimedes's loyal maid from Haiti.
 * Justin Berfield as Samuel T. Philander - Archimedes's bumbling young assistant who is a student in the Baltimore University. Despite being
 * Peter Mullan as Robert Canler - A violent gang-boss from America. He kidnapped Jane, Archimedes and Cecil and tried to lure Tarzan into a trap but was defeated when Jane managed to warn Tarzan that it was a trap, after a brief fight between Tarzan and Canlers men Tarzan managed to capture Canler and left him tied up outside the police station and was arrested.
 * TBA as Secondino "Dino" Carusone -
 * TBA as Annamaria Carusone -
 * Jude Law as Lord John Greystoke - The birth father of Tarzan who was stranded with his wife Alice in West Africa, due to him befriending the crew member who lead a mutiny against the captain of the ship he and his wife were travelling one Sadly however shortly after Tarzan's birth he was killed by Sabor.
 * Famke Janesson as Lady Alice Greystoke - The birth mother of Tarzan and the beloved wife of John who was abandoned on the coast of West Africa, she soon suffered a mental breakdown after having to shoot a wild ape that attacked John and started believing that they were both still in London. Sadly however shortly after giving birth to Tarzan she died from a fever.
 * TBA as Black Michael -
 * TBA as Chief Mbonga - The chief of a tribe of cannibals and one of two main antagonist of the miniseries. He lead his tribe to the Mangani's part of the jungle after killing a Belgium major, fearing the wrath of King Leopold II he and his tribe fled to a deep part of the jungle and built their new village. Later when Tarzan killed his son Kulonga he swore to kill him in revenge,
 * TBA as Kulonga -
 * TBA as Edgar Rice Burroughs -

Mangani

 * TBA as Kala - Tarzan's adoptive mother a gentle, female Great Ape who lost her other baby to Kerchak's rages. She was the one who found Tarzan and both raised and loved him as if he were her own, sadly however she was eventually killed by a tribal hunter.
 * Andy Serkis as Kerchak - The savage and violent leader of the Mangani tribe. He was responsible for causing the death of Kala's baby and later killing Tarzan's father, throughout Tarzan's life
 * TBA as Tublat - Kala's mate and the adopted father of Tarzan. Unlike Kala he despises Tarzan as he views him to be weak, despite Tarzan's attempts to be kind to him. Years later, during the rite of Dum-Dum, he attempted to steal a piece of meat that Tarzan had only to be stopped by Kala. This caused him to finally snap and attempt to kill Kala, only for Tarzan to stab him to death with his real fathers knife.
 * TBA as Terkoz - Kerchak's son and an enemy of Tarzan. He first appeared in the third episode where Tarzan kills Kerchak and declares himself leader of the Mangani, enraged as he was supposed to become leader he attempted to attack Tarzan, only for the rest of the tribe to unite and cast him out. He appeared later in the episode where he attempted to abduct Jane, only for Tarzan to fight a kill him.
 * TBA as Droopy Ears - A friend of Tarzan from his childhood. He and Tarzan would often play together whenever Kala and his mother weren't looking, sadly whilst playing by the river one day, they were attacked by Sabor the lioness. Tarzan managed to escape by diving into the water and swimming to safety, since Droopy Ears was an ape and couldn't swim, he attempted to flee only for Sabor to catch and kill him.

Episodes
Episode 1: The Jungle, Aired January 2 - In Chicago in 1912, man called Paul d'Arnot, meets with a stranger who asks him if he knew a man ehom the newspapers have named Tarzan, d'Arnot confirms that he did and decides to tell the stranger the whole story. Back in 1886 Lord John Greystoke and his beloved pregnant wife Lady Alice are on their way to West Africa, when a mutiny against their ships abusive captain occurs, due to them befriending one of the mutineers they are abandoned along the West African Coast. A month later after building a tree-house for them John brings Alice home some beautiful flowers but a enraged Great Anthropoid Ape attacks him and Alice is forced to shot it and then goes into collapse, once she recovers she thinks that she and John are both still safely home in London and John is forced to play along for Alice's sake and that night she gives birth to a baby boy. Meanwhile in the jungle the Great Ape tribe the Mangani are fleeing in terror as their leader Kerchak has just killed a female and he chases one Kala who has a baby with her, Kala manages to escape into the trees but the baby slips and falls to its death much to her sorrow.

A few days after in the Greystoke cabin Alice has caught a fever and during the night peacefully passes away leaving John to both mourn and raise their child alone, just then the Mangani arrive and enter the tree-house. Kerchak then attacks and kills John and is about to do the same to the baby but luckily, Kala takes the baby and leaves her own dead baby in his crib once outside she names the baby Tarzan who grows up naked and free. 2 years go by and Kala is raising Tarzan as her own but her mate Tublat despises him and even unsuccessfully tries to get Kala to abandon him. At the age of 6 Tarzan is playing with one of his friends when they are both attacked by Sabor the lioness who kills the young Ape but misses Tarzan who dived into the water to escape. Another 6 years pass and Tarzan whilst out looking for food comes across his parents old cabin inside he finds their skeletons and teaches himself how to read and write, he also finds some old torn animal furs outside the cabin, he sows them into a loincloth for which to cover his nudity and then he takes his fathers knife and learns how to use it. However once he exits his fathers hut he is attacked by a enraged Gorilla and although manages to kill one, is injured by them, but he is rescued by Kala who helps him to recover. One day whilst out hunting he finds an injured Elephant named Tantor and helps him to recover therefore earning the Elephants friendship and is allowed to ride on his back.

Episode 2: Life in the Jungle, Aired January 9 - One day 4 years later the Mangani tribe gather in a natural amphitheater where they gather to eat the carcass of an enemy Mangani, it is here that Tublat finally has enough of Kala constantly defying him and attacks her but he is killed by Tarzan a tribe of Cannibals come to the Mangani's part of the jungle having escaped from King Leopold's soldiers and one of its hunters named Kulonga, son of the chief Mbonga kills Kala, Tarzan then seeks revenge for her death tracks Kulonga and then kills him but not before throwing his blooded corpse into the village center in front of the entire tribe before returning to Kala's lifeless body and letting out a long mournful cry that echoes throughout the jungle.

Two weeks after Kala's death Tarzan is watching the cannibal tribe celebrating the funeral of their chiefs fallen son. He is amazed at seeing this preparation of the dead, once the funeral is over Mbonga orders his warriors to find his sons killer and kill him. Tarzan encounters them as as is about to kill a Bongo,

Episode 3: The White Strangers, Aired January 16 - In 1909 an expedition consisting of Archimedes Q. Porter, his daughter Jane, her maid Esmeralda, Archimedes' assistant Samuel T. Philander, William Cecil Clayton, Major Jack Downing and a group of men are seen sailing up the rivers in West Africa. Clayton has come in search of his Aunt and Uncle who disappeared 21 years earlier and Jane and her father are studying the newly-discovered region. However unbeknownst to them the men having are searching for the treasure for a mobster-boss named Robert Canler and once they will know where to find they abandon the expedition to their doom but not before killing Major Jack Downing. Meanwhile Clayton whilst searching for any trace of his Aunt and Uncle is attack by a Crocodile but is saved by the now grown up Tarzan who kills the Crocodile allowing Clayton to escape.

Meanwhile Jane, Archimedes and Esmeralda discover the abandoned tree-house where Tarzan was born and they find the skeletons of Lord John and Lady Alice still there but that night a Black Panther attacks the tree-house cornering Jane, Archimedes, Philander and Esmeralda in the Tree-house but Tarzan shows up and fights and kills the Panther and leaves with its corpse. Clayton returns to the group and discovers the cabin he then despairs the death of his Aunt and Uncle. Tarzan returns to the joyous Mangani and they feast on the dead Panther, Kerchak however is enraged by the killing of the Panther believing that Tarzan is planning to overthrow him. He then lunges at Tarzan in an attempt to kill him but Tarzan sticks out his knife and Tubelot runs into it killing him instantly. Tubelot's son Terkoz enraged over his father's death attacks Tarzan but the rest of the Mangani unite to cast him out and he then runs off into the jungle.

Over the course of several days Tarzan secretly helps the stranded Porter Expedition by bringing them food. One day Jane and Esmeralda are gathering some berries when they are attacked by Terkoz who flings Esmeralda to the side and carries off Jane, however Tarzan arrives in time and demands Terkoz let Jane go. When Terkoz refuses he and Tarzan

Episode 4: The Rescue Party?, Aired January 23 - A week after Commander Paul d'Arnot of the Belgium Navy has sighted the Arrow, the ship that bought mutineers abandoned the Porter expedition in Africa, drifting on the sea. Worrying that they might be in trouble he orders that he and some men sail over to investigate however once he and his men board the Arrow they make a gruesome discovery. After abandoned the the expedition in the Congo the mutineers signaled their ship from the beach and left, but none of them knew how to navigate and ran out of fuel and then the rations ran out and the crew then resorted to cannibalism and some were so thirsty that they cut their wrists and drank their own blood.

Meanwhile in West Africa the Porter expedition is still stranded and now Jane's missing and Archimedes is growing increasingly worried that his daughter could be in trouble. Tarzan then takes Jane for a swing and soon the come to a river where Jane decides to take a bath in, Tarzan then lifts her up and drops her into the water before diving in himself and they go skinny dipping. Meanwhile Esmeralda, Archimedes and Cecil have signaled d'Arnots ship from the beach, d'Arnot lands with a group of men and tells them of the mutineers fate. Archimedes tells them that his daughter is missing and wants to help find her and so d'Arnot allows him to join in the search along with Cecil.

Jane and Tarzan are just finishing their swim when they are attacked by a giant python named Histah which Tarzan manages to kill. Once their dressed Tarzan introduces her to the Mangani who curiously feel her all over. Tarzan then shows her his locket and the pictures of his parents, he then brings her for a ride on Tantor. Jane then teaches Tarzan how to speak and slowly starts to fall in love with him and evens considers staying in the jungle with him. Meanwhile Cecil Archimedes, d'Arnot and the rescuers are searching in the jungle for Jane when they are attacked by a tribe of cannibals who kill three men and abduct d'Arnot, Cecil and the rest of the part manage to drive off the cannibals but are too late to save d'Arnot and are forced to give him up for dead.

Episode 5: Village of Torture, Aired January 30 - Tarzan brings Jane back to the beach having heard the battle between the rescue party and the cannibals. Tarzan tells Jane to wait for him and that he'll be back. After leaving Jane reunites with Esmeralda just as Cecil, Archimedes and the survivors come back and tell them about the attack and d'Arnot's abduction. Jane then tells them about Tarzan and the Mangani., she then says that he might be Lord John and Lady Alice's son but Cecil gets extremely angry at the mere mention and tells Jane never to repeat such a disgusting thing again but Esmeralda sides with Jane and tells them the skeleton she saw in the Greystokes crib didn't look at all human. Jane then requests that they stay a few more days as Tarzan said he'll return.

Later that night in the Cannibals village d'Arnot is tied to a pole as the cannibals do a frenzied dance around both him and a fire, d'Arnot realizes to his horror that the cannibals plan on eating him, but unbeknownst to him and the Apemen Tarzan is watching from the trees. As one of the cannibals moves towards d'Arnot so he could be bought to the Tarzan fires an arrow into his back killing him and sending the village into shock. The chief and several warriors head out of the village and after Tarzan but he tricks then to following him across the river and they are devoured by crocodiles as Tarzan returns to the village, taking advantage of the cannibals panic d'Arnot cuts his bonds and flees into the jungle but the tribal shaman and a few warriors give chase and eventually catch up to him. But before they can harm him Tarzan shows up riding on the back of Tantor who kills the cannibals as Tarzan rescues a'Arnot and carries him off into the jungle.

Episode 6: Return to Civilization?, Aired February 6 - Tarzan helps d'Arnot to recover from his wounds sustained in his abduction by the cannibals. Meanwhile Cecil and the rescue party have arrived at the cannibals village have shot nearly all members except the women, children and the elderly although few manage to escape into the jungle as their village gets set alight, when they return they dig up the treasure only to discover that its gone and only Major Jacks corpse although a surviving member of the Arrow claims that where they buried both the treasure and Major Jacks body Archimedes despairs that he's now stone broke and then decides to return to America but Jane insists that they stay just a few more days as she knows that Tarzan will return to her. The group reluctantly agree, but a week goes by and Tarzan doesn't return and Jane is forced to leave sad that Tarzan has not returned to her. Tarzan meanwhile has helped d'Arnot to recover whilst protecting him from lions and rhinos, d'Arnot is amazed at Tarzan's ability to learn fast and so starts to teach him how to speak French.

When he is able to walk again Tarzan takes him to his parents cabin where he shows him his fathers journal and D'Arnot starts to believe that Tarzan maybe Lord John and Lady Alice's son. He then see's a hand print that Tarzan left when he was a year old and d'Arnot decides to see if the finger prints prove that he is the Lord of Greystoke, meanwhile Tarzan returns to the beach and discovers that the party have left and he then finds a note from Jane pinned to a tree saying that "I have being forced to return to Baltimore, but if he comes after her he will be always welcome in her and her fathers home". Tarzan is clearly upset at this but d'Arnot taking pity of Tarzan says that he will try and help him to get to Maryland. Tarzan then decides to leave the Mangani in search of Jane, but before he leaves he names Taug as the next chief and Taug bows in thanks.

A few weeks later Tarzan and d'Arnot have arrived in the colonial town of St. Eustache. One night whilst sitting in the bar of a local hotel Tarzan catches the attention of some men who say they'll give him and d'Arnot ten thousands franics if Tarzan hunt a lioness. Tarzan agrees to do it armed with only a knife and rope. Tarzan then tells them that he'll do it straight away much to the men's surprise. After an epic fight, Tarzn slays Sabor. Meanwhiel, the men notice how long he;s been gone, they have decided since he hasn't come back he must be dead, just then the dead body of Sabor is thrown at their feet and Tarzan jumps down from the trees wielding a bloody knife and then asking for the money.

Episode 7: Tarzan and his Mate?, Aired February 13 - In Baltimore Maryland Jane and her father are in their house when Robert Canler shows up, Canler says that he's tired of waiting and tells her that he'll will arrive with a minister at her family's summer house at four o'clock sharp and then he and Thomas. Jane is upset at her stepfathers abuse towards her but Archie comforts her. Later that day Jane, Archie, Cecil and Esmeralda drive up the summer house in the country, Jane decides to go for a walk in the woods as Archimedes, Cecil and Esmeralda settle into the country whilst listening to the radio. But then an news flash tells of a big fire not far from them and that the police have requested that all nearly residents are to evacuate, Archie panics as Jane is in the wood but then the door knocks as Esmeralda answers it and much to everyone's surprise it is Paul d'Arnot.

Whilst they are relieved that he's alive they ask what he's doing here, he then tells them that he and Tarzan have come to Maryland looking for Jane. Archie tells him that Jane is in the forest and that there's a fire heading their way, but d'Arnot tells him not to worry as Tarzan is in the wood looking for her. Meanwhile Jane is finishing her walk in the woods when she smells smoke and starts head back but fire blocks her path, but to her surprise Tarzan leaps over the flames and rescues her and carries her to the car he bought with him and drives her back to her fathers house. He asks her why she didn't wait for him, she tells that she did wait but had to eventually go back as her step father made her father promise to marry to to Robert Canler if he didn't find the treasure but Tarzan tells her that he found the treasure and has the money her father needs.

They eventually reach her fathers house where they find Archimedes, Cecil, Esmeralda and d'Arnot talking to Canler who has bought a minister to marry them, Jane asks he if she could rest for a while but Canler shouts that he is not waiting another minute the minister, Cecil tries to stop him but is punched and Canler then strikes Jane across the face, Tarzan seeing what he has done grabs him by the throat presses him against the wall and starts to squeeze, but Jane calms him down to prevent him from doing something he'd regret. Tarzan then lets go and Canler and the minister leaves but not before swearing vengeance on Tarzan for his embarrassment. .

Episode 8: The Urban Jungle, Aired February 20 - Following from where the previous episode left over Archimedes angrily scolds Tarzan for doing what he just did, but d'Arnot gives him a piece of paper that Tarzan found his treasure and the Baltimore University have given over 300,000 dollars. Upon hearing this Archimedes snatches the note and reads, he is so overjoyed that he runs off cheering. Tarzan asks Jane if he's frightened her but she says no... pointing out she was frighten for him and and acted to prevent him fro doing something he'd regret forever. Tarzan then apologizes to her and then leaves the room and goes outside. Cecil then tells Jane that he'll try and become a better man for her and then asks her to marry him and Jane is speechless, later that day at the train station Tarzan asks Jane to marry but she refuses and starts crying. Tarzan asks her if she loves him which Jane confirms but she says that it will never work out for them as he was raised in the jungle and her in civilization, Tarzan although heartbroken accepts her choice.

Two weeks later Tarzan, Jane, Cecil, d'Arnot, Archimedes and Esmeralda go to the local Natural History Museum and see the dinosaur skeletons but when they reach the stuffed African animals wing Tarzan is mortified by the sights and asks why was this done to them, Jane tells him that it was for science but Tarzan is disgusted by it. Jane admits she too is disgusted and comofrts about how she and her dad are wokring to stop such barbarism. They then head back to the house where latter that night Archimedes attends a party at the local hotel, Tarzan accompanies Jane to it. However the boyfriends of Jane's friends start to harass him and as a result two of them get broken noses and Tarzan is forced to leave by the manager of the hotel who is then harshly scolded by Jane who tells him that Tarzan was being harassed.

Later that night Tarzan sneaks naked into Jane's room as she brushes her hair when she sees him, she and Tarzan stare at each other for a few seconds before Tarzan unties Jane's nightie and then drops it leaving her completely nude and they then both embrace and then passionately make love and then go to sleep. However at three o'clock Tarzan wakes up and goes over to Jane's dressing table and finds a letter that Jane wrote to Cecil saying that she would marry him, Tarzan feeling heartbroken leaves the letter next to Jane's pillow returns to his room and dresses and then wakes d'Arnot and tells him that he is leaving. The next morning Jane walks up and finds the letter next to her, she then realizes that Tarzan thinks that she lied about loving him as she then breaks down and cries bitterly.

Episode 9: The Way Home?, Aired February 27 - Two weeks later Tarzan is working at a construction site in order to earn enough money for his return home to Africa. Meanwhile Jane starts to rethink her engagement to Cecil. Meanwhile Canler having being humiliated when Tarzan attacked them decide to take their revenge on him by kidnapping Jane, her father and some of Tarzan's friends. One day some of Canler's men visit the construction site that Tarzan is working at, they inform the foreman Dino Carusone, who is secretly working for Canler as his young son is ill and needs medicine, Tarzan enters and attacks the thugs. After they've left Dino although knowing that Tarzan had good intentions lets him go and gives him some money saying "when someone offers you money take it".

Later that night they go to the guest house Tarzan is staying at and attack him but managed to beat his thugs and escape. Meanwhile one night a week later Archimedes and Cecil come home from a dinner with some colleagues to find Jane sitting on the couch in tears, as Cecil decides go upstairs to give them some space Archimedes asks Jane why shes so upset. Jane reveals that ever since she accepted Cecil's proposal things have become a bore, the dinner they attended in the hotel he bragged to her friends about his exploits in Africa, although he did some brave exploits many of his supposed ones were actually Tarzan's and most of his tales were his. Suddenly their door bursts open and Canler and some of his thugs, Archimedes demands that either they leave leave or he'll call the police but the thugs size both him and Jane. Hearing the commotion Cecil and Esmeralda enter and try to fight the thugs but they are both overwhelmed and all four of them are placed in the back of a van as it drives away.

Episode 10; Return to the Jungle?, March 6 - As the van drives away Archimedes demands that Canler give him an explanation to why he's doing this. Canler reveals that after Tarzan humiliated him he decided to punish him for it by harming the woman he loves the next day Tarzan returns to the guest to apologize to its owner and to collect his stuff as he now has enough money to return to Africa. However when he enters the owner gives him a letter given to him by one of Canlers thugs saying that they have Jane and will kill her if he goes to the police.

Tarzan then throws the note in the bin and marches out of the house with something on his mind, meanwhile Canler eats his luncheon happily knowing that soon Tarzan will be dead for the humiliation that he caused him. That night Tarzan heads over to the warehouse on the port that Canlers letter told him to go, he takes out the two thugs on guard and enters the warehouse quietly. He sees Jane, Archimedes, Cecil and Esmeralda tied to chairs and gagged, he goes over and unties them but Jane tells him that its a trap and soon enough Canler some of his thugs surround them. Canler then tells his men to kill Tarzan but he jumps out of the way, Tarzan then climbs some crates as two thugs climb up to reach him but Tarzan manages to push the crate down and two thugs are crushed to death.

Archimedes, Esmeralda and Jane fight off the other thugs soon only Canlers left and he and Tarzan fight, Tarzan manages to beat him and is about to strangle him but decides not to and tells Canler "In the jungle Canler I would have killed you, but I'm trying to be civilized for Jane". The next day Canler is tied to a street lamp outside the police station as Tarzan, Jane, Archimedes and Esmeralda watch as he is dragged away, at the Carusone apartment Dino is despairing at not being able to help his sick son. He and his wife hear a knock at the door and find an envelope full of cash with a note saying "when someone offers you money, take it. Later at the Porter house Tarzan gets ready to leave as Jane enters, when Tarzan asks her about. Jane says that she does love him, she believes that it would be better if she married Cecil, Tarzan accepts this as Cecil enters the room and Jane leaves. Cecil asks Tarzan how he ended up in Africa, all Tarzan says is "My mother was an Ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it. I never knew who my father was". Back in 1912, Chicago the stranger asks d'Arnot if there's more to the story, which he confirms and then asks for his name. The stranger then introduces himself as Edgar Rice Burroughs.

African Animals Featured

 * African Forest Elephant (Tantor) - Two Elephants appeared in the miniseries. One was Tarzan's friend Tantor, another was a dead individual that was being cut up in the French colonial town.
 * African Leopard (Sheeta) - One appeared in the third episode. A black panther attacked Jane and Esmeralda whilst they were in the Greystoke's tree house, it attempted to kill them however Tarzan saved them and killed it, its body was then devoured by the Mangani.
 * African Rock Python (Histah) - One appeared in the fourth episode. It attacked Tarzan and Jane whilst they were swimming, it attempted to constrict Tarzan but he managed to stab it to death.
 * Congo Lion (Numa, Sabor) - Lions appeared five times in the miniseries. One appears twice in the first episode, the first one roaring on a rock, Sabor the lioness is one.
 * Great Apes - The Mangani are the Great Apes who adopt Tarzan when he was an infant. They seem to be a cross between Gorillas and chimpanzees,
 * Nile Crocodile (Gimla) - One appeared in the third episode. It attacked Cecil as he was out looking for Archimedes, he was walking through a swamp when he came upon it. Tarzan came to his aide and killed the crocodile by snapping its neck.
 * Red River Hog -
 * Western Lowland Gorilla (Bolgani) - One appeared in the first episode. A large male attacked Tarzan whilst he was visiting his deceased parents cabin, he managed to kill it after a brutal fight but not before it badly wounded him.

Locations
Equatorial West Africa - Baltimore, America -
 * Greystoke Tree house - A tree house that Lord John and Lady Alice Greystoke built and lived in following their marooning in Africa by mutineers. It was also where Tarzan and raised until his first year when his parents died and he was adopted by Kala.
 * Cannibal Village -
 * St. Eustache - A French colonial town.
 * Porter House - The home of Tarzan's love interest Jane Porter and her father Archimedes.

Differences from the novel
Despite being the most faithful adaption of Tarzan yet there are several changes:
 * The Mangani in the miniseries are the unidentified species of Great Ape they were in the novel.
 * In the novel Jane and Esmeralda were attacked by a Lion whereas in the miniseries they are attacked by a Panther.
 * In the novel the Greystokes live in a cabin, in the miniseries they live in a tree house.
 * Jane is introduced to the Mangani, this never happens in the novel
 * Jane and Tarzan go skinny dipping, this scene is absent in the novel.
 * The novel is set in 1909, whereas in the miniseries it is set two years earlier in 1907.
 * Jane is brunette in the miniseries, whilst in the novel she is blonde.

Trivia

 * The miniseries was filmed in Korup National Park, Cameroon. The film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes was also filmed there.
 * The Carusone family, as well as the 9th and 10th episodes were adapted from the Dynamite Tarzan comic, Lord of the Jungle, written by Arvid Nelson.
 * John Scott who was the composer for the original Greystoke film, returned to compose for the miniseries.
 * The swimming scene was taken from the 1943 film Tarzan and his Mate
 * This miniseries was Andy Serkis' third time playing an ape, the first was for Peter Jackson's King Kong and Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
 * François Arnaud and Sarah Ramos both later starred together in the supernatural show Midnight Texas by NBC.

Episode 1

 * Tarzan is shown entirely nude as child before he forms his loincloth, this is portrayed as innocence only.

Episodes 1&2

 * Manly African cannibal women are seen topless, this is for tribal purposes only.

Episode 3

 * Jane is seen stripping naked and changing into her nightdress, her breasts and buttocks are seen.

Episode 4

 * Jane and Tarzan are seen skinny dipping in a river, Tarzan wears his loincloth whilst Jane is naked. Her breasts and buttocks are seen through the water.

Episode 8

 * Tarzan sneaks naked into Jane's room with his bare buttocks seen. He then unties Jane's nightdress and drops it from her, her breasts and her buttocks are seen. He then carries her over to her bed and they make love, there is some thrusting and moaning.

Episode 1

 * Tarzan's human father is attacked by Kerchak who kills him by ripping out his throat. His torn out throat and blood are seen.

Episode 3

 * The mutineers stab Major Downing to death with a dirk. Blood is shown.

Episode 3

 * Jane swears "Jesus Christ" when annoyed.


 * Major Downing goes "Damn" when cross.

Episode 7

 * Robert Canler calls Tarzan a "Fucking Savage".

Episode 3

 * Major Downing smokes a cigar and drinks rum.

Episode 6

 * People are seen drinking alcohol and smoking on the colonial bar.

Episode 9

 * Canler drinks beer and smokes a cigar.

Episode 1

 * Sabor pounces out with lighting crackling. A terrifying scene.

Episode 4

 * The dissected corpses of several sailors is seen, can be disturbing.