Greystoke

Greystoke is a 2013 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 2nd to March 6th, 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 2014 by a sequel called Greystoke: Tarzan's Return based on The Return of Tarzan.

Plot
In 1888 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. At the same time a female Great Ape named Kala loses her baby and her tribe led by the bloodthirsty Kerchak come to the tree house where the Greystokes live and Kerchak kills Lord John whilst he is grieving over his dead wife and Kala adopts the baby boy.

21 years after in 1909 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 unbeknownst to them Tarzan's cousin.

Jane meets the mysterious ape-man of the jungle when he rescues her from a rogue Mangani 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 their home country of America, however Tarzan soon follows them there.

Jane and her father are later kidnapped by a violent mobster but Tarzan rescues them.

Cast and Characters
Robert Pattinson as Tarzan - The son of Lord John and Lady Alice Greystoke who were both stranded in the West African jungle in 1888, after their deaths he was adopted by the female 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".

Tania Raymonde as Jane Porter - A beautiful young lady from Baltimore, America, travelling with her father Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter to study the newly-discovered region was marooned in the Belgium Congo, she becomes Tarzan's love interest and in the sequel she marries him.

Daniel Radcliffe as William Cecil Clayton - The cousin of Tarzan who came to Africa to look for his aunt and uncle who disappeared over 21 years ago but eventually discovered that they had died. Although he means well he refuses to believe that Tarzan is his cousin and the heir of Greystoke but eventually does after receiving a telegram from d'Arnot.

Ian McShane as Prof Archimedes Q. Porter - Jane's father who is also a professor from Baltimore. An eccentric but just man with a good soul and a sense of humor. Grey-haired with a walrus-mustache, he is strong for his age and able to shout out loudly when scolding with righteous anger to people who do terrible things.

Evan McGregor as Paul d'Arnot - A French-Algerian commander 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.

Freema Agyeman as Esmeralda - Jane and Archimedes maid from Sudan. she is a good friend to Jane and helps her whilst in the jungle.

Justin Berfield as Samuel T. Philander - Archimedes bumbling young assistant who is a student in the Baltimore University

Leonardo Dicaprio as Robert Canler - A violent mobster from Baltimore who Archimedes promised to give Jane's hand in marriage to if he didn't find the treasure. He also gave the Carusone family money so their son could get treatment from doctors as he was suffering from a serious illness, he later 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

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 Kerchak.

Naomi Watts as Lady Alice Greystoke - The birth 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 Gorilla 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.

Conor Daly as Major Jack Downing - A vicious Iris big game hunter with a horseshoe-mustache. He came on the Porters expedition to hunt animals. much to their objection. however he keeps getting foiled by Jane and Tarzan as well as some creatures. When the mutineers abandoned the Porter Expedition he tried to stop them but was killed and buried.

Ty Simpkins as Tarzan aged 12.

James Earl Jones as Chief Mbonga - The maniacal and paranoid and arrogant chief of a tribe of cannibals. 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.

Animal Characters
Kala - Tarzan's adoptive mother a gentle, female Great Ape who lost her other baby to Kerchaks violent rages. She was the one who found Tarzan and raised him as her own but was later killed by an African Tribal hunter.

Kerchak - The violent leader of the Mangani tribe, a violent and murderous Ape who killed Kala's baby for no reason other then he was jealous, he is later killed by Tarzan whom he views as a threat to his leadership.

Tublat - Tarzan's adoptive father and mate to Kala, he utterly despises Tarzan because he is not an ape and even tries to kill him and force himself on Kala but is killed by Tarzan who defended Kala from the assault.

Terkoz - Kerchak's son who tried to take control of the Mangani tribe from Tarzan but was defeated and cast out of the tribe. He later tried to harm Jane but was killed by Tarzan.

Sabor - A vicious Lioness who killed Tarzan's friend when they were children but Tarzan escaped. She was later killed by Tarzan in a bet made to him by some men in exchange for money.

Tantor- An African Forest Elephant who becomes one of Tarzan's best friends.

Episodes
Episode 1: The Jungle, Aired January 2nd - On April 10th 1889 Lord John Greystoke and his beloved wife Lady Alice are abandoned along the coast of West Africa and with Lady Alice heavily pregnant. 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 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, Kerchak snatches the baby from her and bashes it against a rocky killing it as Kala mourns. A few days later 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, to make matters worse the Mangani come to the area and go up into the tree-house where Kerchak kills John and 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 he thinks he's one of them and not a human as he can climb trees much to the fury of Kala's mate Tublat. At the age of 6 Tarzan is playing with one of his friends when thay are both attacked by the savage Lioness Sabor 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 group of vicious Baboons and 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. One day 4 years later during a ritual Tublat tries to force himself on Kala but his killed by Tarzan who helps his mother to recover from the assault. However two weeks later 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 his beloved mothers death tracks Kulonga and 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.

Episode 2: Life in the Jungle, Aired January 9th - Two days 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, the warriors try to kill Tarzan but he escapes as a lion pride attack the cannibals and kill most of them. Later Tarzan spies on the village and sees them cutting up a dead Rhinoceros that they have killed with some of their poisoned arrows.

Episode 3: The White Strangers, Aired January 16th - 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 in search of a lost treasure, Clayton has come in search of his Aunt and Uncle who disappeared 21 years earlier and Jane and her father are searching for the treasure so that Jane would not have to marry the mobster Robert Canler. However unbeknownst to them the men having are searching for the treasure for themselves and once they will know where to find they abandon the expedition to their fate but not before killing Major Jack Downing. Meanwhile Clayton whilst searching for any trace of his Aunt and Uncle is attack by a Lion but is saved by the now grown up Tarzan who kills the Lion allowing Clayton to escape. Meanwhile Jane, Archimedes and Esmeralda discover the abandoned cabin where Tarzan was born and they find the skeletons of Lord John and Lady Alice still there but that night an enraged Leopard attacks the cabin cornering Jane, Archimedes and Esmeralda in the cabin 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 the lunges at Tarzan in an attempt to kill him but Tarzan sticks out his knife and Kerchak runs into it killing him instantly. Kerchak'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. Later that night Tarzan returns to the cabin as the group prepare for bed, he peeks through Jane's window and sees her strip nude and gets into bed. The next day whilst rest are out Jane is left on her own at camp when Terkoz attacks her but Tarzan arrives and warns Terkoz to release her but he refuses and attacks him but Tarzan quickly manages to plunge his knife deep into Terkoz's heart killing him. Jane relived that Tarzan has saved her kisses him but she then regrets it but Tarzan picks her up in his arms and carries her off into the jungle.

Episode 4: The Rescue Party?, Aired January 23rd - A week later lieutenant 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. In another part of the jungle Jane wakes up and finds a big pile of fruit left out for her, Tarzan then swoops in with more and Jane is stunned by this gesture. Tarzan then writes his name into the dirt on the ground saying "I'am Tarzan of the Apes", Jane realizes that Tarzan means her no harm. Tarzan then takes her 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 which Tarzan manages to kill. Once their dressed Tarzan introduces her to the Mangani who curiously feel her all over and 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 30th - 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 and how he saved her from Terkoz, 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 6th - 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 rogue Gorillas, 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 who hunt a lion armed with only a knife and rope. Tarzan then tells them that he'll do it straight away much to the men's surprise, four hours later the men are waiting for him to return when they have decided since he hasn't come back he must be dead, just then the dead body of a lion 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 13th - 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 lieutenant 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 tells him that he isn't in the jungle any more and if he kills them he will be a murderer and tells him to let them go her. Tarzan then lets go and Canler and the minister leaves but not before swearing vengeance.

Episode 8: The Urban Jungle, Aired February 20th - 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, 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 evening Tarzan brings Jane to the park and tells her that he travel all the way from Africa to America and has become a civilized man for her, he then proceeds to tell her then he loves her and will she marry him but Jane then starts to cry, Tarzan asks her is she okay and she says that although she loves him too and wants to marry him but it would never work for them as he was raised in the jungle and she was raised in civilization. Just then Cecil comes up to them and asks he is disturbing anything and Tarzan tells him no, as Jane and Cecil talk d'Arnot hands Tarzan a piece of paper showing that the finger prints he found back in his parents tree house prove he is the Lord of Greystoke but Tarzan throws it in the bin saying that he rather Jane be happy not knowing it. Jane comes up to Tarzan and says that he's welcome to stay with her and her father for as long as he wishes and Tarzan accepts but as they leave Cecil sees that paper and reads and gasps before putting it back in the garbage bin and following the party away, but unbeknownst to them Thomas has witnessed the whole event. 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. 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, 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 27th - 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 she also starts feeling sick in the morning and decides to go to the doctor about it. Meanwhile Canler and Thomas 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 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. Jane also reveals that she is pregnant and that the baby is Tarzan's, Archimedes is shocked at first but then becomes overjoyed at the news, 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 6th - 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, 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 Thomas and 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 that he is trying to be civilized for Jane. The next day Canler is tied to a street lamp outside the police station with a sign saying arrest me as Tarzan, Jane, Archimedes and Esmeralda watch asheis dragged away, later at the Porter house Tarzan gets to leave as Jane enters. Tarzan asks her why she didn't tell him that she and Cecil were engaged, Jane says its because he is civilized and that even though she tells Tarzan she loves him she says that she thinks that it would be better if she married Cecil. 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".

Trivia
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
 * The scene where Jane and Tarzan go skinny dipping is similar to the swimming scene from the 1934 film Tarzan and his Mate starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.
 * Jane is introduced to the Mangani, this doesn't happen in the novel.
 * In the novel Tarzan is attacked by a Gorilla when he leaves his parents cabin but in the miniseries he is attacked by three rogue baboons, he manages to kill one but is overpowered until Terk show up and drive them away.
 * Jane and Professor Porter's arguments with Downing is based on d'Arnot's arguments with hunters in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan.
 * The make up that was used for the Mangani in Greystoke the Legend of Tarzan was reused in the miniseries.

African Animals Featured

 * African Forest Elephant - Two African Forest Elephants appeared in the miniseries, the character of Tantor and another one appeared dead in a ravine.
 * African Rock Python - A large Python appeared attacking Tarzan and Jane when they were skinny dipping, Tarzan managed to kill it.
 * Baboon - Three large males appeared attacking and nearly killing Tarzan, one was killed by Tarzan and the other two were driven off by the Mangani when they came to Tarzan's rescue.
 * Black Rhinoceros -A dead individual was seen in the cannibal village being cut up after it had being killed by a hunting party.
 * Congo Lion -One appeared in the miniseries, the vicious lioness Sabor.
 * Gorilla - A group were seen at the Dum-Dum rite but didn't eat any meat due to them being mostly vegetarians.
 * Great Apes - The Mangani the name of the Great Apes who adopt Tarzan when he was an infant, they are a mixture of Gorillas and Chimpanzees.
 * Leopard -
 * Panther -
 * Nile Crocodile -
 * Plains Zebra -
 * Warthog-

Sex and Nudity

 * Tarzan is shown entirely nude at the beginning of the film from child to late teen years. There is well over five minutes of full-frontal male nudity. His penis and slight pubic hair (when older) as well as his buttocks, anus/rectum. (He bends in an odd position a few times.) The nudity is presented innocently and in a non-sexual context.
 * Some African Tribal women are seen topless, this is in a non sexual way.
 * Jane Porter is seen taking her clothes before getting into bed, her breasts and her buttocks are seen.

Violence and Gore

 * When Tarzans father is killed by the ape leader he is beaten until he is bloodied, his throat is then biten out by the ape leader

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking

 * There is a part where Major Downing smokes a pipe and drinks rum.

Frightening/ Intense Scenes

 * Sabor strikes from behind after some tension.