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Birds (Life)
''Life'' is a British nature documentary series created and produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel and Skai tv in association with The Open University. It was first broadcast as part of the BBC's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009 and was written and narrated by David Attenborough. The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence". Four years in the making, the series was shot entirely in high definition. ''Life'' premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes. The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series, a second look at plants, and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups. They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document inti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature documentary series forming the ''Life'' Collection, a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. Attenborough was a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. First becoming prominent as host of '' Zoo Quest'' in 1954, his filmography as writer, presenter and narrator has spanned eight decades; it includes ''Natural World'', '' Wildlife on One'', the ''Planet Earth'' franchise, '' The Blue Planet'' and its sequel. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Emmy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fincham
Peter Arthur Fincham (born 26 July 1956) is a British television producer and executive. From 2008 until 2016, he was the director of television for the ITV network. He was also formerly the controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, until his resignation on 5 October 2007, following criticism over the handling of the '' Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work'' debacle. Early life Fincham was educated at the independent Tonbridge School, and then studied at Churchill College, Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge Footlights production team as musical director, alongside a committee which included Griff Rhys Jones, Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath and Clive Anderson. After leaving Footlights, Fincham composed songs, none of which were picked up for recording, and then worked on the touring version of ''Godspell''. During a period of increasingly common unemployment, Fincham was walking on Wandsworth Common in the rain and thinking to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Wildlife
''BBC Wildlife'' is a British glossy, all-colour magazine about wildlife, operated and published by Immediate Media Company. It produces 13 issues a year. ''BBC Wildlife'' was launched in January 1963 as ''Animals Magazine'', edited by filmmaker Armand Denis. In 1974 the magazine was renamed ''Wildlife'', and in November 1983 the magazine joined BBC Magazines as ''BBC Wildlife''. From 1981, and for 23 years, it was edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox. In May 2004, ''BBC Wildlife'' moved to Origin Publishing, which became Immediate Media, and Sophie Stafford took over the editorship after working as a section editor for two years. In 2013, Matt Swaine took over the reins, followed by Sheena Harvey in 2015. The current Editor, Paul McGuinness, took over in May 2019. Editions are now numbered such that the January 2005 edition was volume 23, number 1. Regular contributors Regular columnists include: * Mark Carwardine * Nick Baker Regular writers include: * Chris Packham * Amy-Jane B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frozen Planet
''Frozen Planet'' is a 2011 British nature documentary series. It was produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, Skai tv and The Open University, in association with Discovery Channel Canada. The production team, which includes executive producer Alastair Fothergill and series producer Vanessa Berlowitz, were previously responsible for the award-winning series ''The Blue Planet'' (2001) and ''Planet Earth'' (2006), and ''Frozen Planet'' is billed as a sequel of sorts. David Attenborough returns as narrator. The series is distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide. The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice. The series was met with critical acclaim and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrell Durrant Hifle
Burrell may refer to: Businesses * Burrell Communications Group, an American advertising agency * Burrell & Son, a former Scottish tramp shipping company * Charles Burrell & Sons, a British engineering company Education in the United States * Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico * Burrell Academy, Selma, Alabama * Burrell Normal School, Florence, Alabama, a former private school for African Americans * Burrell High School, Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania * Burrell School District, Pennsylvania, United States Places United States * Burrell, California, a ghost town * Burrell, former name of Burrel, California, an unincorporated community * Burrell Township, Decatur County, Iowa * Burrell Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania * Burrell Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania Elsewhere * Burrell, variant spelling of Boorlo, the Noongar name for Perth, Western Australia * Mount Burrell, a town and mountain in New South Wales, Australia * Burrell Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Oakes
Ted Oakes is a Canadian-born filmmaker and biologist who worked at the BBC Natural History Unit for 20 years. He founded Oak Island Films in 2017 and has been managing director since. He has collaborated with BBC, TVO, Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Channel and Merit Motion Pictures. Education Oakes completed his MSc. in biology, at Queen's University, Canada in 1989 and a PhD. in zoology at Oxford University, UK in 1996 Film career Honours, Awards & Nominations Honours *Front Cover Radio Times for Operation Snow Tiger 2013, BBC2/Discovery *2021 Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Awards and nominations Writing career *2003 Monsters We Met — BBC Books *2009 Life — BBC Books Mentoring Oakes has been a mentor for Wildscreen Wildscreen is a wildlife conservation charity based in Bristol, England. The charity was founded in December 1987 from a Trust law, trust which had operated since 1982, with the initial aim of encouraging and applau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Morris (director)
Patrick Morris is a British producer, director and series producer of many wildlife documentaries. Life/Career Morris attended King’s College, Taunton, and the University of Leeds, graduating with a first-class honours degree in Zoology. Morris began his career working in East Africa with renowned film-maker Hugo van Lawick producing films for the BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and PBS Nova, including ''Islands in the African Sky'', ''Wings over the Serengeti,'' and ''Africa's Paradise of Thorns''. In 1995, he teamed up with Hugh Miles to produce ''People of the Sea'' for the BBC and National Geographic, about the collapse of the cod-fishing industry in Newfoundland, Canada, and its impact on people and wildlife. Morris then joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1999 to produce documentaries for the Natural World and Wildlife on One strands including ''Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods'', ''Dune'' and ''Ospreys,'' as well as series producing the BBC series '' Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galápagos (2006 TV Series)
''Galápagos'' is a three-part BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Galápagos Islands and their important role in the formation of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. It was first transmitted in the UK on BBC Two in September 2006. The series was filmed in high definition, produced by Mike Gunton and Patrick Morris of the BBC Natural History Unit and narrated by actress Tilda Swinton. The series was proposed to the BBC by the principal cinematographers Paul D. Stewart and Richard Wollocombe. Episodes The episodes, each 50 minutes in length, are as follows: * "Born of Fire" - an introduction to the volcanic islands * "Islands that Changed the World" - reveals how the islands helped shape the theory of evolution * "Forces of Change" - how life has evolved to cope with climatic and volcanic changes Some of the endemic wildlife featured in the series includes frigatebirds, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, Galápagos tortoises, Galápagos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Planet
''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and co-produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David Attenborough. Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed. The series won a number of Emmy and BAFTA TV awards for its music and cinematography. The executive producer was Alastair Fothergill and the music was composed by George Fenton. Attenborough narrated this series before presenting the next in his 'Life' series of programmes, '' The Life of Mammals'' (2002), and the same production team created ''Planet Earth'' (2006). A sequel series, '' Blue Planet II'' was aired on BBC One in 2017. Background T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life In The Freezer
''Life in the Freezer'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 18 November 1993. A study of the seasonal cycle of Antarctica, it was the first of Attenborough's more specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with '' Life on Earth''. Each of the six 30-minute episodes (except the last) examines how species cope with life on the Antarctic continent during the year. The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in conjunction with The National Geographic Society and Lionheart International, Inc. The producer was Alastair Fothergill and the music was composed by George Fenton. Part of David Attenborough's 'Life' series of programmes, it was preceded by '' The Trials of Life'' (1990) and followed by ''The Private Life of Plants'' (1995). Background Over the course of the series, the seasonal effect on the continent is explored, from one of the harshest winters on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
