Colin Willock (13 January 1919 – 26 March 2005) was a British author, magazine editor and nature documentary writer and producer, working on series such as
ITV's ''
Survival
Survival or survivorship, the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things ...
''. He also wrote or edited numerous books, including several novels as well as books on angling, shooting and wildlife.
Aubrey Buxton
Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (15 July 1918 – 1 September 2009) was a British soldier, politician, television executive, and writer.
Biography Early life
Buxton was born on 15 July 1918 in Oxford to Ada Mary Oakes and ...
brought him in to work on the first ever programme in the ''
Survival
Survival or survivorship, the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things ...
'' series in 1961, ''
The London Scene
''The London Scene'' is the name given to a series of six essays that Virginia Woolf wrote for ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine in 1931 and 1932. The title was not chosen by Woolf but comes from the 1975 republication of five of the essays. Origina ...
''.
As part of that, the jacket of ''The Animal Catchers'' says, Willock went to Uganda and participated in an "attempt to rescue a herd of rare white rhinos and move them to the National Park at Murchison Falls."
He was awarded the
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scien ...
's
Cherry Kearton Medal and Award
The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award is an honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society on "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinemato ...
in 1987.
Works
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Death in Covert'' (1961)
*''
The London Scene
''The London Scene'' is the name given to a series of six essays that Virginia Woolf wrote for ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine in 1931 and 1932. The title was not chosen by Woolf but comes from the 1975 republication of five of the essays. Origina ...
'' (1961)
*''The Animal Catchers'' (1964)
*''
Flight of the Snow Geese
''Flight of the Snow Geese'' is a nature documentary from the ''Survival
Survival or survivorship, the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or ...
'' (1972)
See also
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Survival (TV series)
''Survival'' is one of television's longest-running and most successful nature documentary series. Originally produced by Anglia Television for ITV in the United Kingdom, it was created by Aubrey Buxton (later Baron Buxton of Alsa), a founde ...
References
External links
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1919 births
2005 deaths
British magazine editors
British documentary filmmakers