Martha Holmes is a BAFTA Award-winning

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producer and writer known for her wildlife documentaries.

Biography

Holmes studied for a PhD in marine biology at the

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. She started work at the BBC in 1988 hosting a live underwater broadcast from the northern

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for ''Reefwatch'', and the award-winning wildlife adventures series ''Sea Trek'' (which she hosted with American born documentary filmmaker the late Mike deGruy). She joined the production team for '' Life in the Freezer'' and produced ''

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'' episode on the

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for which she won the Best Factual Photography award at the 1998 BAFTAs. She was awarded the

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in 1999.

The Good Fish Guide

Holmes joined a conservationist campaign to boycott 20 varieties of fish because of the impact of over-fishing on their numbers and the environment. She wrote the introduction to "The Good Fish Guide" which accompanied the campaign.

Filmography

* '' Reefwatch'' (1988), presenter * '' Sea Trek'' (1991), presenter * '' Life in the Freezer'' (1993) production team * ''

: Polar Bear'' (1997), producer * ''

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'' (2001), producer * '' The Nile'' (2004), series producer * '' The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe'' (2005), producer * '' The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' (2005), producer * '' The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge'' (2005), producer * '' The Making of 'Deep Blue''' (2006), segment producer * ''

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'' (2020-2021), executive producer

Bibliography

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References

External links

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