Nature
Station:
BBC One (GB)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2018-02-01
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What if animals could tell their own stories? Animals spend so much time in places where human camera operators can't go, filming wildlife is often impossible. But that's going to change in this groundbreaking series, where the cameras are given to the animals.Presenter and wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan deploys specially developed on-board cameras to answer vital questions about their secret lives. How do young chimps learn to avoid deadly snakes high in the jungle canopy? How do cheetahs manage to hunt in tangled woodlands in Namibia? Who tends baby meerkats deep in their underground burrows, when mum is out foraging?Gordon will works closely with scientists for whom on-board cameras are a vital new research tool, helping them better understand and protect animals. The delightful new perspective these cameras allow will take us deeper into the lives of some of our favorite animals than ever before.
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S1E3 - Episode 3
In the last of this captivating series, Gordon and the team of scientists continue to make extraordinary discoveries about the lives of some of the planet's most fascinating species.
In the heart of the Atlantic Gordon joins a team of scientists who are keen to learn why a large number of devil rays, or ‘fish with wings', gather near the Azores archipelago every summer. The team deploys specially designed cameras which are towed behind the rays and can survive the crushing ocean depths. The cameras film breath-taking scenes of unborn ray pups kicking inside their mothers - a sign that this gathering might be a breeding ground for these mysterious ocean giants.
Air Date: 15 Feb 2018 14:00 (CDT)
S2E1 - Episode 1
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan explores life in the ocean as cameras designed to withstand the pressures of a life at sea take us out onto the water. They unveil a fascinating underwater world, much of which is out of reach to regular camera crews.
In Cape Verde, Gordon starts the adventure with a look at one of the world's largest populations of nesting loggerhead turtles. He then heads to the Bahamas with Caribbean reef sharks, California to see young elephant seals and the British Isles to attach featherweight cameras to a squadron of gannets.
Air Date: 08 Sep 2021 14:00 (CDT)
S2E2 - Episode 2
In this episode, the brains behind our tiny cameras, Chris Watts, works with biologists and researchers to develop bespoke cameras tough enough for the Australian landscape, withstanding the heat and the height that the animals have to live with. The results take us airborne and under the cover of night.
Air Date: 15 Sep 2021 14:00 (CDT)