New sequence alert: A Perfect Planet

By Express News Service
This is an important story of our instances,’ says Sir David Attenborough initially of the primary episode of A Perfect Planet, Sony BBC Earth’s five-part earth science sequence discusses simply that, and extra! Presented by Sir David Attenborough, the present was filmed over 4 years, throughout 31 international locations.

With its deal with earth science, the sequence covers all the things from volcanoes, the solar, climate and oceans, with the ultimate episode specializing in human influence on the setting.

Ahead of the present’s India premiere (March 8, 9:00 pm on BBC Earth) we communicate to the sequence producer Huw Cordey, who tells us what to anticipate from the sequence.

Huw CordeyWhat had been the challenges?

The largest problem for any landmark sequence is the way to elevate the bar on what has been completed beforehand. We believed we had a really recent concept, however we nonetheless wanted to inform participating animal tales. This required taking numerous dangers; as an illustration, attempting to movie the flamingo breeding spectacle on Lake Natron in Tanzania, which happens solely as soon as in 5 years and filming the nesting iguanas on the backside of Fernandina’s lively volcano, within the Galapagos. More folks have been in house than the underside of this volcanic crater and the size of the expedition to movie the behaviour was one which’srarely been tried within the Galapagos.

Did you movie any new species?

The Vampire finches we filmed for the Volcano episode had been solely formally recognised as a brand new species in 2018. They dwell on a really remoted, uninhabited island within the Galapagos and no one has filmed them for TV in over 30 years. Every episode within the sequence has animal behaviour that has by no means been filmed earlier than, such because the Blacktip reef shark beaching themselves to catch bait fish in Lizard Island, flamboyant Cuttlefish mating and laying eggs, and big Nile crocodiles launching themselves out of the water to predate flocks of consuming quelea and bee eaters.