Votes: 162,424 Piddicombe said: “The BBC’s Natural History Unit has an exceptional ability to transport viewers from their homes to some of the most extraordinary places in nature. 11 Parsons would serve as series producer and share production duties for the individual episodes with The NHU has also diversified into other programme formats. BBC to release nature series that will be calming, not stressful Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. This is a list of the best wildlife documentaries from BBC, National Geographic and other studios. Harvest of the Seasons is the second episode of a thirteen-part documentary series called The Ascent of Man written and presented by Jacob Bronowski. {{#replies}} “Collaborating on this series is very exciting, because we can now take people on a whole new journey, an immersive experience that merges the external world with our internal landscape.”{{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}} Stars: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Huw Cordey. The BBC have announced their newest nature documentary - but it comes with a twist. The second of these problems was about to be resolved. Stand alone episodes, documentary movies, and other nature and science related series are not included. He commissioned a series called One of Attenborough's main achievements as Controller of BBC 2 was to commission When Attenborough resigned from his administrative duties to return to programme making at the start of 1973, planning for the proposed series resumed. create conversations about mental health and support well-being"Nature documentaries can be soothing, enlightening viewing, but there’s also the heartbreak and distress that comes from observing behaviour in animals that, to humans, can seem cruel, unfeeling and arbitrary.There’s nothing more upsetting than investing in a family of elephants, before a child follows its mother’s footsteps in the wrong direction and gets lost - nor is there anything more grim than growing attached to a leopard before watching it attack and kill a gazelle. You can find our Community Guidelines in full It only Includes series with at least 3 episodes. Its In 2007, the Unit celebrated its 50th anniversary and was rewarded with a special award at the On television, the anniversary was marked with the broadcast of In October 2007, the BBC announced that the NHU would suffer cuts of a third in both staff numbers and its £37 million annual budget, as a result of the Government's decision to impose a lower than inflation increase in the television licence fee. Emmy Award-winning, 11 episodes, five years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and the first to be filmed in high definition. It was another three years before the resourcing and financing were agreed, the outline episode scripts written (by Attenborough) and a production team in place. Being the first and the largest production unit devoted to natural history programme making, it maintains an extensive archive of imagesThe Natural History Unit as a whole was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2001 NHU filmmakers are regularly nominated and rewarded at film festivals such as The list of Heads of the Natural History Unit is taken from the following source:
In a collaboration between BBC Studios Natural History Unit and multi-platform content studio Headspace Studios, Mindful Escapes will offer viewers mindful immersion in the natural world.Narrated by Headspace co-founder and former Buddhist monk Andy Puddicombe, the four films will unveil archival footage from the Natural History Unit’s films.The four films will focus on a mindful theme each - Breathe, Change, Joy and Rest - and will include never-before-seen footage of natural landscapes, guiding viewers through the animal world and various ecosystems.The films will also be reformatted for the Headspace app later this year.“Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore allows the audience to engage with television content in a completely unique way and reflects the BBC’s commitment to create conversations about mental health and support audience mental well-being,” said commissioning editor Sreya Biswas. Around the same time, the technology to broadcast and receive Attenborough, by then controller of BBC 2, wanted to make a strong statement on BBC's second channel of the boundless possibilities that colour television offered, and recognised that natural history was the obvious subject matter to choose. Since its inception in the 1950s, the Natural History Unit has produced a wealth of material for television, radio, and more recently, cinema. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including The Blue Planet and Planet Earth, and has a long association with David Attenborough's authored documentaries, their notably called Life on Earth.
August 17, 2013 at 12:26 pm / BBC documentaries, Evolution, Human Nature, Molecular Nature, Video. Browse the Science & Nature category for available TV programmes to watch on BBC iPlayer.