Mike Gunton

Production

Mike Gunton

Mike Gunton is a British television producer and a senior executive at the BBC Natural History Unit, the world's largest production unit dedicated to wildlife film-making. In November 2009 he became the Unit's first Creative Director. As Creative Director of BBC Studios Natural History Unit, he is responsible for bringing new and pioneering stories about the natural world to global audiences, inc…

Known For

The Year Earth ChangedThe Year Earth Changed · 2021
The Year Earth Changed
7.92021
MovieDocumentary
Never-before-seen footage shows how our living in lockdown opened the door for nature to bounce back and thrive. Across the seas, skies, and lands, Earth found its rhythm when we came to a stop.
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural HistoryFantastic Beasts: A Natural History · 2022
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
7.12022
MovieDocumentary
Stephen Fry embarks on a journey to discover the stories behind some of the world's most fantastic beasts that have inspired myths and legends in history, story-telling and film.
Attenborough's Paradise BirdsAttenborough's Paradise Birds · 2015
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
7.82015
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
David Attenborough tells the remarkable story of how these " birds of paradise " have captivated explorers , naturalists, artists, filmmakers and even royalty.
Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell?Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell? · 2024
Planet Earth: Hostile Paradise or Perfect Hell?
2024
MovieDocumentary
The production team spent 1,904 days visiting 43 countries and regions on six continents, exploring many amazing habitats on Earth with advanced filming equipment such as light drones, high-speed cameras and long-range deep-sea submersibles, presenting the most magnificent wonders of the natural world and the incredible survival legends of wildlife, revealing the amazing changes and far-reaching impacts of nature, and experiencing the continuation and reincarnation of life. The Continuity and Reincarnation of Life.
One LifeOne Life · 2011
One Life
7.52011
MovieDocumentaryFamily
One Life captures unprecedented and beautiful sequences of animal behaviour guaranteed to bring you closer to nature than ever before, as well as a second disc packed full of never before seen extras including an exclusive making of featurette narrated by Daniel Craig.
Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterAttenborough and the Giant Sea Monster · 2024
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
7.82024
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Sir David Attenborough unearths a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the predatory secrets lying deep inside the fossil, and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast.
Attenborough and the Sea DragonAttenborough and the Sea Dragon · 2018
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
7.02018
MovieDocumentary
Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England. Using state of the art technology and CGI David brings the story of the fossilised ichthyosaur out of the rock and shows us what this creature was really like as it lived during the Jurassic time period.
Tiny Giants 3DTiny Giants 3D · 2014
Tiny Giants 3D
7.02014
MovieAdventureDocumentary
A short about what happens under and around us. A chipmunk and a small mouse go on an adventure; they grow and learn about life and its obstacles.

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Attenborough and the Giant EggAttenborough and the Giant Egg · 2011
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
8.62011
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest. In 1960 he visited the island to film one of his first ever wildlife series, Zoo Quest. Whilst he was there, he acquired a giant egg. It was the egg of an extinct bird known as the 'elephant bird' - the largest bird that ever lived. It has been one of his most treasured possessions ever since. Fifty years older, he now returns to the island to find out more about this amazing creature and to see how the island has changed. Could the elephant bird's fate provide lessons that may help protect Madagascar's remaining wildlife? Using Zoo Quest archive and specially shot location footage, this film follows David as he revisits scenes from his youth and meets people at the front line of wildlife protection. On his return, scientists at Oxford University are able to reveal for the first time how old David's egg actually is - and what that might tell us about the legendary elephant bird.

Executive Producer

Zoo Quest in ColourZoo Quest in Colour · 2016
Zoo Quest in Colour
8.32016
MovieDocumentary
Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC's film vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never before - in colour - and with it the remarkable story of how this pioneering television series was made. First broadcast in December 1954, Zoo Quest was one of the most popular television series of its time and launched the career of the young David Attenborough as a wildlife presenter. Zoo Quest completely changed how viewers saw the world - revealing wildlife and tribal communities that had never been filmed or even seen before. Broadcast 10 years before colour television was seen in the UK, Zoo Quest was thought to have been filmed in black and white, until now. Using this extraordinary new-found colour film, together with new behind-the-scenes stories from David Attenborough and cameraman Charles Lagus, this special showcases the very best of Zoo Quest to West Africa, Zoo Quest to Guiana and Zoo Quest for a Dragon in stunning HD colour.

Executive Producer