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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…
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The Year Earth Changed · 2021The 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 History · 2022Fantastic 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 Birds · 2015Attenborough'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? · 2024Planet 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 Life · 2011One 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 Monster · 2024Attenborough 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 Dragon · 2018Attenborough 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 3D · 2014Tiny 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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Planet Earth: Forces of Nature · 2025Planet Earth: Forces of Nature
2025
MovieDocumentary
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Lion · 2026Lion
★ 9.02026
SeriesDocumentary
The extraordinary true story of lion cub Kio, on his journey to become a king.
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