Season 1
10 episodes
10 min. per episode
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A passionate filmmaker battles nature’s fury while revealing the untold stories behind breathtaking wildlife moments, risking everything for truth.
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Of all of Life's filming locations, working in Antarctica was the most challenging and only through collaboration could the team hope to achieve their goals. One team was diving under the ice of the Ross Sea; another camped out in a chinstrap penguin colony; and a third ventured down to the Antarctic Peninsula in search of the two top predators.
No one has ever followed or filmed a Komodo dragon hunting a water buffalo - this was the challenge for cameraman Kevin Flay. At one waterhole, and after a long wait, he managed to film a dragon biting a buffalo. He followed the buffalo constantly over the next three weeks as it was trailed by up to seven dragons.
For the first time Life has succeeded in filming a complete sequence of the colossal humpback whale's courtship battle - known as the 'heat run'. It was filmed from the air, surface and underwater to give the full picture. Getting near fighting whales was a dangerous assignment for underwater cameraman Roger Munns.
Sailfish are cameraman Rick Rosenthal's life passion, so he jumped at the opportunity to film them off the coast of Mexico. Meanwhile, in Tobago, another crew led by Doug Anderson were after flying fish. When flying fish start spawning, anything and everything becomes a target for their eggs - including cameramen and assistants!
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Members of the BBC's "Life" production crew go behind the scenes to explain just what it took to capture key sequences of the program.