Exclusive insights, untold stories and emotional memories from the acclaimed natural history storytellers that brought us the Planet Earth series and Sir David Attenborough himself
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8. Changing Planet
In the final episode of The Planet Earth Podcast, Mike Gunton and the Planet Earth team share their own thoughts on the pressures our planet is facing today, and how we might chang…
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7. Planet Earth Pioneers
As the natural world faces unprecedented pressures, who are the conservation heroes working on the front line to protect our most precious species? Mike Gunton hears from BBC Factu…
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6. Calls Of The Wild
What would Planet Earth be without the incredible sounds – both real and designed – that help bring the natural world to life? From vultures feasting on bones to the wonderful voic…
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5. Tricks of the Trade
How have high-tech drones, digital cameras and slow-motion technology changed the way the Planet Earth team films the natural world? Mike Gunton speaks to Innovation Producer Colin…
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4. Story Is Everything
In this episode we discover the secret sauce that makes a Planet Earth sequence. Mike Gunton shares his insights on how to find a great animal story, from dynamic characters to rec…
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3. Living on Location
This week, Mike Gunton talks to the filmmakers that have lived in extreme locations for weeks at a time to capture the amazing animal sequences we love. Planet Earth II Producer Em…
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2. Getting There
Mike Gunton dives into the heavy-duty logistics of wildlife filmmaking, revealing just what it takes to get crews to some of the most remote parts of our planet. Sir David Attenbor…
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1. How do we film wildlife?
Mike Gunton uncovers just what goes into capturing the amazing animal sequences that have featured in the Planet Earth series since 2006. Sir David Attenborough shares what it was…
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Welcome to The Planet Earth Podcast
Go behind-the-scenes of the making of the acclaimed series with Sir David Attenborough.