Video collections
The BBC has been producing ground-breaking wildlife programmes from across the globe for over 50 years. Capturing these beautiful and often rare moments means the crew and cameramen must go to some extraordinary lengths. From sleeping underground for weeks at a time, to filming on the world's largest pile of poo. From building table-top sets, to sitting in hides every day for weeks on end. It takes huge amounts of passion, patience, dedication and determination to bring these much-loved images to the audience. This video clip collection draws together stories from series such as Frozen Planet, Planet Earth and Deadly 60 and explains exactly what it takes to make some of the most memorable moments in wildlife television.
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Moving sand dunes
One picture a day for a year only provides 14 seconds of footage.
One picture a day for a year only provides 14 seconds of footage.
Filming the death of a calf
Cameraman Mark Deeble explains why the team could not intervene and help an elephant calf.
Cameraman Mark Deeble explains why the team could not intervene and help an elephant calf.
Filming the ‘finger of death’
Producer Kathryn Jeffs goes behind the scenes to describe how the brinicle sequence was filmed.
The brinicle was one of the most remarkable stories captured by the Frozen Planet team. Producer Kathryn Jeffs goes behind the scenes to describe how this sequence was filmed.
The giant guano pile
The Planet Earth team spent one month filming in the largest concentration of cockroaches in the world.
The Planet Earth team spent one month filming in the largest concentration of cockroaches in the world.
The newest polar bear in the world
Producer Kathryn Jeffs sets out to film the first moments in a Polar Bear cub’s life.
Producer Kathryn Jeffs sets out to film the first moments in a Polar Bear cub’s life and captures some of the most endearing and revealing footage in the series.
Atlantic salmon
Atlantic salmon are truly magnificent fish.
Army ant
Army ants live in Central and South America.
European beaver
European beavers have come back from the edge of extinction.
Starling
Although seen in their millions in the spectacular winter aerial displays, starlings...
Northern goshawk
Northern goshawks are strong, powerful
Platypus
Platypuses are both bizarre looking and unusually adapted.
Coniferous forest
The coniferous forests of temperate regions undergo warm summers and cool winters,...
Eusocial
Eusocial describes species with a very highly developed social structure.
Adapted to flying
Flying, in its true sense, is the ability to move through the air under your own power...
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