Hidden Kingdoms

  • Premiered: Jan 2014
  • Episodes: 3
  • Followers: 9
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary Mini-series

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Web Exclusive: Introduction To The Hidden Kingdoms
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Jan 13, 2014
From mice, to moose, to marmosets, Executive Producer Mike Gunton and Series Producer Mark Brownlow explain what the natural history series Hidden Kingdoms is all about.
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Web Exclusive: Creating The Soundtrack
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Jan 15, 2014
Ben Foster's extensive musical talent extends from orchestrating the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics for James Bond composer David Arnold, to being a judge on the BBC’s .. show full overview
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Web Exclusive: Hidden Kingdoms' Filming Techniques
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Jan 15, 2014
Executive Producer Mike Gunton shares some insights into the filming techniques employed to create the Hidden Kingdoms series.
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Web Exclusive: Blue Screen Techniques Revealed
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Jan 16, 2014
Producer Simon Bell explains the use of blue screen when filming the young grasshopper mouse leaving home for the first time in the Sonoran Desert.
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Making Of: The Final Stages
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Jan 16, 2014
After a lot of hard work and preparation will the crew's efforts to capture the sengi running pay off?
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Making Of: The Crew Muck In
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Jan 16, 2014
The crew build a stage on which to film the dung beetles and then go off in search of their favourite food - elephant dung!
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Making Of: The Challenges of Filming Speedy Sengi
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Jan 16, 2014
The crew realise that filming small animals like the super speedy sengi won't be as easy as they'd hoped.
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Web Exclusive: House Proud Sengi
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Jan 16, 2014
Producer Simon Bell explains more about the life of a sengi and its obsession with cleaning and sweeping its trail clear of debris.
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Making Of: Greedy Pigs
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Jan 23, 2014
Filming forest pigs is not for the faint hearted, as cameraman Mat Thompson finds out - it can be a messy business.
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Making Of: Ants In Your Pants
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Jan 23, 2014
To film stinging fire ants the crew must make the necessary preparations before filming.
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Making Of: Alvin Who?
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Jan 23, 2014
The trials of filming wild chipmunks required fast reactions from cameraman Jonathan Jones.
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Web Exclusive: Ben Foster and The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Jan 23, 2014
Ben Foster talks about composing the musical score for the series Hidden Kingdoms and includes his favourite bits from Secret Forests.
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Making Of: Ready For Your Close Up?
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Jan 29, 2014
To capture some intimate images and behaviours of the marmosets, the team must look for a location a little closer to home.
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Making Of: If At First You Don't Succeed
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Jan 29, 2014
After finding a spot where the marmosets like to socialise, finally the team have some filming success and manage to capture the marmosets monkeying around.
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Making Of: Monkey Business
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Jan 29, 2014
Director Gavin Maxwell and cameraman Mark Payne-Gill struggle to keep up with and film common marmosets on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
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Web Exclusive: Storyboarding Beetles
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Jan 30, 2014
Director Gavin Maxwell describes how storyboards were used to help visualise sequences for Hidden Kingdoms.
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