0x4 Web Exclusive: Introduction To The Hidden Kingdoms Episode overview
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2014 Feb 13
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.
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.
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
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 Young Musician of the Year. He was most recently seen on UK TV screens conducting the National Orchestra of Wales at the Dr Who BBC Prom. Hidden Kingdoms is his first natural history project - “It’s been terrific; it’s something I’ve been hoping to do for years, especially with the BBC.”
Born in Liverpool and a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London, Ben not only wrote and arranged the entire score for Hidden Kingdoms but conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, whom he has worked with extensively over the last 8 years on Dr Who and Torchwood. It’s a group he’s come to admire and class not just as colleagues but friends - “I think they’re proud to play a part in a show that they can then watch at home.”
Ben’s diversity of experience in writing, arranging and orchestrating dramatic scores made him the ideal candidate to score the music and bring to life the enchantment of the Hidden Kingdoms.
Trumpet - Tom Rees-Roberts
Perhaps better known for his role in the Strictly Come Dancing band, trumpeter Tom Rees-Roberts has a string of successful television shows added to his bow - or should that be to his brass? Having previously performed on shows including Children In Need, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Search For A Star and various Royal Variety Shows to name only a few, as well as West End shows such as Jerry Springer The Opera and Billy Elliot The Musical. Hidden Kingdoms was somewhat of a departure from the norm.
With a background fixed firmly in the commercial and jazz scene, this London-based musician can play an assortment of different styles from dirty blues to classical performances. Not only can he reach spectacularly high notes with impressive clarity and striking volume, but on top of this he can hold such notes at length without
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0x6 Web Exclusive: Hidden Kingdoms' Filming Techniques Episode overview
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2014 Feb 15
Executive Producer Mike Gunton shares some insights into the filming techniques employed to create the Hidden Kingdoms series.
Executive Producer Mike Gunton shares some insights into the filming techniques employed to create the Hidden Kingdoms series.
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0x7 Web Exclusive: Blue Screen Techniques Revealed Episode overview
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2014 Feb 16
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.
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.
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.
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.