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BBC Studios Natural History Unit
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BBC expands natural history slate with insect & killer whale docs
UK public broadcaster the BBC has commissioned three new natural history shows and a chess…
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BBC Two & PBS track down NHU’s six-parter ‘Big Cats 24/7’
BBC Two in the UK and PBS in the US have linked up on a…
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BBC Studios NHU hires exec producer to lead CGI push
BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) has appointed visual effects specialist Mike Davis to lead…
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BBC Studios Natural History Unit names joint development chiefs
UK-based BBC Studios Natural History Unit has appointed Jess Colman and Laura Harris as joint…
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Show of the week: Green Planet
Natural history legend Sir David Attenborough is back on screens with this latest ambitious and…
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BBC unveils Attenborough’s Mammoth special & Asia wildlife series
The BBC in the UK has ordered four new natural history series, including a David…
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Attenborough doc tops Apple TV+ unscripted viewership
The David Attenborough nature documentary The Year Earth Changed has become the number one unscripted…
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BBC Natural History Unit plunges into ‘Waterhole’ for BBC Two and PBS
BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit is producing new BBC Two series ‘Waterhole’ (w/t), a specialist…
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BBC Studios teams with James Cameron for first Nat Geo commission
BBC Studios has secured its first Nat Geo commission, teaming with Titanic director James Cameron (pictured)…
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Show of the week: ‘One Planet: Seven Worlds’
Set to air in the autumn, One Planet: Seven Worlds is billed as the latest…
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We’re going on a millennials hunt
With Planet Earth II beating reality TV programmes to audiences – including those crucial, lucrative…
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BBC Studios adds ex-Fremantle exec for Science
BBC Studios Science has added Sundog Pictures and former FremantleMedia factual producer Claudia Lewis to…
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Nine to visit Planet Earth II
Australian commercial channel Nine Network has acquired local premiere rights to Planet Earth II, which…