The Making of the Living Planet

THE MAKING OF THE LIVING PLANETPolar bears gorge on a seal's carcase watched by a handful of gulls on the lonely packed ice...Ants struggle with fragments of leaf that dwarf them, tending fungus gardens deep in their nests...The familiar figure of David Attenborough appears disguised in mask and diving suit, deep underwater, and speaks about marine life...Where were the cameras? How was it done?This richly illustrated book tells the story behind one of the most ambitious and polished television natural history series ever. Behind the sounds and images on our screens lie four years' hidden effort by a dedicated band we never see. Producers, cameramen, sound engineers, researchers, editors, graphic designers, composers...all these people and many others have told Andrew Langley their part of the story and he has pieced together the pattern embracing each effort.