Exclusive: Netflix has tapped actress Helena Bonham Carter to narrate a blue-chip natural history series about the secret world of baby animals in the wild.
Bonham-Carter will reveal the animals’ moving stories in Wild Babies, which comes from UK indie Humble Bee Films and will run to eight episodes.
Netflix will launch the show globally on May 5 but has kept it under wraps until now.
The character-driven series will follow 17 wild animal families across 16 countries, with lions, wild dogs, sea otters, orangutans, grizzly bears, elephants, bottlenose dolphins and emperor penguins featuring.
Their young will be followed from birth through developmental milestones and coming-of-age moments.
Stephen Dunleavy and Charlotte Crosse are Executive Producers for Humble Bee, which is the Bristol-based producer behind BBC, Netflix and Channel Nine co-production Attenborough’s Life in Colour and Attenborough and the Giant Elephant for the BBC and CBC. Beth Brooks is Showrunner.
“Wild Babies will...
Bonham-Carter will reveal the animals’ moving stories in Wild Babies, which comes from UK indie Humble Bee Films and will run to eight episodes.
Netflix will launch the show globally on May 5 but has kept it under wraps until now.
The character-driven series will follow 17 wild animal families across 16 countries, with lions, wild dogs, sea otters, orangutans, grizzly bears, elephants, bottlenose dolphins and emperor penguins featuring.
Their young will be followed from birth through developmental milestones and coming-of-age moments.
Stephen Dunleavy and Charlotte Crosse are Executive Producers for Humble Bee, which is the Bristol-based producer behind BBC, Netflix and Channel Nine co-production Attenborough’s Life in Colour and Attenborough and the Giant Elephant for the BBC and CBC. Beth Brooks is Showrunner.
“Wild Babies will...
- 4/19/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC and Netflix series Attenborough’s Life In Colour sets out to explore the wonder of nature and its kaleidoscope of colors, but for producers at Humble Bee Films, filming the natural history show was far from black and white.
Executive producer Stephen Dunleavy tells Deadline that soon after production got underway on the project, which unites Netflix and the BBC for the first time on a wildlife show, the pandemic ravaged filming plans.
A trip to Costa Rica with the great naturalist, David Attenborough, was in the can, but it was during a visit to the Cairngorms in Scotland early last year that Covid-19 began to rear its ugly head in the UK.
Up to 10 shoots were wiped out by the pandemic, with producers having to abandon travel plans to Italy among other locations, while 95-year-old Attenborough safely ensconced himself at home in leafy south-west London.
Dunleavy toyed with the idea of delaying production,...
Executive producer Stephen Dunleavy tells Deadline that soon after production got underway on the project, which unites Netflix and the BBC for the first time on a wildlife show, the pandemic ravaged filming plans.
A trip to Costa Rica with the great naturalist, David Attenborough, was in the can, but it was during a visit to the Cairngorms in Scotland early last year that Covid-19 began to rear its ugly head in the UK.
Up to 10 shoots were wiped out by the pandemic, with producers having to abandon travel plans to Italy among other locations, while 95-year-old Attenborough safely ensconced himself at home in leafy south-west London.
Dunleavy toyed with the idea of delaying production,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Attenborough’s Life in Colour” producer Humble Bee Films has hired long-time Icon Films executive Stephen McQuillan as its creative director.
McQuillan will oversee the growth of Humble Bee Films’ factual arm, developing science, history and specialist factual programming, while also building on the company’s slate of blue-chip factual productions, which includes BBC One, Netflix and Channel Nine Australia natural history co-production “Attenborough’s Life in Colour.”
McQuillan previously served as creative director at Bristol-based Icon Films, producers of “Savage Kingdom” for Nat Geo and “Mysteries of the Deep” for Discovery. The company famously produced the Jeremy Wade-fronted “River Monsters” for Animal Planet across nine seasons.
During his eight years at Icon Films, McQuillan helped to expand the outfit’s business with projects such as “Unknown Amazon With Pedro Andrade” for Vice Media Group, “Malawi Wildlife Rescue” for Blue Ant Media, “Mysteries of the Deep” for Science Channel...
McQuillan will oversee the growth of Humble Bee Films’ factual arm, developing science, history and specialist factual programming, while also building on the company’s slate of blue-chip factual productions, which includes BBC One, Netflix and Channel Nine Australia natural history co-production “Attenborough’s Life in Colour.”
McQuillan previously served as creative director at Bristol-based Icon Films, producers of “Savage Kingdom” for Nat Geo and “Mysteries of the Deep” for Discovery. The company famously produced the Jeremy Wade-fronted “River Monsters” for Animal Planet across nine seasons.
During his eight years at Icon Films, McQuillan helped to expand the outfit’s business with projects such as “Unknown Amazon With Pedro Andrade” for Vice Media Group, “Malawi Wildlife Rescue” for Blue Ant Media, “Mysteries of the Deep” for Science Channel...
- 3/4/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
‘Life in Colour’.
Together with Netflix and the BBC, the Nine Network has co-commissioned three-part series Life In Colour, presented by Sir David Attenborough, an official Australian-uk co-production that will explore colour in nature.
Per the official synopsis: “Colour makes our world a beautiful place to live in, but there is so much more to it than beauty. As Sir David, the world’s most famous wildlife filmmaker, will illustrate, colour is the amazing way animals both communicate and collaborate – it’s even their language of life and death.”
According to Deadline, the series will be shot on new cameras built specifically for the show.
The series will be produced by Sydney’s SeaLight Films (a subsidiary of Sealight Pictures) and Humble Bee Films, from Bristol, UK. Production on the series has commenced, and Australian filming locations include Adelaide River; Sydney and Thredbo, and around Lizard Island and the Channel Country.
Together with Netflix and the BBC, the Nine Network has co-commissioned three-part series Life In Colour, presented by Sir David Attenborough, an official Australian-uk co-production that will explore colour in nature.
Per the official synopsis: “Colour makes our world a beautiful place to live in, but there is so much more to it than beauty. As Sir David, the world’s most famous wildlife filmmaker, will illustrate, colour is the amazing way animals both communicate and collaborate – it’s even their language of life and death.”
According to Deadline, the series will be shot on new cameras built specifically for the show.
The series will be produced by Sydney’s SeaLight Films (a subsidiary of Sealight Pictures) and Humble Bee Films, from Bristol, UK. Production on the series has commenced, and Australian filming locations include Adelaide River; Sydney and Thredbo, and around Lizard Island and the Channel Country.
- 9/30/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
David Attenborough will light up a new natural history series, “Life in Colour,” for the BBC in the U.K., Nine Network in Australia, and Netflix in the rest of the world. It marks the first time that the BBC is collaborating on a natural-history show with Netflix, which is diving deeper into that space. The streamer came out last year with “Our Planet,” which was fronted by longtime BBC associate Attenborough, and has also ordered an oceans-based natural history series.
In the new series, Attenborough will examine how color is used as a means of communication and cooperation between animals and can also be their language of life and death.
U.K.-based Humble Bee Films and Australia-based SeaLight Pictures are sharing production duties. The Australian part of the shoot is underway and will take in Adelaide, Sydney and Lizard Island.
The series will hit screens in 2021.
“I am...
In the new series, Attenborough will examine how color is used as a means of communication and cooperation between animals and can also be their language of life and death.
U.K.-based Humble Bee Films and Australia-based SeaLight Pictures are sharing production duties. The Australian part of the shoot is underway and will take in Adelaide, Sydney and Lizard Island.
The series will hit screens in 2021.
“I am...
- 9/27/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and the BBC have teamed up for the first time to make a natural history documentary.
The pair will co-produce three-part series Life In Colour, in which Sir David Attenborough will explore how color plays a vital role in animal interactions using new cameras built specifically for the show.
The documentary is being lined up for a 2021 premiere, meaning Attenborough will be 95 by the time it is released. It is produced by Humble Bee Films, a Bristol-based production company, which recently made Attenborough And The Giant Elephant for BBC One. Sydney-based Sealight Pictures is co-producing with Humble Bee.
Attenborough has a long and illustrious history of working with the BBC, and this year fronted Netflix series Our Planet, made by Silverback Films. Life In Colour will be the first time the BBC and Netflix have collaborated on natural history, while Australia’s Channel 9 is also on board.
The...
The pair will co-produce three-part series Life In Colour, in which Sir David Attenborough will explore how color plays a vital role in animal interactions using new cameras built specifically for the show.
The documentary is being lined up for a 2021 premiere, meaning Attenborough will be 95 by the time it is released. It is produced by Humble Bee Films, a Bristol-based production company, which recently made Attenborough And The Giant Elephant for BBC One. Sydney-based Sealight Pictures is co-producing with Humble Bee.
Attenborough has a long and illustrious history of working with the BBC, and this year fronted Netflix series Our Planet, made by Silverback Films. Life In Colour will be the first time the BBC and Netflix have collaborated on natural history, while Australia’s Channel 9 is also on board.
The...
- 9/27/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen Producers Australia is leading a delegation to London and Copenhagen as part of its mission to foster international investment and co-production opportunities for Australian screen businesses.
Delegates are participating in a range of meetings, networking and social gatherings arranged with the assistance in London of Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (Pact) and in Copenhagen of the Danish Producer.s Association, the Danish Film Institute and Ministry of Culture.
The ABC TV is taking part in the delegation, which is supported by Screen Australia. .Screen Producers Australia members have had incredible success in the UK over the past decade," said Spa CEO Matt Deaner. "Many television productions have received excellent time slots and universal admiration and ground breaking interactive commissions from UK companies. Australian children.sdrama and animation production is envied and feature films have charmed and terrified British audiences in equal measure.
"This London engagement program will build on that success,...
Delegates are participating in a range of meetings, networking and social gatherings arranged with the assistance in London of Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (Pact) and in Copenhagen of the Danish Producer.s Association, the Danish Film Institute and Ministry of Culture.
The ABC TV is taking part in the delegation, which is supported by Screen Australia. .Screen Producers Australia members have had incredible success in the UK over the past decade," said Spa CEO Matt Deaner. "Many television productions have received excellent time slots and universal admiration and ground breaking interactive commissions from UK companies. Australian children.sdrama and animation production is envied and feature films have charmed and terrified British audiences in equal measure.
"This London engagement program will build on that success,...
- 10/11/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Producers Australia has confirmed its official UK delegation for the Screen Forever 2015 International Partnership Market.
The delegation will be led by Pact (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television) and will feature 10 key British production companies.
The delegation will include Commercial Director, ZigZag Productions, Matthew Graff; Head of Acquisitions, All3 Media International, Maartje Horchner ; Senior Sales & Acquisitions, Argonon International, Bea Tammer; Creative Director, Humble Bee Films, Stephen Dunleavy ; MD & Creative Director, Free@Last TV, Barry Ryan ; CEO, Keo Films, Deborah Manners; First Look TV, Will Hanrahan, Director Of International Development at Pact, Dawn Mccarthy-Simpson, and representatives from Popkorn and Duchess St Productions.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner said the participation in 2015 of the UK delegation, led by Pact, reflects the significant work Spa has done to connect and build creative and commercial partnerships for Australian producers with international markets.
Pact Chief Executive, John McVay, .said the contemporary need to...
The delegation will be led by Pact (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television) and will feature 10 key British production companies.
The delegation will include Commercial Director, ZigZag Productions, Matthew Graff; Head of Acquisitions, All3 Media International, Maartje Horchner ; Senior Sales & Acquisitions, Argonon International, Bea Tammer; Creative Director, Humble Bee Films, Stephen Dunleavy ; MD & Creative Director, Free@Last TV, Barry Ryan ; CEO, Keo Films, Deborah Manners; First Look TV, Will Hanrahan, Director Of International Development at Pact, Dawn Mccarthy-Simpson, and representatives from Popkorn and Duchess St Productions.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner said the participation in 2015 of the UK delegation, led by Pact, reflects the significant work Spa has done to connect and build creative and commercial partnerships for Australian producers with international markets.
Pact Chief Executive, John McVay, .said the contemporary need to...
- 10/6/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
A host of UK indies are in China for a China-uk TV summit
A trade mission comprising 22 UK TV indies and Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is in China for the first ever China-uk TV summit.
UK companies including Shed Media, Zigzag, All3Media, Argonon and Arrow Media will meet with more than 100 Chinese delegates.
The mission includes meetings, presentations and pitches and today’s signing of a memorandum of understanding between Pact and China Central Television, aimed at fostering collaborations on commissions, co-productions and acquisitions.
The MoU will be witnessed by senior Chinese government officials and UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP.
The TV summit follows the first ever China-uk film summit, which took place last week, and precedes a reciprocal UK-China film and TV summit in the UK in September.
Pact chief executive John McVay said of this week’s event: “This landmark television summit...
A trade mission comprising 22 UK TV indies and Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is in China for the first ever China-uk TV summit.
UK companies including Shed Media, Zigzag, All3Media, Argonon and Arrow Media will meet with more than 100 Chinese delegates.
The mission includes meetings, presentations and pitches and today’s signing of a memorandum of understanding between Pact and China Central Television, aimed at fostering collaborations on commissions, co-productions and acquisitions.
The MoU will be witnessed by senior Chinese government officials and UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP.
The TV summit follows the first ever China-uk film summit, which took place last week, and precedes a reciprocal UK-China film and TV summit in the UK in September.
Pact chief executive John McVay said of this week’s event: “This landmark television summit...
- 4/23/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
David Attenborough will return for a second super-sized series of Natural Curiosities on UKTV channel Eden.
The iconic British TV star and much-loved naturalist's second series will comprise ten 30-minute episodes. The first series, which aired earlier this year, had the highest ratings ever for a show on Eden.
Attenborough uses the programme to examine unusual creatures that are linked together with a common theme, such as the Emperor Penguin and the wood frog or the rhino and the hedgehog.
UKTV's Catherine Catton said: "It is such a privilege to work with Sir David and Humble Bee Films again; Sir David's captivating storytelling and the fascinating content made series one of David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities a massive hit with viewers.
"There are many more natural curiosities to explore and therefore we are thrilled the second series will be double the length of the first, providing more exclusive content for...
The iconic British TV star and much-loved naturalist's second series will comprise ten 30-minute episodes. The first series, which aired earlier this year, had the highest ratings ever for a show on Eden.
Attenborough uses the programme to examine unusual creatures that are linked together with a common theme, such as the Emperor Penguin and the wood frog or the rhino and the hedgehog.
UKTV's Catherine Catton said: "It is such a privilege to work with Sir David and Humble Bee Films again; Sir David's captivating storytelling and the fascinating content made series one of David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities a massive hit with viewers.
"There are many more natural curiosities to explore and therefore we are thrilled the second series will be double the length of the first, providing more exclusive content for...
- 4/24/2013
- Digital Spy
Good Music at 221B presents the Nov 12th and 13th readings of Dust and Shadow, featuring the talents of Mitch Jarvis Rock of Ages as Sherlock Holmes, J.D. Daw Forever Plaid as Dr. John H. Watson, Meggie Cansler Finians Rainbow as Mary Ann Monk, Kevin Massey Memphis as Constable Bennett, George Merrick South Pacific as Inspector Lestrade, Jesse Swimm Mary Poppins as Leslie Tavistock, DC Anderson Phantom of the Opera as George Lusk, Beverly Ward Billy Elliot Tour as Mrs. Hudson, Claybourne Elder Bonnie amp Clyde as Stephen Dunleavy, and Ethan Major Billy Elliot as Sean Hawkins.
- 11/9/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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