Voting for the 2013 National Television Awards is now open. Earthflight, the six-part wildlife documentary series narrated by David Tennant is one of the nominations in the Documentary Series category.
From the website of programme makers John Downer Productions:
Earthflight, will take you on a journey like no other –
amazing sights from six continents will be revealed through the eyes of birds.
This 6 part series joins the journeys of snow geese, cranes, falcons, eagles
and other birds.
Using cutting-edge new filming techniques to show everything
in exquisite detail, viewers have a uniquely privileged perspective flying high
above the Serengeti on the backs of Vultures in Africa to hunting for bats with
red-tailed hawks in North America.
The birds are shown up-close in flight and interacting with
other animals down below: barnacle geese fight off polar bears that are
invading their nests, pelicans plunging into huge shoals of sardine and
anchovies and cowbirds shadowing bison herds to feed on the insects disturbed
by their hooves.
To create its bird’s-eye view of the world Earthflight uses
a host of extraordinary filming techniques including filming “imprinted” flocks
from microlites, wild flocks filmed from model gliders and silent drones,
full-sized helicopter with stabilised mounts and cameras on the backs of
trained birds. Slow-motion techniques also reveal extraordinary detail such as
swallows plucking feathers from the air.
Earthflight truly is a bird’s-eye view of the world.
Visit the NTAs website to place your votes and also to purchase tickets to the event.
Watch a clip from the series, narrated by David here:
The NTAs will be broadcast live on ITV1 on the 23rd January 2013
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