SCANDINAVIA: Part 2 Of Penguins: Spy In The Huddle Narrated By David Tennant Premieres On BBC Nordic Today

The second part of Penguins: Spy In The Huddle has its premiere showing on BBC Nordic channel BBC Knowledge this evening at 18.00 CET. The episode repeats throughout the week.

The innovative wildlife series is created by John Downer Productions and narrated by David Tennant. The programme makers used cunningly disguised spycams to infiltrate colonies of three different species of penguins, observing them for nearly a year to obtain in depth footage of these fascinating birds as they raise their young under some of the most extreme conditions on Earth.

Penguins: Spy In The Huddle
BBC Nordic - BBC Knowledge - 18:00
Episode 2: First Steps

Watched by spycams, chicks are hatching out all over. Male emperors form an identity parade before handing over their newborns to the returning females. The mothers shuffle into a huddle to protect theiroffspring from a blizzard. Outside, one tiny chick doesn't make it and lies frozen by his mother. Chickcam films the young ones walking on their mothers' feet and taking their own first unsteady steps. Females without young try to kidnap the new arrivals and giant petrels force the chicks to huddle for protection.

On the Falklands, rockhopper chicks meet some unruly neighbours - king cormorants. Predatory vultures are seen off by a penguin army. Caracara birds grab an eggcam and film the aerial shots of the colony! Parents take a rock shower and even 'chimney climb' to their own private spa. The chicks face more predators and bereaved parents plan a chicknap.

In Peru, Humboldt chicks emerge into the desert. The adults leave their burrow plastered in mud and needing a bath. They're joined in the waves by Humboltcam and boisterous fur seals. Home alone, the chicks shoot gulls with projectile poo and the colony faces a huge cormorant invasion.

The chicks are learning to become adult penguins.

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