‘Blue Planet II’ Producer BBC Studios Natural History Unit Reveals $1 Million Talent Initiative
variety.comNaman Ramachandran BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) will invest £1 million ($1.08 million) over three years to develop and support aspiring natural history filmmakers in the U.K.
and globally. The NHU produces popular natural history programs including “Blue Planet II,” “Planet Earth II,” “Seven Worlds,” “One Planet,” presented by David Attenborough, “Dynasties,” “Blue Planet Live” and “Springwatch” In places where the NHU is filming, the initiative will fund opportunities for locally based production talent to access in-country training, offer field experience working with NHU teams on location, and invest in local talent to attend U.K.-based training courses.
Funds will also be allocated to ensure local-language versions of NHU productions are made available for local viewings in communities who would otherwise have no means of accessing this content.
Some of the initiatives are already in progress, with locally based emerging talent working on “Kingdom,” an NHU series for BBC One and BBC America, set in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
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