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South Pacific (UK) / Wild Pacific (US)

Project Summary

South Pacific (UK) / Wild Pacific (US) Poster
Genre
Documentary
Featured Content
Culture, Dingiso Tree Kangaroo, Remote Wilderness, Wildlife
Islands
Papua
Regions
Papua Highlands
Narrator

Benedict Cumberbatch

Talent

Producers

Fiona Pitcher

Jonathan Clay

Huw Cordey

Director

Jonathan Clay

Camera Operators

Other Crew

Joe Yaggi

James Mair

Created By

South Pacific (UK) / Wild Pacific (US) Poster

FORMAT

TV Miniseries

RELEASED

2008

EPISODE

S1E6

TITLE

Strange Islands

Overview

South Pacific is a British nature documentary series from the BBC Natural History Unit, which began airing on BBC Two on 10 May 2009. The six-part series surveys the natural history of the islands of the South Pacific region, including many of the coral atolls and New Zealand. It was filmed entirely in high-definition. South Pacific was co-produced by the Discovery Channel and the series producer was Huw Cordey. It is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. Filming took place over 18 months in a variety of remote locations around the Pacific including: Anuta, Banks Islands, French Frigate Shoals, Papua New Guinea, Palmyra, Kingman Reef, Tuvalu, Palau, Caroline Islands, Tuamotus and Tanna Island in Vanuatu.nnOn 6 May 2009, BBC Worldwide released a short clip of big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom surfing in slow motion, high-definition footage as a preview of the series, attracting extremely positive reactions on the video sharing website YouTube.nnThe series was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 15 June 2009. At the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute featurette takes a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filming the series.nnThe series was released by Discovery International in the USA under the title Wild Pacific, with narration provided by Mike Rowe.

In This Episode

One of the rarest animals on Earth, only discovered in 1994, is captured on film for the first time. The Dingiso is an island oddity, about the size of a labrador, with bear like features, it is in fact a kind of tree kangaroo.

In This Sequence

Dingiso Tree Kangaroo

Jungle Run Production Services

Jungle Run founder Joe Yaggi is featured in behind-the-scenes coverage of this landmark series produced by BBC Earth. Months of research and negotiations laid the groundwork for a successful shoot in the taboo highlands of Papua, ultimately capturing the Dingiso tree kangaroo on film for the very first time.