David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
With astounding cinematography, cutting-edge scientific research and beautifully assimilated CGI, David Attenborough embarks on a unique, compelling and imaginative journey through the past, present and future of Australia’s mighty Great Barrier Reef.
In 1957, Sir David Attenborough first visited and scuba dived on one of our planet’s most extraordinary creations, the Great Barrier Reef. Shrouded in mystery and mostly inaccessible, he always wanted to go back to further explore the ecosystem he describes as “like no other in the natural world”. Sixty years on, using brand-new technology and the latest scientific research, David has the opportunity to unlock the secrets of the Reef as he embarks on a personal journey that reveals the true extent of its diversity, characters and complexity along the way.
For this series, David climbs aboard the Alucia, a 56-metre research and exploration vessel equipped with a state-of-the-art Triton submersible, laboratories and a helicopter. It will allow him to take to the seas, and the skies, to give a perspective on the Great Barrier Reef that has never been seen before, and unprecedented access to some of the most remote parts of the Reef and its magical residents and visitors.
Recent awards
Lumiere
Best Doc in 4K
2016
Nat Geo Travellers Award
Best Travel Doc
2016
Televisual Bulldog
Best in Show
2016
Televisual Bulldog
Best Specialist Factual
2016
Credits
WRITER AND PRESENTER
David Attenborough
SERIES PRODUCER
Anthony Geffen
SERIES DIRECTOR
Mike Davis
EPISODE DIRECTOR
Anne Sommerfield
COMISSIONING EDITOR
Tom McDonald
FILM EDITOR
Dominic Lester
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Paul Williams
UNDERWATER CINEMATOGRAPHER
Richard Fitzpatrick ACS
Michael Pitts
MUSIC
Ilan Eshkeri
Joel Douek
Graham Hadfield
LINE PRODUCER
Emma Parsons
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Hannah Lewis
Sarah Hodder
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Mark Abraham
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Amabel Clarke
ASSISTANT PRODUCERS
Eloisa Noble
Philip Jones
RESEARCHERS
James Shelton
Alex Baines-Buffery
Matthew Fisketjon
FOR ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS
Michael Sunderland
Vincent Pretorius
Mimi Gilligan
Ruth Sessions
Claudia Perkins
VISUAL EFFECTS BY ZOO
James Prosser
Matthew Baker-Jones
Aleksandra Czenczek
Bhaumik Patel
Charlie Lovett
SOUND RECORDIST
Freddie Claire
ASSEMBLY FILM EDITOR
Dudley Sargeant
UNDERWATER OPERATOR
Steve Hudson
CAMERA TEAM
Keith Bainton
Kat Brown
Sam Winzar
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Edward McGown
Kylie Stott
SOUND DEPARTMENT
John Rogerson
Richard Addis
Ryan Twyman
ONLINE EDITOR
Rob Grainger
COLOURIST
Ross Baker
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER – AUSTRALIA
Paul Currie
PRODUCTION SERVICES
Lightstream Pictures
ARCHIVE
BBC Motion Gallery
Biopixel PTY LTD
Bioquest Studios
Corbis Motion
Gin Clear Films
Howard Hall Productions
The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Dr Dead Miller
NASA
Nature Footage
Dr Julius Piercy
Plankton Productions
Dr Craig Radford
Epic Underwater
Dr Jason Gedamke
Getty Images
NHNZ
Shutterstock
Cameron Beccario earth.nullschool.net
XL Catlin Seaview Survey
The John Heyer Estate
WITH THANKS TO
The Alucia Crew
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The Australian Museum Lizard Island Research Station
Dr Robin Beaman & James Cook University
Dr Teresa Carrette
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Gudju Gudju and the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Peoples
Dr Anne Hoggett AM & Dr Lyle Vail AM
Prof Justin Marshall
The Queensland Government Departments of Environment and Heritage Protection & National Parks Recreation Sport and Racing
Dr Steve Simpson
Dr Alex Vail
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Heron Island Research Station, University of Queensland
Jason Killen
Dr Craig Steinberg
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr Pim Bongaerts
Prof Gillian Renshaw
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