Stories from the field
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Winter in the Atlas Mountains
By Mary Melville, Director for Macaque, Dynasties II
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How to find your character
By Rosie Thomas, Producer and Director for Macaque, Dynasties II
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Filming a zebra hunt at 45 mph
By Tom Walker, Director of photography for Hyena, Dynasties II
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The threat of snares
By Aaron Sandhu, Researcher for Hyena, Dynasties II
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Hyenas rock!
By Mandi Stark, Producer of Hyena, Dynasties II
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Introducing... Kali and her cubs
By Simon Blakeney, Series Producer for Dynasties II
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A surprise in the grass
By Anna Place, Producer of Cheetah, Dynasties II
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Filming Elephant in the Amboseli Ecosystem
By Lydia Baines, Producer of Elephant, Dynasties II
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Becoming individuals
By Nico Lagos, Conservationist and field guide
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Old school, with a dash of new
By John Shier, Director of photography
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Making Meerkat: A Dynasties Special
By the Meerkat production team
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Image gallery: Filming Dynasties
By the Dynasties film crew
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A day in the life of the BBC Dynasties Chimpanzee team
By Rosie Thomas
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Kidnapping babies and other strange meerkat behaviour
Meerkats are one of the most well loved animals in the UK, and around the world.
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Habituating chimps to the Dynasties film crew
By Rosie Thomas
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Hunting with spears and other behind the scenes behaviours
By Rosie Thomas
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The end of the polar night
By Will Lawson
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Exploring our new home
By Will Lawson
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Capturing the aurora
By Will Lawson
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A filmmaker's dilemma
By Will Lawson
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Lions getting really close
By Simon Blakeney
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Night-time visitors
By Simon Blakeney
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The future for lions across Africa
By the Dynasties team
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Warthogs
By Simon Blakeney
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Painted wolves hunting baboons
By Nick Lyon
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Painted wolves sing to choose a new alpha pair
By Nick Lyon
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The name painted wolf
By the Dynasties team
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A day in the life: filming tigers
By Theo Webb
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Filming in Bandhavgarh
By the Dynasties team




























