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Wildlife cameramen reveal their favourite natural history moments. Gordon Buchanan and Mark Smith reveal how skills learned in Scotland enabled them to film intimate moments.
Some of the world's rarest and most dangerous animals live on dry land. Capturing them on film requires great patience and specialist skills. In this episode, Gordon Buchanan and Mark Smith reveal how the wildlife-tracking skills they learned back home in Scotland have allowed them to film some of the natural world's most intimate moments, including being the first to film wild pandas mating and snow leopards hunting.
Last on
Wed 7 Aug 202420:30
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Breaking the rules
Duration: 02:46
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Sir David Attenborough |
| Producer | Jon Morrice |
| Director | Jon Morrice |
| Series Producer | Sandy Raffan |
| Executive Producer | Jo Roe |
Broadcasts
Mon 10 Jun 201319:30BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
Sun 21 Jul 201317:30BBC Two Wales- Sun 21 Jul 201319:30BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Wales
- Sat 27 Jul 201319:40BBC Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 7 Feb 201819:00BBC Two except Wales
- Sat 3 Mar 201822:35BBC Two Wales
- Fri 10 May 201919:00
- Sun 4 Aug 201920:30
- Wed 29 Jan 202020:30
- Mon 28 Sep 202019:30
- Mon 7 Aug 202319:30
- Wed 25 Oct 202315:45BBC Two except Scotland
- Wed 7 Aug 202420:30
Meet the wildlife cameramen
Doug Allan, Doug Anderson, Gordon Buchanan, John Aitchison and Mark Smith.
