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A View Through a Lens

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison combines location recordings with personal narratives which highlight the uniqueness of human experience and the beauty of nature

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Series 3
Taking the Plunge
Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches leopard seals hunting young penguins.
26 Sep 2011,15 mins
Series 3
Funky Chickens
Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches prairie chickens boom and dance.
27 Sep 2011,15 mins
Series 3
Patience
A polar bear teaches wildlife cameraman John Aitchison the real meaning of patience.
28 Sep 2011,15 mins
Series 3
Fur Seals
Cameraman John Aitchison tries to film a birth amidst a colony of aggressive fur seals.
29 Sep 2011,15 mins
Series 3
Shearwater Hurricane
John Aitchison films humpback whales in one of Nature's greatest feeding spectacles.
30 Sep 2011,15 mins