Notts TV has visited the university facility that trained up one of the producers of Planet Earth 2.
For those that don’t know, Planet Earth 2 is a nature documentary series on the BBC presented and narrated by renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough.
The series returned to screens last week after its critically acclaimed first run was aired 10 years ago.
The next generation of Attenboroughs are being trained at the biological photographic and imaging department at the University of Nottingham.
Ed Charles, one of the show’s producers, was trained in the department.
Video: Some of the shots the Planet Earth 2 team have captured
Director of photography at the university David McMahon said: “Mr Charles started doing his zoology degree here and then came to do our masters course.
“From here he left and went onto Bristol where he started off as a cameraman and worked his way through to be producing these shows and working with the likes of Sir David Attenborough.
People say ‘that’s interesting, what does that entail?’
Some of the students on the course said why they wanted to do it and how people react when they tell them what they do.
Student Ana Cecili Parrodi Anaya said: “Back home we have a lot of species that I wanted to picture and I wanted to learn how to do it the right way.”
Student Matt Bassett said: “Every person that’s asked me ‘what do I do,’ and I say ‘biological photography,’ their reactions are always ‘that’s interesting, what does that entail?'”
