Chadden Hunter / Filming on the Antarctic sea-ice at the edge of a small hole. A cameraman gets a shock when a Killer whale (Orcinus orca) mother and calf explode out of the water in front of his face. Taken on locat...

Neil Lucas / Camerman Doug Allan at frozen water surface of drilled ice hole, BBC film crew, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Producer Neil Nightingale and film crew filming David Attenborough on Ellesmere Island, Canada, presenter of BBC 'Private Life of Plants', 1994

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Camerman with parachute jumps from hot air balloon ready to film peregrine falcon diving after lure 'Ultimate Killers' 2000

Angela Scott / Jonathan Scott, presenter, with camerman watches lion pride feeding from landrover, Masai Mara NR, Kenya. BIG CAT DIARY 2000

Ben Osborne / Camerman Mike Richards films King penguins watched by elephant seal, South Georgia. On location for 'Life in the Freezer' 1992

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Camerman Will Bolton filming on Tealham Moor discussing the Conservation grazing programme with Somerset Wildlife Trust officer, David Leach, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Will Bolton filming Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) for 2020VISION, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June 2011. Model released

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Highland cattle (Bos taurus) Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June 2011. Volunteer Maddy Downes who looks after Wicken Fen's Konik horses and Highland cattle being interviewed for 2020VISION by camerma...

Frederique Olivier / Camerman Wade Fairley filming colony of Emperor penguins, Antarctica, for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Jeff Wilson / Local scouts and camerman Mark Smith searching for Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in Chitral National Park, in the Hindu Kush, North West frontier, Pakistan. For BBC Planet Earth series, 2005.

Jeff Wilson / Local scouts and camerman Mark Smith searching for Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in Chitral National Park, in the Hindu Kush, North West frontier, Pakistan. For BBC Planet Earth series, 2005.

Neil Lucas / Portrait of camerman Tim Shepherd, taking stills for the BBC in a Wheat field, UK, June 2007

Neil Lucas / Portrait of camerman Tim Shepherd, taking stills for the BBC in a Wheat field, UK, June 2007

Doug Allan / Camerman Doug Allan filming on the Western Cwm of Mount Everest, Nepal, September 1992

Doug Allan / Camerman Doug Allan preparing to film under sea ice, Antarctica, August 1980. Freeze Frame book plate page 38.

Chadden Hunter / Camerman, Mark Smith, scouts Himalayan valleys over 2km deep in search of the elusive snow leopard, for the Mountains Episode of the BBC tv series Planet Earth, Himalayas, northern Pakistan (on the bo...

Chadden Hunter / Camerman, Mark Smith, scouts Himalayan valleys over 2km deep in search of the elusive snow leopard, for the Mountains Episode of the BBC tv series Planet Earth, Himalayas, northern Pakistan (on the bo...

Jeff Wilson / Camerman Barrie Britton filming Demoiselle cranes in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal, October 2005, for the Mountains Program of the BBC NHU series, Planet Earth. In the background is the peak of Dhaul...

Jeff Wilson / Camerman Barrie Britton filming Demoiselle cranes in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal, October 2005, for the Mountains Program of the BBC NHU series, Planet Earth. In the background is the peak of Dhaul...

Chadden Hunter / Camerman, Mark Smith, carrying camera on tripod through snow, in search of the elusive snow leopard, for the Mountains Episode of the BBC tv series Planet Earth, Himalayas, northern Pakistan (on the b...

Peter Bassett / Camerman Paul Atkins and producer Peter Bassett film albatrosses with jimmy jib. Bird Is South Georgia November 1992 for Life in the Freezer

Mark Payne-Gill / Camerman Mark Payne Gill on location in Bilad Sayt, Oman, April 1997, filming mountain village for BBC television programme

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Camerman Richard Ganniclifft filming Aloe plants on location in South Africa for BBC television series "Private Life of Plants", early 1990s

Adam White / Filming imature Whooper cranes for BBC Life of Birds series. Camerman Richard Ganniclift wears outfit so birds do not get used to humans

Adam White / Filming Whooper cranes for BBC Life of Birds series. Camerman Richard Ganniclift and assistants wears outfit so birds do not get used to humans

Adam White / Filming Whooper cranes for BBC Life of Birds series. Camerman Richard Ganniclift wears outfit so birds do not get used to humans

Nick Gordon / Nick Gordon, film-maker, camerman and photographer, taking Yoppo drug with medicine man in order to film ceremony, Venezuela

Peter Bassett / Camerman David Shale films honey bee colony wearing protective clothing, Naspur, India.

Paul Johnson / Camerman Paul Johnson filming on location, UK, 2003 (d. 2004)

Paul Johnson / Camerman Paul Johnson filming on location, UK, 2003 (d. 2004)

Neil Lucas / Camerman Mike Richards attempting to film Blyth's Hawk eagle (Spizaetus alboniger) Jurong Bird Park, Singapore, for BBC film special Eagle, 1996

Owen Newman / Camerman Owen Newman filming leopards at night, South Luangwa NP, Zambia, 19966

Ben Osborne / Camerman Paul Atkins filming fur seals from scafolding gantry. Bird Island, Antarctica, 1993, for BBC series Life in the Freezer

Doug Allan / Camerman Doug Allan filming Chinstrap penguins for BBC NHU 'The Blue Planet'. Zavodovski Is, South Sandwich Is, with dormant volcano in background, 1997

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Camerman Gavin Thurston filming Cheetah on top of vehicle for BBC NHU 'Big Cat Diary', Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Mike Salisbury / Producer Mike Salisbury and camerman Hugh Miles filming Polar bears, Canadian Arctic, 1983, for BBC NHU programme Kingdom of the Ice Bear

Jabruson / Camerman Bruce Davidson filming male silverback gorilla "Rafiki", Virunga NP Dem Rep of Congo,

Rupert Barrington / Camerman Rod Clarke filming Bamboo worms for BBC 'Private Life of Plants', Chang Mai, Thailand, November 1994

Chris Taylor / Camerman Richard Matthews filming Cheetah (Fundi) with cubs, for Big Cat Diary, Masa Marai Kenya. 1990s

Jabruson / Camerman Bruce Davidson filming deforestation of Virunga NP by Rwandan Hutu refugees seeking fire wood, Dem Rep of Congo. circa 1994

Jabruson / Camerman Bruce Davidson filming deforestation around Nyiragongo volcano, Virunga NP, Dem Rep of Congo, 1990s

Mats Forsberg / Camerman Martin Saunders, looking out of the Texas Bar hut, home for film crew on location for Polar Bear programme, Svalbard, Norway. 1996

Peter Bassett / Camerman Martin Saunders with Takahe (Phorphyrio hochstetteri) on his head while filming for BBC 'Life of Birds', New Zealand, 1997

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Camerman Alastair MacEwen filming Monkey puzzle tree with false mist. Nahuelbuta, S Chile, for BBC series Andes to Amazon

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Camerman Richard Ganniclift filming saguaro cactus from a crane. Arizona USA 1993/94 for BBC series Private Life of Plants

Toby Sinclair / Camerman Mike Herd films Tiger from cage on side of vehicle, Madhya Pradesh, India

Ben Osborne / Camerman Ian McCarthy filming Wandering Albatross chick in nest for BBC series Life in the Freezer, 1992, Antarctica

MARTYN COLBECK / Camerman Martyn Colbeck filming in Nepal at 18,300 feet 1990s

Neil Lucas / Camerman Tim Sheperd filming Giant Victoria water lily for BBC series Private Life of Plants, Brazil, 1993

Neil Lucas / Camerman Gavin Thurston plagued by mosquitos, filming in Olympic NP, USA, June 1993 for BBC series Private Life of Plants

Mark Brownlow / Richard Kirby, camerman on location with timelapse equipment for BBC Planet Earth series, Kukenon, flat top tepuis, southern Venezuela, South America. November 2005

Sue Flood / Camerman Doug Allan on location for Planet Earth - Iceworlds, March 2006. Filming under the ice. Belcher Islands, near Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Canada. Temperature was around -20C.

Sue Flood / Camerman Doug Allan on boat on location in Antarctic peninsula during shoot for Planet Earth. 2005

Sue Flood / Camerman Doug Allan filming humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from ship on location in Antarctic peninsula for BBC Planet Earth. Series producer Alastair Fothergill looks on. January 2005

JIM CLARE / Puya raimondii in flower with camerman to give scale, Huascaran NP, Andes, Peru

Conrad Maufe / Camerman Martyn Colbeck filming Boto / Bouto river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) from platform, Araguia river, Brazil during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2004

Cynthia Moss / Camerman Martyn Colbeck and elephant calf Ebony, daughter of Echo, on location for BBC programme Echo the Elephant, 1995

Jason Venus / Geoffrey Bell prepares remote control filming helicopter on location for BBC series Incredible Journeys.

TOM WALMSLEY / Camerman Peter Scoones filming grey whale underwater with remote camera, San Ignacio lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Martha Holmes / Producer Martha Holmes & camerman Martin Saunders at base hut in Svalbard, Norway. On location for BBC programme "Polar Bear Special" May, 1996

Nick Upton / Camerman Jim Clare on location in Trinidad, using an infra red sensitive camera to record bat behaviour in cave and wearing a mask

Neil Lucas / Camerman Mike Richards with Blythe's Hawk Eagle {Nisaetus alboniger}, on location for BBC programme 'Wildlife on One Special' 'Eagle', Malaysia, 1997

Neil Lucas / Camerman Mike Richards (Cameraman and photographer) on location for BBC television programme "Eagles", 1997

Martha Holmes / Camerman Doug Allan filming Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} swimming from boat, summer, Canada Arctic. On location for BBC programme "Polar Bear Special", May 1996

John Downer / Camerman Mike Richards camouflaging remote control camera to film flamingos, Lake Bogoria, Kenya

ANDREW ANDERSON / Camerman Andrew Anderson on location in Arizona, filming a rattlesnake for BBC series "Predators", 2000

Toby Sinclair / Camerman Colin Stafford-Johnson on location in Rathambhore NP, Rajasthan, India, filming tigers for BBC series, 2001/2003

Adam White / Camerman Gavin Thurston filming Coco de Mer catkins. Mahe, Seychelles Botanical gardens

Michael Pitts / Camerman Michael Pitts with Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) filming on location at Chagres river, Panama, filming for BBC television series 'Trials of Life', 1991/1992

TIM MARTIN / Camerman Mike Fox filming on location at the River Test in Hampshire for BBC programme "Tales from the Riverbank", UK, May 1996

Adam White / Camerman Barrie Britton with Whooper swan. On location for BBC Life of Birds 1996

Ben Osborne / Producer Alastair Fothergill and camerman Simon King on location for BBC Blue Planet series, Talan, Sea of Okutsk, Eastern Russia 2002