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...

Kathryn Jeffs / Dr Robert (Bob) Pitman and Dr John Durban, scientific advisors, watching for Killer whales (Orcinus orca) on board the 'Golden Fleece', off Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on loca...

Kathryn Jeffs / Filming Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Jeff Wilson / Frozen Planet team tent at Lake Hoare Camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / View through the porthole of science teams and Frozen Planet film crew working on the sea ice in the Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. The film crew were in search of Spectacled eider ducks, temper...

Jeff Wilson / Crew member of the US coastguard ship 'Healy' standing on the sea ice in front of the ship's hull after the ship became stuck in the ice, Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. Taken on location for the...

Jeff Wilson / Frozen planet team clothes and equipment ready for Antarctica expedition to Ross Sea, in National Science Foundation hanger, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2009. Taken on location for BBC series,...

Jeff Wilson / Director, Chadden Hunter, standing on wind eroded rock talking on radio to base camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Field Assistant, Jason Roberts, standing on top of rock pinnacle, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Norway, July 2009, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Will Bolton, 2020VISION videographer, filming at Westleton Heath, Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, February 2011.

Jeff Wilson / Film crew walking out of mountains down into Chitral valley after filming Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) Hindu Kush, Pakistan. For BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Markhor (Capra falconeri) male on mountain side in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Female Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) watching a Magpie (Pica pica) outside her den in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Ea...

Jeff Wilson / Camera crew searching for crevasse to film in, Gorner glacier, near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland. For BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2006

Jeff Wilson / Film crew lowering camera into crevasse in Gorner glacier, near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland, for BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2006

Jeff Wilson / Rear view of pilots and Trango towers in the Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan, from Pakistani military helicopter, for BBC series Planet Earth. April 2005

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of glaciated valley of Concordia, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan. From Pakistani military helicopter for BBC series Planet Earth April 2005

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of K2 and glaciated valley of Concordia, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan. From Pakistani military helicopter for BBC series Planet Earth April 2005

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of K2 and glaciated valley, Concordia, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan. From Pakistani military helicopter for BBC series Planet Earth 2005

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of Broad Peak in the Concordia confluence, Karakoram Mountains, Himalayas, Pakistan. From Pakistani military helicopter for BBC series Planet Earth 2005

Jeff Wilson / Jeff Wilson searching for Birds of Paradise, tropical rainforest, Papua New Guinea. For BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Neil Lucas / Cameraman Mike Pitts, diving for BBC Filming 'Life' The Bahamas, Caribbean, February 2007, Model released

Miles Barton / Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the image of a frog on a video monitor. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour - to attract mates and deter ri...

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

Hugh Pearson / BBC Producer, Hugh Pearson, recording sound of Cape gannets (Morus capensis) Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Cameraman, Alberto Saiz, filming for Wild Wonders of Europe, with Mariina Skala in the distance, Rynartice, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, November 2008

Patrick Morris / Cameraman Paul Stewart filming pair of Waved albatross {Phoebastria irrorata} Espanola Is, Galapagos

John Downer / Remote control "lion buggy" used to film Lion pride in BBC television series "Supersense", 1989

John Downer / Golden eagle with special video camera to film while in flight

Martha Holmes / Cameraman Doug Allan prepares to film swimming polar bear from boat. On location for BBC Polar Bear programme 1996

Mark Brownlow / Rebreather instructor Ian Thomas and cameraman Didier Noirot prepare to dive under the ice, Lake Baikal, world's deepest and oldest (and largest by volume) freshwater lake, Siberia, Russia. BBC Plane...

HUW CORDEY / Huw Cordey, producer of Jungles episode, BBC Planet Earth series, in canopy of rainforest tree, Costa Rica, 2005.

HUW CORDEY / Huw Cordey, producer of Jungles episode, BBC Planet Earth series, up in canopy of rainforest tree, Costa Rica, 2005.

Georgette Douwma / "Seatrek" programme presenters Martha Holmes and Mike de Gruy feeding Butterflyfish off Hawaii, 1991 - BBC NHU television series

Georgette Douwma / Martha Holmes swims with Whale Shark off Hawaii, 1991 on location for BBC NHU television series "Seatrek", Model released

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) filmed by diver Chuck Nicklin, Maui

Ben Osborne / Film crew film on location in South Georgia for BBC television series Life in the Freezer ,1992. Alastair Fothergill producer (left) and presenter Sir David Attenborough

Robert Fulton / Aerial view of mountain range in Torres Del Paine NP, Chile, South America

Robert Fulton / Aerial view of snow capped mountains, Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Robert Fulton / Aerial view of glacier near Lago Argentino, Argentina

Robert Fulton / Aerial view of mountains near Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

John Sparks / Sir David Attenborough with mountain gorillas on location for BBC series 'Life on Earth', Rwanda, Africa 1978

John Sparks / Sir David Attenborough with mountain gorillas, on location for BBC series 'Life on Earth', Rwanda, Africa 1978

Neil Lucas / Tim Shepherd filming Royal Water Lilies in Brazil for the BBC series The Private Life of Plants in December 1993. Model released

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

John Downer / Mike Richards filming in cage beside vehicle Africa

Doug Allan / Cameraman Doug Allan on location to film polar bears. Norway 1997 Hopen Island, Svalbard -25C

Jason Venus / Swallow in flight, taken in flight tunnel on loction for BBC television series 'Incredible Journeys'

John Downer / Imprinted Greylag geese flying behind microlite for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural', 1998

John Downer / Minisub used to film hippos underwater for BBC tv series 'Supernatural'. Mzima, Kenya

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire) Central Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla inspects film camera, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Georgette Douwma / Martha Holmes with Giant Clam during filming of BBC television series 'Seatrek' 1991

Ben Osborne / Ian McCarthy in Antarctica filming Blue-eyed cormorants for BBC television series 'Life in the Freezer'

John Downer / Remote camera in protective housing and bait used to film wild lion close up for BBC television series 'Lifesense'

John Downer / Wide angle shot of Elephant herd taken with remote control camera during filming of BBC television programme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer Productions / 'Plopcam' - remotely controlled video camera disguised as dung, used to film elephant herd for BBC television film 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer Productions / Elephant using foot to explore dungcam - remotely controlled video camera used for filming BBC television programme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer / African Elephant herd on the move taken with remote controlled camera during filming of BBC wildlife television pogramme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

Neil Lucas / Sir David Attenborough riding Indian elephant during filming of 'Life of Mammals' for BBC tv, Thailand, 2002

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

Jeff Rotman / Great white shark with divers filming from protective cage. South Australia. Model released.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Visitors watching television screen showing the Dyfi Osprey Project live nest cam, Powys, Wales, UK, May 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being administered by Shropshire Wildlife Trust in autumn 2012, with BBC film crew observing. The badger is then sprayed with a stock-marker paint mark...

Alex Mustard / A snorkeller films himself swimming with a filter feeding Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Caribbean Sea.

Mark MacEwen / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) juvenile being filmed with an innovision scope, in Hato el Cedral, Los Llanos Apure State in Venezuela.

Martha Holmes / Aerial cameraman David Baillie and producer Martha Holmes on flight deck of HMS Endurance, standing by helicopter mounted with Gyron (stabilised aerial camera). February 20008. Taken on location for B...

Martha Holmes / Yogicam' (vehicle-mounted Cineflex camera) alongside herd of drinking elephants (Loxodontia africana) at edge of swamp. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007 Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life

Martha Holmes / Yogicam' (vehicle-mounted Cineflex camera) alongside herd of drinking elephants (Loxodontia africana) at edge of swamp. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007 Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life

Martha Holmes / Simon Werry rigging Cineflex 'yogicam' in back of vehicle. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martha Holmes / Simon Werry (watched by cameramen Mike Cuthbert and Martyn Colbeck) rigging Cineflex yogicam in back of vehicle. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martha Holmes / Simon Werry and Mike Watson derigging Cineflex camera from helicopter watched by locals. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007 Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martha Holmes / Cameraman Martyn Colbeck with mounted Cineflex camera on helicopter. Amboseli, Kenya. December 2007. Taken on location for BBC tv series 'Life'

Martin Dohrn / Wood ants (Formica rufa) basking to absorb heat from the sun and being filmed using 'Frankencam' specialised apparatus for filming insects

Martin Dohrn / Frankencam, apparatus used to film ants in Arizona, USA

Martin Dohrn / Gavin Thurston and Howard Bourne, filming Harvester ants in Arizona, with 'Frankencam', specialised camera equipement for filming ants.

Martin Dohrn / 'Frankencam' specialised filming apparatus used by Martin Dohrn to film ants, Arizona, USA

Martin Dohrn / 'Frankencam' camera specialised equipment for filming ants used to film army ants, La Selva, Costa Rica

Martin Dohrn / 'Frankencam', specialised camera equipment used to film army ants in Costa Rica

Paul Williams / Filming the Pantanal from the Amolar mountains, Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Portrait of Sir David Attenborough sitting next to dinosaur tracks whilst filming for 'Lost Worlds Vanished Lives', Utah, USA, 1989

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Man sitting on a park bench photographing Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Regents Park, London, England, UK, February

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / 2020VISION team videographer, Raymond Besant, filming underwater with an improvised pole-cam, while 2020VISION team photographer Chris Gomersall looks on. Cairns of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebride...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / 2020VISION videographer Ben Burville befriends a young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, North Sea, July, model released

Chadden Hunter / Cameraman, Didier Noirot, filming the formation of 'brinicles' (brine icicles or ice stalactites) under the ice, Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Taken on location during the filming of 'Winter' f...

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / 2020VISION videographer Ray Besant filming in the office of Dr Ronald Campbell of The Tweed Foundation, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK, October 2010. Model released.

John Downer / Cameraman Alan Hayward filming imprinted Feral pigeon / Rock dove (Columba livia) from a moving car as it drives along a beach for 'In-Flight Movie', UK, 1986

John Downer / Alan Hayward filming imprinted Greylag geese (Anser anser) from a moving car for 'In-Flight Movie', UK, 1986

John Downer / Clive Hall preparing glider painted to look like a stork for remote control aerial filming for 'In-Flight Movie', with Stonehenge in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1986

Merryn Thomas / Launching of Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", built by RB Boatbuilders, Underfall Yard, Bristol Floating Harbour. 16th March 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Wooden table and plasma TV in saloon of traditional Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Wooden table and plasma TV in saloon of traditional Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Wooden table and plasma TV in saloon of traditional Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.