Recap of Wild Isles series presented by Sir David Attenborough facts - available on BBC iPlayer

Published: 7 March 2023

Total Shoots: 200 (over 3 years)

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE


NEWS PROVIDED BY
BBC One

Filming Days
Our Precious Isles - 382
Woodland - 286
Grassland - 322
Freshwater - 369
Ocean - 273
Total - 1631

• Across the 5 episodes, the crew filmed in 145 locations over 3 years.
• Across the 5 episodes, the crew filmed 96 species.

Longest shoot by sequence (cumulative days on location over multiple periods):
Salmon – 71 days
Eagles & Geese – 65 days
Tuna – 57 days

Longest individual shoots
Shetland (orca, otters & gannets) – 35 consecutive days
Tuna – 34 consecutive days
Beavers – 30 consecutive days

Highest point filmed was just off the summit of Cairngorm which is 1,245m high

Sir David Attenborough attended six filming locations
Old Harry Rocks, in Dorset, to introduce the series
Richmond Park to introduce Woodland
A hay meadow in Dorset to introduce Grassland
A chalk stream in Wiltshire to introduce Freshwater
Green Bridge on the Pembrokeshire Coast to introduce Ocean
Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire, to do the closing piece for Our Precious Isles and Ocean

About

Release Date: Sunday, 12 March, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Updates: Confirmed for BBC One on 12 March at 7pm to 8pm.

Source BBC One

March 16, 2023 5:00am ET by BBC One  

,

  Shortlink to this content: https://bit.ly/3Jp1dy0

SHARE THIS

Latest Press Releases