In Production
As well as returning series such as Natural World and Springwatch and natural history content for BBC One's The One Show, the Unit has a number of television series currently in production:
- Africa is a five-part series for BBC One described as "a definitive television series on the greatest wildlife continent on Earth". Produced by James Honeyborne, it is scheduled for 2013 and will be accompanied by a 3D documentary film.
- Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild celebrates David Attenborough's 60-year career in broadcasting by looking back on developments in wildlife filmmaking technology, breakthroughs in the biological sciences and the rise of the environmental movement since his programmes first appeared.
- Hidden Kingdom, co-produced by German broadcaster RTL, will take a microscopic view of the natural world in environments such as the Amazon rainforest and African savannah.
- Survival is a six-part series from the team behind Life which looks at the struggles faced by animals to raise their young. It is due for transmission on BBC One in 2014.
- Wild Arabia is a three-part portrait of the wildlife of the Arabian Peninsula. Produced by Brian Leith and scheduled for 2013, it will bring viewers the first HD footage of wild Arabian leopards.
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