The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The Wildlife Specials began with a pilot episode in 1995. A further 15 programmes were made over the next decade, and more recently the format has been expanded into two short series. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's specialist Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the... titles are made by the independent producer John Downer Productions. Each Wildlife Special is narrated by David Attenborough (except for the 2010 Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice and the 2013 Penguins: Spy in the Huddle which were narrated by David Tennant) and features one of the most high-profile animals of the natural world.
"The world's leading natural history filmmakers meet the world's most charismatic animals"
— BBC tagline
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