The BBC’s NHU has teamed up with Jellyfish, BDH and Big Bang Post Production to produce it’s latest documentary “Inside the Perfect Predator” which transmits on BBC One at 9pm this Thursday 25th March.

Soaring above the people of London is the fastest animal on the planet, the peregrine falcon, on a mission to kill for her chicks. Off the coast of South Africa the world’s largest predatory fish, the great white shark, has just completed a 7000 mile journey and is hungry for seal blubber. On the plains of Africa, the fastest land animal, the cheetah, struggles to provide for her cubs as her enemies move in. And having survived a drought by entering into a state of suspended animation, the prehistoric Nile crocodile is poised to ambush his dinner.

With ground-breaking computer graphics and incredible close-up photography the programme reveals the inner alchemy that gives these four extraordinary hunters the edge – from the moment they detect their prey through to the vital kill. But who is the Perfect Predator?

The programme was produced using a combination of Natural History archive material and various HD acquisition formats such as DVC Pro HD off & on speed, HDV, Photron, Super 16, MemreCam, XD CAM EX & AVC HD Lipstick Cams. It was edited at Big Bang Post Production in Bristol on Final Cut Pro at DVC Pro HD resolution and taken into the Baselight HD for grading with Luke Rainy while Tim Bolt did the HD online and specialist noise reduction, dust busting and stabilising work using Avid DS Nitris.

Transmission date: Thursday 25th March at 9pm on BBC1

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