Image: still from One Life, by the BBC Natural History Unit.
Blue Chip natural history series are truly some of the pearls of international television. But the BBC now seems to be the only large producer which can still summon up the old magic.
Mike Gunton is the creative director and senior executive at BBC Natural History, which has always been the best of the best, and the greatest innovator in blue chip documentaries. He is also the creative director of BBC Factual, has been with the unit since 1999, and has a doctorate in behavioural anatomy.