TORONTO — Blue Ant Media’s wildlife and nature brand Love Nature will premiere its new original docuseries Planet Shark (above) in Canada on Oct. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT during the channel’s FinFest programming event, running from Oct. 10-16, the company announced today.
Filmed in 4K using “the latest tracking and high-speed camera technologies”, the three-episode Planet Shark series “captures 28 species of sharks across six countries, including Norway, United States, South Africa and Australia,” explains a press release.
“Audiences follow the cameras on an underwater expedition with the world’s leading shark scientists, who offer new perspectives and big-picture insights into how these animals have managed to outlive and outperform every other predator on earth since prehistoric times,” the release says.
Shark scientists, marine biologists and researchers interviewed for the series include Richard Fitzpatrick, Kara Yopak, Gavin Naylor, Mike Heithaus, Greg Skomal, Jaida Elcock and Melanie Hutchinson.
The docuseries reveals new scientific discoveries and captures rare species, including blind sharks that can live for up to 400 years and sharks that appear to glow in the dark. It also features never-before-seen footage and behaviour of the rare Sailfin Roughshark. “[T]his alien-looking shark was filmed deep off the remote islands of the Azores in the Atlantic by scientists working in a submersible,” the release says.
“Sharks have long dominated our oceans and pop-culture due to their incredible power and reputation, but our understanding of these species is often limited,” said Alison Barrat, senior vice-president of production and development at Love Nature, in the release.
“Big Wave Productions’ Planet Shark shows us that with new tracking and filming technologies, and stunning cinematography, we can get closer to sharks than ever before, allowing us to change our perception of these supreme predators.”
Planet Shark is produced by Big Wave Productions, with Mark Woodward serving as series producer and director and Emma Ross and Sarah Cunliffe as executive producers.
On behalf of Love Nature, James Manfull is executive producer and Barrat oversaw production and development of the series.
Love Nature’s FinFest TV event will also include other original series such as The Ocean’s Greatest Feast (narrated by Graham McTavish), Shark Squad, Shark: Beyond the Bite and When Shark Meets Croc.
Image provided by Blue Ant Media.
