Stephen Moss is one of Britain’s leading nature writers. Based in Somerset, he was born in London, and read English at Cambridge before joining the BBC. He produced the BAFTA award-winning Springwatch, The Nature of Britain and Birds Britannia, while his books include a series of ‘bird biographies’, and Ten Birds that Changed the World. After leading the MA Nature & Travel Writing at Bath Spa University, he is now a Visiting Research Fellow there, and a Special Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham. A lifelong naturalist, Stephen has travelled to all seven continents in search of wildlife.
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Around the world with the BBC Natural History Unit (General Audience)
Wildlife filmmaker Stephen Moss tells fascinating tales, illustrated with dramatic video clips and hilarious outtakes, from his long, distinguished and award-winning career at the world-famous BBC Natural History Unit. Features famous faces such as Bill Oddie, Alan Titchmarsh, Michaela Strachan, Simon King and the legendary Sir David Attenborough, and a host of spectacular wildlife, from whales to hedgehogs and puffins to lions. Join him for a whistlestop tour around the world, from Britain to Africa and Australia to Antarctica.
Encounters with Big Beasts (Corporate/Training audience)
What's it like to come face-to-face with a lion, be attacked by an angry seabird, or experience the countdown to the love TV broadcast Springwatch? And what about directing the comedian and birder Bill Oddie, filming Michaela Strachan in Antarctica, or working with the legend that is Sir David Attenborough? They're just some of the 'Big Beasts' you'll encounter in this entertaining and thought-provoking talk. Following a thirty-year career as an award-winning wildlife filmmaker at the world-famous BBC Natural History Unit, Stephen offers insights into the difficulties of working with the human and animal stars he has encountered - illustrated with personal anecdotes, dramatic video clips and hilarious outtakes.
Can we save the planet and its wildlife?
Award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author and lifelong naturalist Stephen Moss has travelled to all the world's seven continents in search of wildlife. During that time, he witnessed huge declines in once abundant wild creatures and the destruction of the places where they live. Now, the global climate crisis threatens not just them, but us too. Using video clips from his long and distinguished career at the world-famous BBC Natural History Unit, featuring famous faces such as Bill Oddie, Alan Titchmarsh, Michaela Strachan and the legendary Sir David Attenborough, he looks ahead to an uncertain future - and tries to answer the most urgent question we face: can we save the planet and its wildlife?