South Pacific
South Pacific is a British nature documentary series from the BBC Natural History Unit, which began airing on BBC Two on 10 May 2009. The six-part series surveys the natural history of the islands of the South Pacific region, including many of the coral atolls and New Zealand. It was filmed entirely in high-definition. South Pacific was co-produced by the Discovery Channel and the series producer was Huw Cordey. It is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. Filming took place over 18 months in a variety of remote locations around the Pacific including: Anuta, Banks Islands, French Frigate Shoals, Papua New Guinea, Palmyra, Kingman Reef, Tuvalu, Palau, Caroline Islands, Tuamotus and Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
On 6 May 2009, BBC Worldwide released a short clip of big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom surfing in slow motion, high-definition footage as a preview of the series, attracting extremely positive reactions on the video sharing website YouTube.
The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 15 June 2009. At the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute featurette takes a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filming the series.
The series was released by Discovery International in the USA under the title Wild Pacific, with narration provided by Mike Rowe.
Year: 2009
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Two
Director:
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch
Crew: Huw Cordey (Writer), Mark Brownlow (Writer), Fiona Pitcher (Executive Producer), Huw Cordey (Producer), Richard Wollocombe (Cinematography)
First Air Date: May 10, 2009
Last Air date: Jun 14, 2009
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 6 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 7.90/10 by 37.00 users
Popularity: 2.5811
Language: English
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