Miniature high-definition cameras were used extensively for the "Insects" programme. The Life crew succeeded in using gyroscopic stabilisation to create steady shots from moving vehicles, even on rough terrain, allowing the cameras to track alongside reindeer and elephant herds for the first time. New camera technology was used to build on the cinematic techniques first employed in Planet Earth, notably the pioneering use of stabilised helicopter-mounted cameras. Nearly three years of filming followed, involving 150 shoots on all seven continents, many of them full-scale expeditions to remote wilderness areas.
The Life team contacted scientists and experts around the world in search of new discoveries to film, and new approaches to familiar subjects. The first year of production was spent researching possible stories for the series.
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However, later that year it was announced that the veteran narrator would be collaborating on both this series and the forthcoming Frozen Planet. In February 2007, Gunton revealed that the BBC were looking for a new narrator for the series owing to Attenborough's imminent retirement. The opening titles and brand imaging were created by Burrell Durrant Hifle. The specially-commissioned score was composed by George Fenton and performed by the Band of Life. Individual episodes were produced by Rupert Barrington, Adam Chapman, Martha Holmes, Neil Lucas, Patrick Morris and Ted Oakes. The Natural History Unit's production team includes series producer Martha Holmes ( Life in the Freezer, The Blue Planet) and executive producer Mike Gunton ( Galápagos, Life in the Undergrowth). It was reportedly one of the most expensive documentaries ever ordered by the broadcaster, with a budget of £10 million (though the BBC have never confirmed this figure). Life was the first series commissioned by the then Network Controller of BBC One, Peter Fincham, just weeks after he took up the post in March 2005. The original script was written and narrated by David Attenborough.
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It is distributed under licence by the BBC in over 50 other countries, including by the Discovery Channel in the United States and Skai TV in Greece. Life is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University.
A ten-minute making-of feature Life on Location aired at the end of each episode, taking the total running time to 60 minutes.
They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behaviour. The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series, a second look at plants, and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups.
Life premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes. Four years in the making, the series was shot entirely in high definition. The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence". It was first broadcast as part of the BBC's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009. Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University.