The Polar Bear Family & Me

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British TV series or programme

The Polar Bear Family & Me
Genre	Nature documentary
Directed by	Saritha Wilkinson
Presented by	Gordon Buchanan
Narrated by	Gordon Buchanan
Composer	Brett Aplin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Tim Martin
Producer	Ted Oakes
Production locations	Svalbard, Norway Antarctica
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC Natural History Unit
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC HD
Release	7 January (2013-01-07) – 10 January 2013 (2013-01-10)

The Polar Bear Family & Me is a three-part nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. It follows wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild polar bears, under the guidance of his biologist Jason Roberts, the polar expertise of the Antarctic region and Svalbard near Norwegian archipelago of the Arctic Ocean.

The series was controversial for its use of a perspex box, from within which Buchanan filmed polar bears up close. It was reported that Roberts was notified by Norwegian authorities that he could be fined for "disturbing" the bears.^[1]

References

^ Clark, Nick (18 March 2013). "Frozen Planet documentary maker in trouble for 'disturbing' Norway's polar bears". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

External links

The Polar Bear Family and Me at IMDb
The Polar Bear Family & Me at BBC Online
The Polar Bear Family and Me on Eden

BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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