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BBC Natural History Boss On Combatting “Market Saturation” With ‘Game Of Thrones’-Style Narrative Series ‘Kingdom’
BBC Natural History Boss Sreya Biswas has talked Game of Thrones-style series 'Kingdom' & rising production costs in the market.
Coupled with the downturn and rising costs, Biswas pointed to the issue of natural history lacking ‘bingeability’, which can be a turn off for the streamers or VoD platforms like BBC iPlayer. She labeled Kingdom a “ Game of Thrones for African wildlife” and said the show being filmed across four years in Zambia will be replete with “narrative cliffhangers,” showcasing families of leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions all vying for dominance in a remote valley. Biswas was speaking at Creative Cities on the day that the BBC unveiled a trio of new natural history series on insects, British wildlife and killer whales.
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