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Secret World Of Sound review: At 97, Sir David Attenborough is still utterly rapt in the wonders of nature, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
New tech obsesses Sir David Attenborough . So it's no surprise that, when a camera is developed with 40 directional microphones he is fascinated by it.
As head of BBC2 in the 1960s he oversaw the introduction of colour TV in Britain, and it was on Attenborough’s landmark Life documentaries that many new filming methods were first showcased — stop-motion photography of plants and trees throughout a whole year, ultra-high-definition video of insects through microscope lenses, gyroscopic cameras under helicopters following herds across the savannah, and drones showing us whales from previously unimaginable perspectives. The show uses cutting-edge audio equipment to investigate how animals hunt and forage in unexpected ways such as dolphins in the Bahamas who went burrowing for eels and razor fish, bombarding the sandy seabed with blasts of sonar clicks The Killing’s Sophie Grabol led the cast of prison officers, with Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt as Sammi, a new recruit eager to ‘make a difference’, and David Dencil as Henrik, the cynical veteran who wants a quiet life punctuated with occasional acts of brutality.
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