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Announcing Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles for BBC One and iPlayer

24th April 2024

We’re thrilled to announce our brand-new series for BBC One and iPlayer: Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles which follows wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin as he reveals hidden wildlife gems from across the four countries of the UK. With Hamza’s trademark knowledge, warmth and enthusiasm, he’ll share tips and advice, encouraging viewers to connect with nature, wherever … Read more

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Billy and Molly to premiere at SXSW

We’re excited to share that our new Nat Geo film Billy and Molly, the story of an unlikely companionship between man and otter, will premiere next month at South by Southwest (SXSW). Produced by Silverback Films, and from Director Charlie … Read more

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Wild Isles helps drive a momentous win for UK nature conservation

Our Wild Isles series and Save Our Wild Isles films have helped drive crucial action to protect UK nature. Yesterday, UK and Scottish governments banned industrial sand eel fishing in our North Sea waters. After 25 years of campaigning by … Read more

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Silverback Films on the 2024 Best Places to Work in TV Winners List

We’re thrilled Silverback Films has been named on the Winners List of Best Places to Work in TV 2024. The annual Broadcast MBI awards took place in London today (24 Jan), shared valuable insights and survey findings from across the … Read more

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Life on Our Planet screened to world leaders at Davos 2024

At this year’s annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, a special editor’s cut of Life on Our Planet was shown to world leaders as part of the Centre for Nature and Climate gala dinner. The session comes at a … Read more

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Wild Isles live – on sale now!

Join us for Wild Isles live – an evening of natural wonder, featuring highlights from our acclaimed BBC series on the big screen. The event will share never-before seen footage and unique insights from Silverback Films Executive Director and Wild … Read more

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Our Planet Kindle edition January Deal

Our Planet: The official companion to our ground-breaking Netflix original Attenborough series is available as a special January Kindle Deal. Featuring some of the world’s rarest creatures and previously unseen parts of the Earth from deep oceans to remote forests … Read more

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The making of Life on Our Planet

Discover how our world-class filmmakers, working with the VFX legends at Industrial Light & Magic, created the spectacular sequences from Life on Our Planet with these special behind-the-scenes films Our 8-part series is a wildlife documentary with a difference – … Read more

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Our Planet II wins IDA Award

Our Planet II has won ‘Best Episodic Series’ at the 39th International documentary Awards (IDA) Awards. The prestigious IDA Awards took place in Los Angeles last night (Dec 12), they are dedicated to the documentary genre – celebrating the best … Read more

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Life on Our Planet nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award!

We’re proud to share that Life on Our Planet has been nominated for Best Science / Nature Documentary at the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Our ground-breaking 8-part series, created by Silverback Films in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin … Read more

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Our Planet II wins best animal behaviour at Jackson Wild Awards

We’re proud to share that Our Planet II: World on The Move has won the award for ‘Animal Behaviour – Long form’ at the 2023 Jackson Wild Awards. The category winner is for the film that most effectively examines animal … Read more

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Just released: Life on Our Planet official trailer

Today (25 Sept) saw the release of the official trailer for our ground-breaking new series Life on Our Planet. From Silverback Films and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and narrated by Morgan Freeman, this is the story of life’s epic battle … Read more

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Behind the scenes of Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey

In this special film for BBC One and iPlayer from Silverback Films, wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin is on a journey to film his favourite birds of prey in the British Isles. The film aired at 7pm on Sunday 24 September, … Read more

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