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A View Through a Lens

Factual: Science & Nature

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison on human experience and the beauty of nature

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison combines location recordings with personal narratives which highlight the uniqueness of human experience and the beauty of nature

A View Through a Lens: Series 1

A View Through a Lens: Series 1: Episode 1: Seals

Seals

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Episode 1: Seals

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BBC Radio 4 - A View Through a Lens, Series 1, Seals

John films grey seals giving birth at night off the Northumberland coast.

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison highlights the beauty of nature. Despite a raging storm, John films grey seals giving birth at night off the Northumberland coast.

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison often finds himself in isolated and even dangerous locations across the globe filming wildlife, and in this series he reflects on the uniqueness of human experience, the beauty of nature, the fragility of life and the connections which unite society and nature across the globe.

1/3 GREY SEALS: Despite a raging storm John struggles across the rocky shore of Brownsman Island off the coast of Northumberland to film grey seals giving birth at night. 

Wildlife sound recordist is Chris Watson
Producer Sarah Blunt.

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