Filming Gallery

: Setting up a cable dolly run with The Mighty Foggs and Ian Gray, Madagascar, 2010

: Me looking sinister in a hide - filming Sandhill Cranes - one of my favourite species - for 'Wild New World', Nabraska, 2001

: Self portrait at 'Polychome Overlook' - if you get up early enough you have the park to yourself

: The 'Dream Team' Babaze, Janvier & Doris

: Minijib set up to film meerkats, Meerkat Manor, 2004

: Fernando, me, Ruth & Renate filming in Emas NP

: Filming Musk Ox near Nome, AK, for 'Wild New World', 1998

: The last day of filming - 2 minutes later the dogs killed another wildebeest

: Filming the sun setting over the Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Our ride to work, filming Brown Bears, Prince William Sound, AK. 'Wild New World', 2000

: My sleeping hut - made of tin, very hot, full of mice and shared with Mark MacEwen - if you look carefully you can spot the hot jazz licks I'm copping. 'Wild Ladies of Viramba', 2002

: Getting ready to film aerials over LA with Stephen Dunleavey. 'Wild New World', 2000

: Makira kit: everything but the kitchen sink (although we did bring the fridge)

: Jimmy Jib set up in an Ice-Age cave set. 'Wild New World', 2000

: My (damp) hut while filming Silky Sifaka's, Marojejy NP, Madagascar, 2010

: Sean Morris, pointing at something with Mark MacEwen and his guns in the background. 'Wild Ladies of Viramba', 2002

: The trick is to use bits of the bridge you have already crossed to fill in the gaps in the bridge ahead, Pantanal, Brazil. 'Andes to Amazon', 1997

: They look both ways, then just cross regardless. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Filming with my Jimmy Jib III in a landfill site outside Anchorage, AK. The landfill was frequented by a pack of wolves - which we spent months trying to film

: Leandro, Anna, me, three Jaguars ... and Rob pretending to operate the crane

: The wonderful Adam White, compares aural appendages with a pachyderm. 'Wild New World', 2001

: Striking a pose in the Atacama Desert, 'Andes to Amazon', 1999

: Me and a Silky

: Very high in a tree - courtesy of the Mighty Foggs, filming a Madagascan Hawk Eagle, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: One of our remote cameras; at about -20C they, and I, stopped working properly

: Filming Musk Ox in the winter near Nome, AK - we have temporarily mislaid them. 'Wild New World', 1998

: Adam directs, camera takes on water. Florida, 'Wild New World', 2000

: My bedroom at Emas NP, Brazil - another home from home. 'Andes to Amazon', 1999

: Jib set up in the incredible Ankor Wat temple complex, Cambodia. 'Deep Jungle' 2006

: Little kid looking through my viewfinder - I've no idea where he came from - Utria, Colombia, 1997

: Filming Black Bear in suburban Anchorage - a familiar sight on garbage collection day (the bear, not me). 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Filming in Arches NP, Utah, 'Wild New World', 2000

: You didn't have to dress like an idiot to film the chimps ... but I did

: Our fully-featured cooking hut, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: Dennis & Steve - tooled up

: Can you see the dogs? ... neither can I

: Very high in a tree - courtesy of the Mighty Foggs, filming a Madagascan Hawk Eagle, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: Charles, Ali & Abdul - they stopped us getting eaten by lions. 'Wild Ladies of Viramba', 2002

: So young, so trusting. 'Meerkat Manor', 2004

: My Jimmy Jib III set up in a cave set built in Central Studios, Bristol. 'Wild New World', 2000

: You've got to love them ... Meerkat Manor, 2004

: Mask, headnet and camo kneepads. It's a miracle the chimps didn't run a mile.

: Me & Jogoo (I'm on the left), while filming for 'The Wild Ladies of Viramba', Tanzania, 2002

: Me, neoprene, ducks. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Filming timelapses on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. 'Wild New World' 2000

: Home sweet home

: Ian Gray, directing, Nose Mangabe, Madagascar, 2009

: Ian, Pam & Tim fight over floor space in an abandoned research station, Masoala, Madagascar, 2010

: Me, neoprene, ducks. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Filming Red Ruffed Lemurs from a tree platform, Masoala, Madagascar 2010

: Getting set up for aerials over the west coast of Scotland. 'Natural History of Britain', 2004

: Entering the world of the Urban Beaver, Anchorage. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Watching snow melt, Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK. 'Moose on the Loose', 2005

: Beware of the caterpillars ...

: The wonderful Matt Drake, fiddling with meerkat pups, Meerkat Manor, 2005

: Trying not to inhale - filming a termite emergence, Brazil. 'Andes to Amazon' 1999