We’re happy to announce that Professor Ben Garrod’s brilliant dinosaur show for children will be at The Tobacco Factory in Bristol over October half term. During this interactive, educational, and highly entertaining show you’ll learn loads of fascinating facts about the best prehistoric predators and most humoungous herbivores. There are two shows daily, 11am and 2pm, from Weds 30 Oct to Sat 2 Nov 2024, so don’t miss out! Book here now.
Nadeem Perera on The One Show
If you missed Nadeem Perera on BBC’s The One Show on Weds 17 June, you can catch it on BBC iPlayer. A great segment in which he shares a wildlife success story about the white stork returning to and breeding in the UK.
Image credit: Martin Hartley
Lizzie Daly launches her first book!
We are delighted to confirm that Lizzie Daly will launch her first wildlife book for children at the beginning of September.
Life in the Wild, published by Dorling Kindersley, shares the stories of ten incredible animals, including the longest travelled Great White Shark, the oldest living wild bird, and a puma turned long distance swimmer!
Adam Rutherford co-present news BBC Radio 4 series
Episode one of The Human Subject, co-presented by Adam Rutherford, has just has dropped and is now available on BBC Sounds. This new series is a mixture of true crime, medicine and history. It tells the true stories of modern medicine and the often horrific pathways taken to get to the treatments we all use today.
Big Cats 24/7 is re-commissioned
BBC Studios Natural History Unit has announced a second series of Big Cats 24/7 has been commissioned for BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and PBS
The first series, featuring Gordon Buchanan, Anna Dimitriadis and Vianet Djenguet will launch on the BBC in August this year and PBS in September. It follows the lives of lions, cheetahs and leopards in the Okavango Delta, Botswana - a place described as one of Africa’s last wildernesses.
Series two, which is currently in production, will be broadcast in 2025.
New commissions for rising star Dan O'Neill
Off the Fence (OTF) has announced three new commissions from Nat Geo and Arte featuring field biologist Dan O’Neill: Zombie Animals, a two-part documentary; Wild Talk, a five-part series and Nature’s Ultimate Survivors.
Speaking of O’Neill, Andrew Zikking Managing Director of OTF said: “As a company that prioritises discovering and celebrating fresh and diverse talent, it’s a real coup that the peerless — and fearless — Dan O’Neill has agreed to front three more premium OTF productions.”
Lizzie Daly on The One Show
News hot off the press. Wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly will appear on BBC’s The One Show this evening with her film which explains how detection dogs are able to sniff our rare curlew bird nests. Tune in at 7pm, or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
Dan O'Neill on The One Show
In last week’s BBC The One Show Dan O’Neill investigated critically endangered wildcats and some of the people who are on a mission to save them. You can catch the episode on BBC iPlayer (Dan’s film starts at 11.40 mins).
Gordon Buchanan announces a UK-wide tour in 2025
The amazing and inspiring Gordon Buchanan is going on his biggest tour ever next year with Lions and Tigers and Bears with Gordon Buchanan.
Join Gordon as he recounts thrilling encounters with pandas, grizzlies, tigers, jaguars and more. Learn about the heart-stopping moments, the mud, sweat, and tears, and the tender interactions that have shaped his extraordinary career.
For more details and to secure tickets, visit gordon-buchanan.co.uk
Doug Allan at the iconic Minack Theatre
Doug Allan is speaking at the ‘Festival of the Sea’ at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall on Sunday 1 September at 6pm. Click here for more details.
The whole event runs across two weeks, and involves theatre, music, dance, and talks inspired by the sea, celebrating 200 years of the RNLI.
Doug will speak about his ‘Encounters with the ocean’s most charismatic animals’.
Naomi Wilkinson delights the crowds
Naomi Wilkinson was a huge hit at the ‘Big Nature Camp Out’ festival last weekend. “She is just everything you want in front of your guests,” said the organisers. “Friendly, packed full of information and loved by our visitors and team.”
To enquire about Naomi’s availability please contact events@josarsby.com
Steve on LadBible
Steve Backshall did a collaboration with the digital publishers LadBible, where he was challenged to answer random questions from the Honesty Box. Click here to view the episode in full.