BBC Wildlife Specials

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BBC Wildlife Specials
David Attenborough in the opening sequence of Lions: Spy in the Den
Genre	Nature documentary
Presented by	David Attenborough
Narrated by	David Attenborough David Tennant
Composer	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	29 (22 specials)
Production
Producers	Neil Nightingale Keith Scholey John Downer
Running time	50 or 60 minutes
Production companies	BBC Natural History Unit John Downer Prods.
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	14 April 1995 (1995-04-14) – present
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The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The series premiered in 1995, and 22 specials have been produced to date, with most of the more recent ones consisting of multiple episodes. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the ... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 specials, through 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice (2010), Penguins: Spy in the Huddle (2013) and Dolphins: Spy in the Pod (2014) were narrated by David Tennant.