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S42 Ep8

Bloodlines | Big Little Journeys

Premiere: 1/24/2024 | 00:00:30 |

In Madagascar’s Kirindy Forest, a matchstick-sized chameleon goes on an epic journey through high trees and ground floors to find a mate and lay eggs before it’s too late. A water vole in the Scottish Highlands swims a lake, climbs a waterfall and scales a mountain also to find a suitor and a place to raise her pups.

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About the Episode

Small animals must sometimes make epic journeys to find a home or a mate. While the distances may not seem monumental to us, grasses appear like skyscrapers and raindrops fall as big as cars to these little creatures. Meet six heroic, tiny travelers – a turtle, a bushbaby, a pangolin, a lion tamarin, a water vole and a chameleon – risking it all to complete big journeys against the odds. Big Little JourneyS premieres Wednesdays, January 10-24, 2024, at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/nature, YouTube and the PBS App.

Working with scientists and conservationists around the world and using the latest camera technology, this series captures insights into the lives of the small but mighty. Each episode explores the journeys of two distinctive little animals.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

BIG LITTLE JOURNEYS – BLOODLINES

NARRATED BY
BUMPER ROBINSON

PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY
VALERIA FABBRI-KENNEDY

PHOTOGRAPHY
OWEN CARTER
OLIVER MUELLER
BEN TUTTON
SUE GIBSON
MATT ROSEVEARE

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
JAMES STEVENS
NEIL GOODCHILD

CAMERA ASSISTANTS
DOMINIC HOUGHTON
GAEL RAKOTOMANGA

FILM EDITORS
JESSICA HALLIER
SARAH BRIGHT

ASSISTANT EDITOR
MATTHEW BUSTIN

STORYBOARD ARTIST
SAMUEL ST. LEGER

ASSISTANT PRODUCERS
NATHALIE SWAIN-DIAZ
ELSA DUNKLEY
TIM JEFFREE

RESEARCHERS
JOSEPH SHEPHERDSON
NATHALIE DOHRN
DEYA SWIFT
LARA BATES-PRIOR

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT
SAAKSHI BOWRI

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
DOM WEEKS

JUNIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER
JODIE FOWLER

TALENT EXECUTIVE
SAS BONSER

ONLINE EDITOR
MICHAEL LANSDELL

COLORIST
SEB NORTON-WARE

POST PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
LIZZIE CONEY

VFX COORDINATOR
LAURA GALLAGHER

POST PRODUCTION, GRAPHIC & VFX DESIGN
DOGHOUSE POST PRODUCTION

MUSIC COMPOSED BY
STUART ROSLYN
CHRIS ELMSLIE

DUBBING EDITORS
OWEN SHIRLEY
OWEN PETERS

FOLEY ARTIST & DUBBING MIXER
MATT COSTER

AUDIO POST PRODUCTION
AUDIO UPROAR

SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS
DR CHRISTOPHER RAXWORTHY
PROF. XAVIER LAMBIN

LOCATION ASSISTANCE FURNISHED BY
CENTRE NATIONAL DE FORMATION, D’ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE
EN ENVIRONEMENT ET FORESTIER
JEAN BAPTISTE


FILMING ASSISTANCE FURNISHED BY
LUDO MITCHEL RAOELINA
RACHEL EWAN
MAMY SOLOFO ANDRIANARIMALALA

SPECIAL THANKS
BALMORAL ESTATE
INVERCAULD ESTATE

PRODUCTION MANAGER
NICOLA KOWALSKI

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE
DULCIE ARNOLD

HEADS OF PRODUCTION
JOHN BRYANS
MARIA NORMAN

BBC COMMISSIONING EDITORS
JACK BOOTLE
SREYA BISWAS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
ROSEMARY EDWARDS

SERIES PRODUCER
PAUL WILLIAMS

FOR NATURE

SERIES EDITOR
JANET HESS

SENIOR PRODUCER
LAURA METZGER LYNCH

SUPERVISING PRODUCER
JAYNE JUN

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
JAMES F. BURKE

LEGAL COUNSEL
BLANCHE ROBERTSON

DIGITAL LEAD
DANIELLE BROZA

DIGITAL PRODUCER
AMANDA SCHMIDT

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
KAREN HO

AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
CHELSEY SAATKAMP

BUDGET CONTROLLER
JAYNE LISI

ONLINE EDITOR
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY

RE-RECORDING MIXER
JON BERMAN

ORIGINAL SERIES PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Arnhold Foundation
The Fairweather Foundation
Kate W. Cassidy Foundation
Charles Rosenblum
Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao
Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III
Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
Sandra Atlas Bass

SERIES PRODUCER
BILL MURPHY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRED KAUFMAN

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