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S34 Ep14

India's Wandering Lions

Premiere: 4/13/2016 | 00:00:39 | NR

As India’s population booms, her legendary wildlife has been squeezed almost out of existence. But the commitment of the Indian people to preserve their wildlife is surprising – leading even to bringing back what has been lost. Against a backdrop of teak forest, farmland and villages, this film explores the extraordinary story of Asia’s last lions and their recovery from near extinction.

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As India’s population booms, her legendary wildlife has been squeezed almost out of existence. But the commitment of the Indian people to preserve their wildlife is surprising – leading even to bringing back what has been lost. Against a backdrop of teak forest, farmland and villages, this film explores the extraordinary story of Asia’s last lions and their recovery from near extinction. From a mere 20 individuals a century ago, they now number over 400. But the lions have outgrown their sanctuary and spilled out into the surrounding countryside and villages. Yet here a unique relationship has developed between lions and people, revealing a story, not of continual conflict as we might expect, but one of survival and tolerance.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

NARRATED BY
KEVIN DRAINE

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
MARTIN DOHRN
PRAVEEN SINGH

FIELD PRODUCER
AKANKSHA SOOD SINGH

HEADS OF PRODUCTION
YOULA KHURANA
LIZ THORP

ASSISTANT PRODUCER
GEMMA BRANDT

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY
MARTIN DOHRN
PRAVEEN SINGH
VIKRAMJIT SINGH BAL

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
LAVNEET GYANI
OMAR ADAM KHAN
MONIL NOORANI
KARTIKEYA SINGH
AKANKSHA SOOD SINGH
RAMESH TAHLAN

EDITORS
ANDI CAMPBELL-WAITE
ANDY CHASTNEY

PRODUCTION MANAGER
LALIT KOHLI

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
PUNEET RAVAL

TRACKERS
MURAD WAZIR MOHAMMED BALOCH
IBRAHIM BIN MOHAMMED SHEIKH

EDIT ASSISTANTS
JACK HYNES
ISOBEL LAWRENCE

DIGITAL ASSISTANTS
MUNNA BHAGAT
SAM HOPES

GRAPHICS
WILL DOHRN

ORIGINAL MUSIC
FRASER PURDIE
SIMON SLEATH
LENNY WILLIAMS

SOUND EDITOR
KATE HOPKINS

DUBBING MIXER
BEN PEACE

SPECIAL THANKS
THE GUJARAT FOREST DEPARTMENT
DR. C.N. PANDEY, PCCF AND HOFF
DR. SANDEEP KUMAR, DEPUTY CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS
RASEELA VADHER
THE GIR ANIMAL RESCUE SQUADS
AMITABH TEAOTIA
KUNWAR RANI SABEH RASHMI SHARDUL VALA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR KOSMIK GLOBAL
UDAY SINH WALA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR EARTH TOUCH
CHRIS FLETCHER

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SERIES EDITOR
JANET HESS

SUPERVISING PRODUCER
JANICE YOUNG

SENIOR PRODUCER
LAURA METZGER LYNCH

COORDINATING PRODUCER
JAYNE JUN

LEGAL COUNSEL
BLANCHE ROBERTSON

WEB PRODUCER
ERIC R. OLSON

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
ARIANA SVERDLIK

SENIOR PUBLICIST
JOHANNA BAKER

BUDGET CONTROLLER
KAREN FEIGENBAUM

ONLINE EDITOR
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY

RE-RECORDING MIXER
ED CAMPBELL

ORIGINAL NATURE THEME
ALEX LASARENKO

SERIES PRODUCER
BILL MURPHY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRED KAUFMAN

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