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S32 Ep13

Ireland's Wild River

Premiere: 2/26/2014 | 00:00:48 | NR

The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and the longest river. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. The Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where on little-known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else.

About the Episode

The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and longest river. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where on little-known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. For a year, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson lives on the river — camping on its banks, exploring its countless tributaries in a traditional canoe, following the river from dawn to dusk through the four seasons, on a quest to film the natural history of the Shannon as it has never been seen or heard or experienced before.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

DIRECTED BY
JOHN MURRAY

PRODUCED BY
CEPA GIBLIN

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
JOHN MURRAY

EDITOR
EMER REYNOLDS

MUSIC
RÓNÁN Ó SNODAIGH
KÍLA

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
THEO JEBB
COLIN STAFFORD-JOHNSON
ROSS BARTLEY
NOEL MARRY
DOMINICO PONTILLO
JOHN WATERS

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
VICTOR KUTISCHEV

SOUND RECORDIST
THEO JEBB
CEPA GIBLIN

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
SIOBHÁN MURRAY

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
PAUL MURRAY
JACKIE BOLAND
NIAMH REYNOLDS
BRENDAN RIERA
CLARE MURRAY

SOUND EDIT ASSISTANT
PAUL FINAN

FIELD ASSISTANT
THEO JEBB
MARK CRAVEN
RYAN EDWARDS
PAUL EDWARDS
JAMES MANISTY

DUBBING MIXER
JEREMY RYNHART

COLORIST
GARY CURRAN

GRAPHICS
IAN BENJAMIN KENNY

ONLINE EDITOR
STEPHEN DORAN

POST PRODUCTION MANAGER
SÉAMUS CONNOLLY

PRODUCTION MANAGER
SIOBHÁN WARD

RESEARCHER
JUANITA BROWNE

PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
SECTION 481 IRISH GOVERNMENT TAX INCENTIVES

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FOR NATURE

SERIES EDITOR
JANET HESS

SUPERVISING PRODUCER
JANICE YOUNG

SENIOR PRODUCER
LAURA METZGER LYNCH

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
JAYNE JUN

LEGAL COUNSEL
BLANCHE ROBERTSON

WEB PRODUCER
TOM McNAMARA

BUDGET CONTROLLER
KAREN FEIGENBAUM

RE-RECORDING MIXER
ED CAMPBELL

ONLINE EDITOR
PATRICK KRASS
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY

SERIES PRODUCER
BILL MURPHY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRED KAUFMAN

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