Television Credits
Producer
MIKE BIRKHEAD
Photography
GORDON BUCHANAN
Programme Consultants
JEHAN KUMARA
RAVI SAMARASINHA
Offline Editor
NIGEL BUCK
Dubbing Editor
PAUL CLARK
Dubbing Mixer
CHRIS DOMAILLE
Online Editor
TIM BOLT
Music
DAVID POORE
Written by
MIKE BIRKHEAD
CHERYL THOMAS
Field Assistant
KG
Location Manager
TOBY SINCLAIR
Production Manager
CAROLYN NAYLOR
The producer wishes to thank:
Sri Lanka High Commission, London
The Government of Sri Lanka — Ministry of Foreign Affairs (A.P.A. Gunasekara, Director)
Department of Wildlife Conservation (Tissa Abeysekara, Chairman)
The National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka
Ceylon Tourist Board
Yala National Park
Lalith Weeratunga
Rukshan Jayawardene
Hemtours
Ashan de Zoysa
W.M.P. Jayatissa
For the BBC
Production Executive
CHRISTINA HAMILTON
Series Editor
MIKE GUNTON
For NATURE
Series Editor
JANET HESS
Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG
Producers
PATTY JACOBSON
JILL CLARKE
SUSANE LEE
Associate Producer
GIANNA SAVOIE
Production Assistant
IRENE TEJARATCHI
Production Secretary
AUSTIN RIPLEY
Manager
EILEEN FRAHER
Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN
Online Editor
BARRY GLINER
Sound Mixer
ED CAMPBELL
Series Producer
BILL MURPHY
Executive in Charge
WILLIAM GRANT
Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN
A Mike Birkhead Associates Production for Thirteen/WNET New York and BBC
This program was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, which is solely responsible for its content.
Web Credits
Producer
RONNIE GODEANU
Art Director
SABINA DALEY
Designers
LENNY DROZNER
KAREN MATTSON
RADIK SHVARTS
Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE
Writer
DAVID MALAKOFF
Production Artist
RUIYAN XU
Production Assistance
PETER TIERNEY
Technical Director
BRIAN LEE
Content Consultant
SUSANE LEE
About the Writer
David Malakoff is a journalist covering research discoveries and the politics of science for SCIENCE MAGAZINE in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in a wide range of venues, including THE ECONOMIST, THE WASHINGTON POST, and ABCNews.com.
Thirteen Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Dan Goldman, Executive Director, thirteen.org. Bob Adleman, Business Manager.