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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tara Conlan

BIZARRE: Bbc s kingdom series gets viewers into the action with tv drama techniques - You Need To See This

A leopard in a tree canopy looking out for prey and rival predators.
Kingdom follows the animal world closely using drones and moving cameras, which animals don’t notice as much as human camera operators. Photograph: Lauren Jackson/BBC Studios

David Attenborough’s new BBC series Kingdom has broken ground by using elements from TV dramas, such as cliffhangers and drone and moving-camera shots, to immerse viewers “into the action” like the hit Netflix drama Adolescence did.

Since the advent of streaming services, there has been an increase in natural history TV shows thanks to the worldwide appeal of the genre popularised by Attenborough and the renowned BBC Studios natural history unit (NHU).

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