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PRODUCTION CREDITS

NARRATED BY
DAVID SCHEEL

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY
DAVID ALLEN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DAVID ALLEN

DIRECTED BY
ANNA FITCH

EDITOR
RICHARD WILKINSON

ADDITIONAL EDITOR
SARAH CANNON

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ERNIE KOVACS

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
JOHN SHAW

MUSIC COMPOSED & CONDUCTED BY
FRASER PURDIE

ASSISTANT PRODUCER
DAVID JOHN

LINE PRODUCERS
CHRISTIAN HOLLAND
GEORGE CHIGNELL

ADDITIONAL CAMERA
SOREN SIBERETS

DUBBING MIXER
MATT COSTER

COLORIST
DAN GILL

GRAPHICS
ELOISE GARLICK

ONLINE EDITOR
EDWARD GIBBS

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
CHRISTOPHER GENT

RESEARCHER
SAM WIGFIELD

PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
NAOMI SUMPTER
JADE WHELDON

DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
GABY BASTYRA

ARCHIVE
PETER GODFREY-SMITH
MATTHEW LAWRENCE
DAVID SCHEEL
STEFAN LINQUIST
MARTIN HING
STEPHANIE CHANCELLOR
ELORA KOOISTRA
NHNZ
GETTY IMAGES/BBC MOTION GALLERY
IDEACOM
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
NATURE FOOTAGE
KQED
NEWSFLARE
JUNKIN MEDIA
CNN
COLIN MASLEN
SHUTTERSTOCK

SPECIAL THANKS
LAUREL SCHEEL
MATTHEW LAWRENCE
DALE SANDERS
BRET GRASSE
JASON COPP
THE MARINE LIFE CENTER, BELLINGHAM, WA
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, WOODS HOLE, MA
ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
KEVIN IZUMI
WEYMOUTH SEA LIFE ADVENTURE PARK
THE TONMO COMMUNITY
NATHAN HOLLENBACK

FOR THE BBC

EDIT ASSISTANT
ALAN NEAL

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
JOANNA MANLEY

PRODUCTION MANAGER
PAULINE GATES

SERIES PRODUCER
HOLLY SPEARING

SERIES EDITOR
ROGER WEBB

FOR NATURE

SERIES EDITOR
JANET HESS

SENIOR PRODUCER
LAURA METZGER LYNCH

COORDINATING PRODUCER
JAYNE JUN

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
JAMES F. BURKE

LEGAL COUNSEL
BLANCHE ROBERTSON

DIGITAL PRODUCER
HEATHER TONER

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
KAREN HO

AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
CHELSEY SAATKAMP

BUDGET CONTROLLER
JAYNE LISI

ONLINE EDITOR
STACEY DOUGLASS MOVERLEY

ADDITIONAL VOICEOVER
ALLAN PECK

RE-RECORDING MIXER
JON BERMAN

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY
The Arnhold Family
Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III
The Fairweather Foundation
Kate W. Cassidy Foundation
Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation
Rosalind P. Walter
Sandra Atlas Bass
Doris R. and Robert J. Thomas
Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation
The M. & H. Sommer Foundation
The Sun Hill Family Foundation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

SERIES PRODUCER
BILL MURPHY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRED KAUFMAN

A PASSION PLANET LTD PRODUCTION FOR THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC AND BBC IN ASSOCIATION WITH WNET

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