Doug Anderson & BBC Wild Isles

Peter Rowlands · Issue 133, Jul/Aug 2023 · pp. 51–53

Products mentioned: RED Gemini, Nikonos RS 13mm, Gates Deep Weapon housing, Nauticam housing, Z cams

Congratulations on your involvement in the latest BBC ‘Wild Isles’ series. There must have been both a simultaneous feeling of the culmination of a career tinged with a fear/responsibility. When did you become involved and/or was it an idea which you have always wanted to materialise? Hi, Pete. Yeah, definitely. I couldn’t sum it up better. That’s exactly the way that I felt. I was incredibly excited to begin with. An opportunity to have a shot at filming in the United Kingdom for a wildlife series, and particularly with Sir David narrating but at the same time there was that kind of nagging anxiety and feelings of responsibility for just making sure that it was as good as possible. So many people that I know have been fighting for better marine management in the UK over the last 20 or 30 years and although these films may play a small part in their ability to be effective and get things…