The Polar Bear Family & Me
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The Polar Bear Family & Me is a three-part nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. It follows wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild polar bears, under the guidance of his biologist Jason Roberts, the polar expertise of the Antarctic region and Svalbard near Norwegian archipelago of the Arctic Ocean.
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Genre | Nature documentary |
Directed by | Saritha Wilkinson |
Presented by | Gordon Buchanan |
Narrated by | Gordon Buchanan |
Composer | Brett Aplin |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
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Executive producer | Tim Martin |
Producer | Ted Oakes |
Production locations | Svalbard, Norway Antarctica |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
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Network | BBC Two BBC HD |
Release | 7 January (2013-01-07) ā 10 January 2013 (2013-01-10) |
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The series was controversial for its use of a perspex box, from within which Buchanan filmed polar bears up close. It was reported that Roberts was notified by Norwegian authorities that he could be fined for "disturbing" the bears.[1]