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Flight Of The Snow Geese
''Flight of the Snow Geese'' is a nature documentary from the ''Survival Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things (or, hypotheti ...'' series. External linksThe Flight of the Snow Geese WildFilmHistory page 1972 films {{nature-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Buxton
Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (15 July 1918 – 1 September 2009) was a British soldier, politician, television executive, and writer. Biography Early life He was born on 15 July 1918. His father was Leland William Wilberforce Buxton and his mother, Ada Mary Oakes. He was the great-great-grandson of the anti-slavery campaigner Sir Thomas Buxton. He was educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War and was decorated with the Military Cross in 1943. Career From 1958 to 1988, he was a Director of Anglia Television. He was best known for creating the nature documentary series ''Survival'', which ran for four decades. Philanthropy In 1961 he was one of the co-founders of the World Wildlife Fund. As well as the WWF, he was involved with the Natural History Museum, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the London Zoological Society. In 1976 he and Lady Buxton d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Willock
Colin Willock (13 January 1919 – 26 March 2005) was a magazine editor and a nature documentary writer and producer, working on series such as ITV's ''Survival''. Aubrey Buxton brought him in to work on the first ever programme in the ''Survival Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things (or, hypotheti ...'' series in 1961, ''The London Scene''. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1987. Works *''Death in Covert'' (1961) *''The London Scene'' (1961) *''Flight of the Snow Geese'' (1972) See also *Survival (TV series) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Willock, Colin 1919 births 2005 deaths British magazine editors British documentary filmmakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Sachs
Andreas Siegfried Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in ''Fawlty Towers''. Sachs had a long career in acting and voice-over work for television, film and radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in numerous films such as '' Quartet'', and as Ramsay Clegg in '' Coronation Street''. Early life Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Katharina (née Schrott-Fiecht), a librarian, and Hans Emil Sachs, an insurance broker. His father was Jewish and his mother was Lutheran, with Austrian ancestry. The family moved to Britain in 1938 to escape the Nazis. They settled in north London, and he lived in Kilburn for the rest of his life. In 1960, Sachs married the actress, writer, and fashion designer Melody Lang, who took his surname. He adopted her two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Bartlett
Norman Desmond Bartlett (2 April 1927 – 12 September 2009) was an Australia filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series' such as ''Survival''. Early life Bartlett was born on 2 April 1927 at Canungra, Queensland, Australia. His father had Australia's largest collection of butterflies and introduced Bartlett to natural history. Works *''Flight of the Snow Geese'' (1972) Awards He was married to fellow filmmaker Jen Bartlett. They were jointly awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award is an honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society on "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinemato ... in 1974. See also * Survival (TV series) References External links *Des Bartlett's WildFilmHistory bio 1927 births 2009 deaths Australian film producers {{Australia-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Bartlett
Jen Bartlett (born Jen Edmondson) was a former tennis player and an Australian filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as Survivors of the Skeleton Coast. In 1959 she married a fellow filmmaker Des Bartlett. The couple lived on the Skeleton Coast, southwest coast of Namibia, for nine years while filming for the National Geographic. They were jointly awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1974. Works * ''Flight of the Snow Geese ''Flight of the Snow Geese'' is a nature documentary from the ''Survival Survival, or the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. ...'' (1972) References External links * Jen Bartlett's WildFilmHistory bioSurvivors of the Skeleton Coast Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) British film directors Living people {{Australia-film-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survival (TV Series)
''Survival'' is one of television's longest-running and most successful nature documentary series. Originally produced by Anglia Television for ITV in the United Kingdom, it was created by Aubrey Buxton (later Baron Buxton of Alsa), a founder director of Anglia TV, and first broadcast in 1961.Willock, pp10-14Walshe, Bevan, Sealy, Phillipson p88 ''Survival'' films and film-makers won more than 250 awards worldwide, including four Emmy AwardsWalshe, Bevan, Sealy, Phillipson p82 and a BAFTA. The original series ran for 40 years during which nearly 1,000 shows were produced. It was one of the UK's most lucrative television exports, with sales to 112 countries; the highest overseas sales of any British documentary programme. It became the first British programme sold to China (1979), the first to be broadcast simultaneously across the continent of North America (1987)Walshe, Bevan, Sealy, Phillipson p172 and its camera teams were the first to shoot a major wildlife series in the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
