Peter Crawford is a
British award-winning, freelance film-maker, author and lecturer.
Peter Crawford is perhaps best known for his
natural history documentary films and TV series in the
United Kingdom and
United States including, in 1990, the first television series to attempt to comprehensively document North America's wildlife, ''Land of the Eagle'' (
WNET New York) and in 1999; ''Living Britain'' (
BBC 2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
), a series of ten 30 minute films which portrayed the natural history of
Great Britain and
Ireland. ''Living Britain'' was accompanied by a book written by Peter Crawford which became a Number 1 Best Seller for BBC Books.
Career
Although Peter Crawford is now freelance and specialises in lecturing and writing on Polynesia and the people and wildlife of the
Pacific Ocean, he spent most of his career working in the world-renowned
BBC Natural History Unit. Whilst there he was instrumental in bringing, via the television screen, a new-found interest in environmentalism and the relationship of people and the natural world to the living rooms of the United Kingdom.
He pioneered new ways of bringing natural history and environmental issues to wide audiences. 'World Safari' and 'Global Sunrise' highlighted his ambitious style of presentation.
Peter Crawford studied Zoology and Marine Biology at the
University of Exeter in
England and made further studies in Anthropology at the
University of Mainz in
Germany. In 2008, he was appointed Honorary Visiting Professor at Exeter University.
Selected film and television works
Natural history
* ''The Living Isles'' (1986)
* ''Land of the Eagle'' (1990 BBC/WNET New York)
* ''Global Sunrise: Around the world in 80 minutes'' (1997,
BBC 2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
)
* ''Living Britain'' (1999, BBC 2)
* ''Great Natural Wonders of the World'' (2002, BBC 2)
* ''Moonpower'' (2003, BBC 2)
Dramatised history
* ''Nomads of the Wind'' (1994, BBC 2)
* ''The Forgotten Voyage'' (BBC 2)
* ''The Garden of Inheritance'' (BBC 2)
Written works
* ''In The Country'' (edited and compiled by Peter Crawford) (1980)
* ''The Curious Cat'' (with Michael Allaby) (1982)
* ''The Living Isles'' (1985) (BBC Books) (winner of the 2001 BP Natural World book prize)
* ''Nomads of the Wind: A Natural History of Polynesia'' (1993) (BBC Books)
* ''Living Britain'' (1999) (BBC Books)
See also
*
BBC Natural History Unit
*
NHU Filmography This is a chronological list of selected television programmes and feature films produced or co-produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit since its inception in 1957. It is not intended to be exhaustive given the large amount of material the ...
*
Vaipo Waterfall
References
External links
Peter Crawford official websiteBritish Film Institute Film & TV Database: Peter Crawford
British television producers
British male television writers
British nature writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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