BBC Worldwide Secures Co-Pros on Barrier Reef Doc

LONDON: Nine Network Australia and Discovery Channel in the U.S. have signed on as co-production partners on the BBC Natural History Unit’s new three-part series Great Barrier Reef.

The deals were concluded by BBC Worldwide’s sales and distribution teams in Sydney and New York. The series is currently filming and is due to launch worldwide in 2012.

Neil Nightingale, executive producer at the BBC, noted: “This is the first ever definitive wildlife television series on the Great Barrier Reef. With the expertise of the joint production team from the BBC Natural History Unit and Queensland-based Digital Dimensions, the latest in filming technology and the support of the Nine Network and Discovery Channel U.S., we’ll capture the magic of the reef as it’s never been seen before. We look forward to showing this iconic natural miracle to worldwide audiences in a new light.”