Love Nature, Sky Nature Team for Blue-Chip Series

Love Nature and Sky Nature have greenlit the new 4×60-minute series Airborne.

Produced by Humble Bee Films, the series dives into airborne birds and animals as they catch air for the first time, snatch in-flight meals, navigate crowded skies and soar through challenging environments.

The series will premiere on Love Nature around the world, as well as on Sky Nature in the U.K., Italy and Germany.

Blue Ant Studios’ rights division will oversee presales and licensing outside of commissioning territories.

Poppy Dixon, director of documentaries and factual at Sky, said: “We look to commission exceptional natural history programming that reveals a new lens on our planet. Taking to the air, we are excited to be offering our audiences a thrilling new perspective on the world around us, which we know they will love.”

Carlyn Staudt, general manager for Love Nature and head of commissioning for Global Media at Blue Ant Media, added: “Partnering with Sky Nature on this ambitious project allows us the scale to capture breathtaking footage and stories to make this world-class, blue-chip series. We’re also thrilled to deepen our existing content partnership with Sky. The immersive and innovative footage of animals in flight illustrates Love Nature’s commitment to unlocking fresh and compelling perspectives of wildlife that appeal to audiences around the world.”

Stephen Dunleavy, executive producer for Humble Bee Films, said: “Humble Bee Films is delighted to be working with Love Nature and Sky Nature to produce this immersive natural history series. For many animals, the ability to defy gravity and launch into the air is crucial to their survival and our specialist camera teams will take the viewer right alongside as we go Airborne.”