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Showcasing the wonders of the world’s greatest supercontinent, The Americas debuts February 23 on NBC. The landmark ten-part series, narrated by Tom Hanks and featuring music by composer Hans Zimmer, was five years in the making, with 180 filmed expeditions. It hails from the renowned BBC Studios Natural History Unit, creator of the multi-Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth and Blue Planet, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio. Mike Gunton, creative director of factual at the Natural History Unit, whose long list of credits includes Life, Planet Earth II and Dynasties, is executive producer.
Gunton tells TV Real Weekly about the logistics of this “massive undertaking” and the technology enabling natural history filmmakers to get closer to subjects than ever before.
