{"id":22870,"date":"2025-04-23T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/secrets-of-the-penguins-bertie-gregory-martin-williams-ruth-roberts\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:24:41","slug":"secrets-of-the-penguins-bertie-gregory-martin-williams-ruth-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/secrets-of-the-penguins-bertie-gregory-martin-williams-ruth-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Behind the Scenes of Secrets of the Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Secrets of the Penguins<\/em>, the latest addition to the\u00a0<em>Secrets of\u2026\u00a0<\/em>franchise, has debuted on National Geographic after Talesmith and a large crew spent several years enduring some of the world\u2019s harshest environments to capture never-before-seen behavior in penguins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6371802815112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talesmith\u2019s team, led by Nat Geo explorer and cinematographer Bertie Gregory and over 70 scientists and filmmakers, journeyed across the world to film penguins in Cape Town, South Georgia, the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands and Namibia. 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