A Wild Life: My Adventures Around the World Filming Wildlife

A Wild Life: My Adventures Around the World Filming Wildlife

by Martin Hughes - Games (Author)

Synopsis

The frozen wastes of the Southern Ocean; the tropical rainforests of South America, the scorching grasslands of Africa, the dizzy heights of the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: Martin Hughes-Games has been to every continent on earth filming natural history programmes. A Wild Life is Martin's personal account of his astonishing adventures around the world, both as a presenter for the BBC and a producer of nature documentaries.

We all know Martin as a member of Springwatch and Autumnwatch team, but before his presenting days he spent many years behind the camera producing up-close-and-personal wildlife documentaries on location often in perilous conditions. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has captured the extraordinary life and diversity of the animal kingdom on film - from bloodthirsty bats and man-eating tigers, to huge elephant seals and tiny but ever so painful centipedes.

Warmly told with humour and an inimitable style, and packed with insightful facts from the natural world - how fast is the fastest creature on earth, the peregrine falcon? How high can a bird, the bar headed goose on migration, really fly? - A Wild Life has to be one of the natural history books of the year.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Corsair
Published: 03 Mar 2016

ISBN 10: 1472114442
ISBN 13: 9781472114440

Media Reviews
These adventures are a repository of joy, despair and cunning success candidly peppered with lovely nuggets of natural history - an absolutely irresistible read * Chris Packham *
Fascinating and huge fun to read * Daily Mail *
Highly entertaining * Birdwatch *
Packed with fascinating tales * Sunday Post *
Author Bio

MARTIN HUGHES-GAMES co-presents the BBC's Springwatch and Autumnwatch programmes, having worked in television for over 30 years. He trained as a zoologist before joining the BBC science department as a producer. He is also an obsessive motorcyclist, passionate climber and chicken fancier.


www.martinhughesgames.co.uk