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Our latest one
hour production has just been completed, a recap of the stand-out
moments from Greg's 105 documentaries over the past 20 years.
Jefferson directed
and edited EXTREME ENCOUNTERS IN TRAVEL, which Travel Channel Europe
plan to run this month.
This special
begins by looking at how ancient cultures and practices are disappearing
at such a rapid rate around the world. Grainger's first filming
expedition took him by raft through the heart of Tibet where he
encountered Tibetans singing in corracles made of animal hide, and
burials where the dead are cut up and fed to vultures.
In Irian Jaya,
he encountered tribesmen dressed in nothing but penis gourds, and
tribal elders who described in detail how to butcher and eat a human
body. Wildlife has also featured strongly in Grainger's expeditions,
including a polar bear crashing through ice to catch a seal, the
snow monkeys of Nagano Japan bathing in hot springs, and a dance
with lemurs in Madagascar.
Characters featured
include a meeting with the charming Princess Diana, the Queensland
grandmother who¹s arm was almost bitten off by a crocodile
when she tried to wrestle it off a friend who was being attacked,
and Rodney Fox, the spearfishermen almost eaten alive by a giant
Great White shark.
High adventures
included a trip around the Antarctic - huge rookeries of King Penguins,
close encounters with whales, and summitting mountains - and a ride
by motor-bike across the roof of the world in India - riding the
world's highest road to an ancient festival in Little Tibet.
Along the way,
Grainger captured many chilling moments - wild bulls throwing spectators
high in the air in Andalucia, a snake handler bitten on the nose
by a deadly King Brown snake, and a giant saltwater crocodile jumping
from the water to lock its jaws around Grainger's camera and drag
it out of Jefferson's hands.
*** Have
just taken on 3 exciting new commissions. Two of them, from Channel
7 Australia, will see us filming Australia's greatest islands, and
exploring the Arctic in pursuit of polar bears. The third, a private
commission from aviator Peter Moore, will see us producing a documentary
on a round world flight of his. Tough gigs!!!
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