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Simon King - Project List

      

A list of key sequences shot by Simon

Life

 Cheetah catching an Ostrich

The World About Us

The Royal Forest, Bluebells and Fallow Deer

Living Britain

Nightjars, Hobbys, Dartford Warbler and more

Andes to Amazon

Humming Birds, Otters, Penguins & Valdivian rain forest

Planet Earth

Ice Worlds: Snow Petrel, Wolves & Musk Oxen
Shallow Seas: Great White Shark catching Cape Fur Seals
Caves: Swiftlets, Bats

Trials of Life

Christmas Island Red Crabs spawning
African Hunting Dogs
Jay's burying nuts and remembering where they are.

Life of Mammals

Bushmen Hunting
Elephants in Chobe

Blue Planet

 Orcas attacking Sea Lion on the beach
Sea Lion eating Rock Hopper Penguins
Stella's Sea Eagle catching sea birds
Black-Browed Albatross catching Krill

Wild Africa

 Gannets taken by Fur Seals & Dolphins surfing

Wildlife on One

The Bee Team

A year by year listing of Simon's films and programmes.

1973
1974
1976
1978
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1992
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Simply scroll down, or use the table above to jump to a particular year.

2010

Springwatch

 6th series. 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon shows the biodiversity found in and around Dorset including underwater views of the Dorset coastline.

Springwatch City Living

 1 off, 60 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon goes on Safari in the City.

Simon King's Shetland Diaries

 3, 60 minute pre-recorded programmes. Simon, Marguerite and their daughter Savannah discover the wildlife mysteries of the Shetland Islands.

2009

Springwatch Christmas Special

 One off 90 minute pre-recorded programme. A chance to catch up on the highlights of 2009 Springwatch and Autumnwatch programmes. Simon visits Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

Autumnwatch
8, 60 minute live programmes.
 A new format this year spreading the eight programmes over 8 weeks. Simon visits Svalbard in the high arctic to see Barnacle Geese start their migration to the UK.

Springwatch - Close Encounters

 One off 60 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon reveals some of the tricks of the trade that enable him to get ‘up close and personal’ with the UK’s wildlife. He also shares some of his favourite encounters with wild creatures and show us how to get a closer look at wild otters.

Springwatch

 5th Series. 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon was based in North Wales tracking down the elusive polecat and Goshawk

2008

Big Cat Live

 8, 30 to 60 minute live programmes. A twist on Big Cat Diary showing live footage from the Masai Mara, using cutting edge infrared and thermal imaging cameras to show animal behaviour that has never been seen before, especially on live TV.

Autumnwatch

 8, 60 minute live programmes. In week one Simon visits Petworth House in West Sussex for the Fallow deer rut then moves to Birmingham's urban jungle to see muntjac deer.
In week 2 Simon travels to Anglesey to watch Ravens and finishes with a dive off the Dorset coast to film conger eels.

Springwatch Spectacular

One off 60 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon shows us some of the spectacular wildlife that can be found within the British Isles.

Springwatch

 4th series. 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon visits Scotland and reports on many creatures including dolphins and ospreys and also the Scottish Wild Cat.

Watching The Wild:
Fallow Deer

One off 10 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon watches the Fallow Deer in the New Forest.

My Life With Animals

One off 50 minute pre-recorded programme. A documentary about Simon's work both behind and in front of the camera.

Tiger Kill

One off 50 minute pre-recorded programme. Part of The Natural World series. Simon meets with Alponse Roy to find a way to film a Tiger making a kill in India.

2007

Autumnwatch

 8, 60 minute live programmes. Simon moved around Britain reporting on Wild Boar in the Forest of Dean, Starlings in Somerset, Bats in Lancashire and Grey Seal Pups on the Farne Islands.

Big Cat Diary

 5, 50 minute pre-recorded programmes. Continuing the stories of the Big Cats in the Mara.

Springwatch

 3rd Series. 12, 60 minute live programmes.  

Toki's Tale

 60 minute pre-recorded programme. Part of 'The Natural World' series. Sequel to 'Fast Track To Freedom', continuing the story of Toki the Cheetah

Shark Coast

Pre-recorded programme. Film of Sharks found off the African coasts.

2006

Autumnwatch

 First Series of 8, 60 minute live programmes. Simon was based on the Isle of Rum for the Red Deer rut.

Big Cat Week

 3rd Series. 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Each programme follows the daily activities of the animals on the Masai Mara.

Big Cat Week
The Big Story

 One off programme.  

Big Cat Uncut

 First Series of 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Behind the scenes analysis of Big Cat footage, Simon gave the expert opinion.

Springwatch

 2nd Series. 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon was based on Shetland looking at Otters, Oystercatchers and other wildlife.

2005

Springwatch

 First Series of 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon travelled between three different locations, Mull for Sea Eagle, the London Wetland Centre and Inner Farne for a mixture of nesting birds.

Big Cat Week

 2nd Series. 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Each programme follows the daily activities of the animals on the Masai Mara.

2004

Cheetahs; Fast Track To Freedom

One off 50 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon helped raise two orphaned Cheetahs, Toki and Sambu. From just a couple of months old we follow their story till they become fully grown adults. The film finishes with a dramatic and moving twist as one of the Cheetahs is killed by Lions.

Britain Goes Wild

 12, 60 minute live programmes. Simon was based on the Bass Rock, looking at a Peregrine nest in a Midlands quarry, and finally at the London Wetland Centre.

Big Cat Week

First series of 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Each programme follows the daily activities of the animals on the Masai Mara.

2003

Wild In Your Garden

10, 30 minute live programmes. Live garden wildlife in a Bristol suburb. Simon concentrated on a family of foxes.

2002

Big Cat Diary

5th Series. 8, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

Meerkats Part of the Team

 1 off pre-recorded programme. Simon got very close to a family of Meerkats so that they accept him as part of their environment. The star of the show being 'Little Arnie'.

2001

Dinosaurs of The Isle of Wight - Live From Dinosaur Island

4, 60 minute live programmes, plus an omnibus programme. Simon co-presented with Bill Oddie, Adam Hart-Davis & Edwina Silver looking at dinosaur fossils on The Isle of Wight.

2000

Big Cat Diary

 4th Series. 9, 30 minute programmes  

1999

Highland Diary

 Series of 10, 10 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

Big Cat Diary

 3rd Series. 8, 10 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

1998

Big Cat Diary

 2nd Series. 9, 20 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

1997

Hotshots

 The Cold, The Quick and the Deadly A compilation of highlights from earlier programmes showing top wildlife cameramen at work.

Hotshots

 Filming the Impossible

1996

Big Cat Diary

1st Series. 6, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

Heading South

6 live programmes over 4 days Live outside broadcast from Welney and New Mexico following migrations.

1995

Flamingowatch

 Broadcast over 5 days. Hosted by Simon.

Hotshots

 Kingfisher, 09/06/95
Killing Time, 16/06/95
Part Of The Family, 23/06/95
Shooting In The Dark, 30/06/95
The Time Machine, 07/07/95
Over Exposed, 14/07/95
Grappling With Sharks, 21/07/95
Tracking, 03/09/95
Beyond The Naked Eye, 10/09/95
Rarer, Faster, Closer, 17/09/95 		Simon introduced a behind the scenes look at how wildlife films are made.

1994

Beachwatch

 4 programmes covering 1 tride. Simon walked the length of the shingle spit at Blackley Point talking about shingle wildlife.

Bird in the Nest

 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes.  

1992

  

Walk on the Wildside

 6, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes.

Waste Not, want Not
The ZZZZ Factor
Wild Designs
A Degree Of Comfort
Clean Living
Selfish Nature

Simon filmed, presented and produced all of these programmes.

1989

Nest Side Story

One off 30 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon looked at some extraordinary nests and unraveled the mysteries behind these bird-brained building projects, in his search for the strangest nest!

1988

Daylight Robbery!

 One off 30 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon took a look at town Badgers that many people watch in their own back garden.

King And Company

  Simon is joined by celebrities such as Toyah Willcox and David Essex on a series of wildlife filming assignments.

1987

The Flying Gourmet's Guide

 One off 30 minute pre-recorded programme. A guide to the great British bird table, with some camera work by Simon.

Brockside

 One off 30 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon looked at the lives of some urban Badgers.

Priddy The Hedgehog

One off 60 minute drama. Animal drama following the adventures of a hedgehog in Somerset.

1986

Simon King's Country Diary

 6, 30 minute pre-recorded programme. Simon presented and narrated this series showing sequences on British wildlife.

Herrag The Herring Gull

 One off 60 minute drama. Animal drama following the life of a Herring Gull born on the small island of Steep Holm in the Bristol channel.

1985

Bird Brain of Britain

 One off 30 minute pre-recorded programme. Small birds solving big problems. Simon presents programs to test the intelligence of birds.

Wildtrack

   Mike Jordan visits Simon filming the birth of a Fallow Deer fawn at Ashton Court in Bristol.

Rush The Fallow Deer

 One off 60 minute drama. Animal drama following the life of a Fallow Deer.

1984

Three in the Wild

Series of 6, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes, 2 programmes per title.

Shak The Red Fox
Mordicus The Buzzard
Toran The Dartmoor Pony

The start of a long series of animal dramas directed with his father John King.

1983

King's Country

 Series of 7, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Award winning films made and presented by Simon.

1982

The Hidden Land

   Simon filmed the wildlife hidden from view in the Costa Del Sol resorts of Spain.

1981

The Willow

   The wildlife found around and in a Willow Tree, and shwed the importance of the Willow Tree to the Wetlands.

1978

Man and Boy

 2nd Series. 6, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Simon travelling again with Mike Kendall. Programmes include the Cambrian Mountains, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Home Ground, the Norfolk Broads and the New Forest.

1976

Man and Boy

1st Series. 5, 30 minute pre-recorded programmes. Simon travelled around the country looking at British Wildlife with naturalist Mike Kendalll. Programmes include Exmoor, Cotswold Lakes, an island off Pembrokeshire, the New Forest and the Highlands.

1974

A Secret Place

 60 minute one off Drama. Simon appeared in this as a child actor.

1973

The Fox

 60 minute one off Drama. Simon appears in this as a child actor.

This is not intended to be a complete and comprehensive catalogue of all the work Simon has achieved over the past 25 years or so, but if you think we have missed something vital please let us know.