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| A list of key sequences shot by Simon |
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| The World About Us |
The Royal Forest, Bluebells and Fallow Deer |
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| Living Britain |
Nightjars, Hobbys, Dartford Warbler and more |
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| Andes to Amazon |
Humming Birds, Otters, Penguins & Valdivian rain forest |
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| Planet Earth |
Ice Worlds: Snow Petrel, Wolves & Musk Oxen |
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| Shallow Seas: Great White Shark catching Cape Fur Seals |
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| Caves: Swiftlets, Bats |
| Trials of Life |
Christmas Island Red Crabs spawning |
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| African Hunting Dogs |
| Jay's burying nuts and remembering where they are. |
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| Life of Mammals |
Bushmen Hunting |
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| Elephants in Chobe |
| Blue Planet |
Orcas attacking Sea Lion on the beach |
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| Sea Lion eating Rock Hopper Penguins |
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| Stella's Sea Eagle catching sea birds |
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| Black-Browed Albatross catching Krill |
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| Wild Africa |
Gannets taken by Fur Seals & Dolphins surfing |
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| Wildlife on One |
The Bee Team |
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A year by year listing of Simon's films and programmes.
Simply scroll down, or use the table above to jump to a particular year.
2008 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Wild In Your Garden |
10, 30 minute live programmes. |
Live garden wildlife in a Bristol suburb. Simon concentrated on a family of foxes. |
2002 |
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| Big Cat Diary |
5th Series. 8, 30 minute prerecorded programmes. |
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Meerkats Part of the Team |
1 off prerecorded 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 |
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Dinosaurs of The Isle of Wight - Live From Dinosaur Island
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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 |
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| Big Cat Diary |
4th Series. 9, 30 minute programmes. |
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1999 |
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| Highland Diary |
Series of 10, 10 minute prerecorded programmes. |
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| Big Cat Diary |
3rd Series. 8, 10 minute prerecorded programmes. |
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1998 |
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| Big Cat Diary |
2nd Series. 9, 20 minute prerecorded programmes. |
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1997 |
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| 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 |
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| Big Cat Diary |
1st Series. 6, 30 minute prerecorded programmes. |
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| Heading South |
6 live programmes over 4 days |
Live outside broadcast from Welney and New Mexico following migrations. |
1995 |
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Flamingowatch
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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 |
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| 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. |
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1992 |
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Walk on the Wildside |
6, 30 minute prerecorded 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 |
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Nest Side Story |
One off 30 minute prerecorded programme.
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Simon looked at some extraordinary nests and unraveled the mysteries behind these bird-brained building projects, in his search for the strangest nest! |
1988 |
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Daylight Robbery! |
One off 30 minute prerecorded programme.
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Simon took a look at town Badgers that many people watch in their own back garden. |
King And Company |
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Simon is joined by celebrities such as Toyah Willcox and David Essex on a series of wildlife filming assignments. |
1987 |
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The Flying Gourmet's Guide |
One off 30 minute prerecorded programme. |
A guide to the great British bird table, with some camera work by Simon. |
Brockside |
One off 30 minute prerecorded 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 |
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Simon King's Country Diary |
6, 30 minute prerecorded programme.
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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 |
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Bird Brain of Britain |
One off 30 minute prerecorded programme. |
Small birds solving big problems. Simon presents programs to test the intelligence of birds. |
| Wildtrack |
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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 |
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Three in the Wild |
Series of 6, 30 minute prerecorded 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 |
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King's Country |
Series of 7, 30 minute prerecorded programmes.
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Award winning films made and presented by Simon. |
1982 |
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The Hidden Land |
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Simon filmed the wildlife hidden from view in the Costa Del Sol resorts of Spain. |
1981 |
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| The Willow
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The wildlife found around and in a Willow Tree, and shwed the importance of the Willow Tree to the Wetlands. |
1978 |
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Man and Boy |
2nd Series. 6, 30 minute prerecorded programmes.
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Simon travelling again with Mike Kendall. Programmes include the Cambrian Mountains, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Home Ground, the Norfolk Broads and the New Forest. |
1976 |
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Man and Boy |
1st Series. 5, 30 minute prerecorded programmes.
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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 |
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A Secret Place |
60 minute one off Drama.
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Simon appeared in this as a child actor. |
1973 |
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The Fox |
60 minute one off Drama.
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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.
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