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Released
2016 · FILM

Zoo Quest in Colour

Runtime
90 min
Documentary

Synopsis

Thanks to a remarkable discovery in the BBC's film vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early *Zoo Quest* adventures can now be seen as never before—in color—and with it the remarkable story of how this pioneering television series was made. First broadcast in December 1954, *Zoo Quest* was one of the most popular television series of its time and launched the career of the young David Attenborough as a wildlife presenter. *Zoo Quest* completely changed how viewers saw the world—revealing wildlife and tribal communities that had never been filmed or even seen before. Broadcast 10 years before color television was seen in the UK, *Zoo Quest* was thought to have been filmed in black and white, until now. Using this extraordinary new-found color film, together with new behind-the-scenes stories from David Attenborough and cameraman Charles Lagus, this special showcases the very best of *Zoo Quest to West Africa*, *Zoo Quest to Guiana*, and *Zoo Quest for a Dragon* in stunning HD color.

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Principal cast & crew: 8

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

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Edited by Mike DennyShot by Robin Cox

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