SECRET WORLD OF SOUND
CBC TELEVISION, THE NATURE OF THINGS, NETFLIX, SKY TV
2024 | 3 x 44 mins
Sound is the vocabulary of nature. It plays a crucial role in the lives, evolution, and everyday struggle of animals. But so far, we’ve only heard part of the story.
Using cutting edge audio technology, host Anthony Morgan takes us on a journey into a hidden world. In this ground-breaking three-part CBC Nature of Things Special, he explores the extraordinary ways animals use sound to hunt, mate and survive.
From the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa; from the Rocky Mountains of Canada to the reefs of Indonesia; and from the deserts of Arizona to the rainforests of Malaysia, Morgan uncovers a startling new perspective on animal behaviour.
In Secret World of Sound, he will show us how baby caiman communicate with each other while they’re still inside the egg, discover how lions and hyenas wield sound to battle in the dark of night, and introduce a fish that sings and a bird that can mimic a crying baby.
Filmed in 4K ultra-high definition, each episode includes a look Behind the Scenes. In these, filmmakers reveal the fascinating science, advanced technology, and challenging environmental issues at the heart of sound in the natural world.
Packed with drama, conflict and new discoveries, Secret World of Sound will transport viewers into a hidden world and create a truly immersive and unforgettable experience.
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In Episode One: Hunters and Hunted, we enter a world where sound is the difference between finding a meal and becoming one.
In the deserts of Arizona, we meet the kangaroo rat that uses hollow spaces in its skull to amplify the faintest sounds — including the rustle of a rattlesnake sliding across the sand.
In an English garden we take flight with a bumble bee that employs its buzz to unlock a hidden treasure.
And in the Bahamas, we venture beyond what we can hear. We join a pod of dolphins to reveal how they utilize echolocation with amazing precision to find their prey hidden under the sand on the ocean floor.
Each episode includes a look Behind the Scenes. In this one, our team brave minus 40-degree Celsius temperatures in Canada to discover how the great grey owl manipulates sound to capture its prey under nearly a metre of snow.
View Episode One Credits
Hosted By
Anthony Morgan
Produced & Directed By
Rebecca Hart
Written By
Dugald Maudsley
Series Producer
Sharmila Choudhury
Executive Producers
Stephen Dunleavy
Dugald Maudsley
Producer
Gillian Main
Co-Producer
Monika Delmos
Head of Production
Lisa Walters
Line Producer
Elena Wong
Production Managers
Diane Marcotte
Esther O’Donnell
Production Coordinators
Gillian Main
Sophie Taylor
Directors of Photography
Kevin Flay
Hugo Kitching
Camera
Luke Barnett
Duncan Brake
Vianet Djenguet
Mark Foerster
Katie Mayhew
Ed Middleton
Romilly Spiers
Darren West
Location Camera
Alex Falk
Miguel Willis
Additional Camera
James Stevens
Barny Trevelyan-Johnson
Camera Assistants
Joel Cameron
Matthew Cass
Ben Palmer
Head of Sound
Chris Watson
Sound
Keith Henderson
Michael Kennedy
Dino Schiavone
Ioannis Spanos
Assistant Producers
Nalini Crack
Thomas Kent
Researchers
Tamara Collin
Monika Delmos
Helen Drew
Archive Producer
Gina Cali
Series Consultant
Andy Radford
Editor
Tom Wright
Editor - Behind the Scenes
David Murray
Original Music By
Suad Bushnaq
Music Mixer & Editor
Henry Mitton
Post-Production Supervisors
Harriet Colson
Liz Smith
Eric Wiegand
Post Producer
Patsy Hayden
Post Workflow Supervisor
Michael Weir
Technical Lead
Steve Clark
Edit Assistant
Lauren Tucker
Online Editor
Tim Gaydon
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts
Colourists
Wesley Hibberd
Ken MacNeil
Sound Design
Paul Fisher
Angela Groves
Dubbing Mixer
Brian Moseley
Re-Recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
Archival Material Courtesy Of
BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images
Blue Ant Media Inc.
Disney Enterprises Inc.
Disneynature
Andrew Manske
Pond5
Red Rock Films
River Road Films / CBC Archive Sales
Wolf Conversation Center
Special Thanks
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli Trust for Elephants
Louise Blight
Discover Owls
Dolphin Communication Project
James Duncan
Encounter Mara Camp – Asilia Africa
Grace Freymiller
Stanley Kinyolo
Mara Naboisho Conservancy
Mara Predator Conservation Programme
Samuel Munene
Red Earth Fixers
Soundcam UK
Susanna Stjepovic
Kelly Melillo Sweeting
Adam Timpf
Maria Vallejo-Marin
Neil Watson’s Bimini Scuba Centre
Malachi Whitford
Yeo Valley Organic
For Sky
Executive Producers
Tom Barry
Poppy Dixon
For the CBC
General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Senior Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Executive In Charge of Production
Sue Dando
Lesley Birchard
Produced with the participation of
Canada Media Fund
Ontario Creates
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
The Rogers Documentary Fund
Produced with the cooperation of
Writers Guild of Canada
Canadian Federation of Musicians
A United Kingdom-Canada Co-production
ALBERT Certified Production
©2024 Humble Bee Sounds Ltd & IF: Sound Productions Inc
Produced in association with
Sky TV, Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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In Episode Two: Love and Rivals, we enter a world where sound is used to impress, find a mate, and fight off a rival.
In the forests of eastern Australia, we observe the male lyrebird, one of the greatest mimics of the natural world, attempt to wow a female with his complex song – including the sounds of other birds and a car alarm.
In the vast grasslands of Alberta, we watch as male sharp-tailed grouse gather to put on an elaborate dance routine to attract a female – complete with rattling tail feathers and popping neck sacks.
And on the west coast of Washington State, we meet a fish that sings. Each summer the male plainfin midshipman uses his stunning song to convince a female to leave the deep ocean and lay her eggs in his nest.
Each episode includes a look Behind the Scenes. In this one, we join our team as they film the treehopper, a creature no larger than a dime, to capture the song the male uses to find a mate.
View Episode Two Credits
Hosted By
Anthony Morgan
Produced & Directed By
Gemma Brandt
Series Producer
Sharmila Choudhury
Executive Producers
Stephen Dunleavy
Dugald Maudsley
Producer
Gillian Main
Co-Producer
Monika Delmos
Head of Production
Lisa Walters
Line Producer
Elena Wong
Directors of Photography
Kevin Flay
Hugo Kitching
Camera
James Aldred
Tavish Campbell
Mark Foerster
Deirdre Leowinata
Sam Meyrick
Robin Smith
Romilly Spiers
Darren West
Location Camera
Ben Cunningham
Filipe DeAndrade
Edson Faria Junior
João Paulo Krajewski
Brian Moghari
Additional Photography
Steve Clark
Camera Assistants
Joel Cameron
Samantha Stephens
Jemma Titheridge
Field Director - Plainfin Midshipman
Louisa Gilbert
Head of Sound
Chris Watson
Sound
Michael Kennedy
Peter Sawade
Ioannis Spanos
Ellie Williams
Location Sound
Marcelo Barreiros
Original Music By
Suad Bushnaq
Music Mixer & Editor
Henry Mitton
Sound Design
Paul Fisher
Angela Groves
Dubbing Mixer
Brian Moseley
Re-Recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
Assistant Producer
Nalini Crack
Researchers
Monika Delmos
Helen Drew
Thomas Ken
Archive Producer
Gina Cali
Series Consultant
Andy Radford
Editor
Robin Lewis
Editor - Behind the Scenes
David Murray
Edit Assistant
Lauren Tucker
Production Managers
Diane Marcotte
Esther O’Donnell
Production Coordinators
Tamara Collin
Gillian Main
Sophie Taylor
Post-Production Supervisors
Harriet Colson
Liz Smith
Eric Wiegand
Post Producer
Patsy Hayden
Post Workflow Supervisor
Michael Weir
Online Editor
Tim Gaydon
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts
Colourists
Christian Short
Ken MacNeil
Archival Material Courtesy Of
BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images
Blue Ant Media Inc.
G. Carl Gerhardt
Camilo Flórez
Lou Jost / Andreas Kay
Gerd Kogler / NatureFootage
Konrad Wothe / Nature Picture Library
João Paulo Krajewski
Andrew Manske
Mike Birkhead Associates and Nick Hayward
Pond5
Primate Planet Productions
Rafael Guadeluppe / NatureFootage
Special Thanks
Randall Babb
Andrew Bass
Geoff Bender
Ian Birtwell
Roberta Bonaldo
Aneesh Bose
Kyle Burrichter & Klye Winney
Cristalino Lodge
Sheldon Frissell
Cortney Gilbert
Healesville Sanctuary
Andrew Iwaniuk
Jahoo Gibbon Camp and Bunong Community
Ben Jones
Thomas Jones & Bruce Taubert
Natural Ressources Canada - Insect Production Services
David Pfennig
Karin Pfennig
Polytec Ltd
John & Sandra Prince
Stuart Sharp
SoundCam UK
The Brown, Ganser & Lawes Families
Stephanie Tyler
Wainwright Wildlife Society
For Sky
Executive Producers
Tom Barry
Poppy Dixon
For the CBC
General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Senior Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Executive In Charge of Production
Sue Dando
Lesley Birchard
Produced with the participation of
Canada Media Fund
Ontario Creates
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
The Rogers Documentary Fund
Produced with the cooperation of
Writers Guild of Canada
Canadian Federation of Musicians
A United Kingdom-Canada Co-production
ALBERT Certified Production
©2024 Humble Bee Sounds Ltd & IF: Sound Productions Inc
Produced in association with
Sky TV, Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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In Episode Three: Finding A Voice, we follow baby animals as they use sound to announce their arrival, beg for food and call for help during one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
In the swamps of South America, baby caiman communicate with each other while still inside the egg to increase their chances of survival by arriving simultaneously.
In Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, we get an unprecedented look at a group of wolf pups. Many pups don’t make it beyond their first year and these ones must use their howl to stave off danger and protect the pack.
And in England we venture beyond what we can hear. More than 200 thousand species communicate in ways that are silent to us. We enter the rich and vibrant realm of the honeybee to discover how they use special sounds to crown a new queen.
Each episode includes a look Behind the Scenes. In this one, we join a team of Australian researchers using sound to save a reef bleached by warming oceans.
View Episode Three Credits
Hosted By
Anthony Morgan
Produced & Directed By
Bridget Appleby
Written By
Dugald Maudsley
Series Producer
Sharmila Choudhury
Executive Producers
Stephen Dunleavy
Dugald Maudsley
Producer
Gillian Main
Co-Producer
Monika Delmos
Head of Production
Lisa Walters
Line Producer
Elena Wong
Production Managers
Diane Marcotte
Esther O’Donnell
Production Coordinators
Gillian Main
Sophie Taylor
Directors of Photography
Kevin Flay
Hugo Kitching
Camera
Ralph Bower
Rod Clarke
Mark Foerster
Tom Hartwell
Adam Horder
Roger Munns
Duncan Parker
Romilly Spiers
Mark Yates
Location Camera
Filipe DeAndrade
Danny Estcourt
Camera Assistant
Joel Cameron
Head of Sound
Chris Watson
Sound
Michael Kennedy
Peter Sawade
Ioannis Spanos
Ellie Williams
Location Sound
Brett Stayt
Assistant Producers
Nalini Crack
Helen Drew
Researchers
Tamara Collin
Monika Delmos
Thomas Kent
Archive Producer
Gina Cali
Series Consultant
Andy Radford
Editor
Darren Flaxstone
Editor - Behind the Scenes
David Murray
Original Music By
Suad Bushnaq
Music Mixer & Editor
Henry Mitton
Post-Production Supervisors
Harriet Colson
Liz Smith
Eric Wiegand
Post Producer
Patsy Hayden
Post Workflow Supervisor
Michael Weir
Technical Lead
Steve Clark
Edit Assistant
Lauren Tucker
Online Editor
Tim Gaydon
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts
Colourists
Christian Short
Ken MacNeil
Sound Design
Paul Fisher
Angela Groves
Dubbing Mixer
Brian Moseley
Re-Recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
Archival Material Courtesy Of
Australian Institute of Marine Science
BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images
Blue Ant Media
Kevin Collins
Hugo Kitching
Moving Pictures Africa
Pond5
Wolf Conversation Center
Special Thanks
Algonquin Provincial Park
Martin Bencsik
Alexander Dzib
Britta Gerwin
Fred Harrington
Kalahari Meerkat Project Team
Emily Lane
Alejandro Larriera
Marta Manser
Proyecto Yacaré
Michael Runtz
Sandbanks Provincial Park
Sanhu Productions
Scuba Junkies
Scubazoo
Steve Simpson
SoundCam UK
Chris Timmins
Adam White
For Sky
Executive Producers
Tom Barry
Poppy Dixon
For the CBC
General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Senior Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Executive In Charge of Production
Sue Dando
Lesley Birchard
Produced with the participation of
Canada Media Fund
Ontario Creates
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
The Rogers Documentary Fund
Produced with the cooperation of
Writers Guild of Canada
Canadian Federation of Musicians
A United Kingdom-Canada Co-production
ALBERT Certified Production
©2024 Humble Bee Sounds Ltd & IF: Sound Productions Inc
Produced in association with
Sky TV, Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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