Survival (TV series)
Survival | |
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Also known as | The World of Survival |
Genre | Nature documentary |
Narrated by | Various |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 900+ |
Production | |
Producer | Various |
Running time | 30–60 minutes |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 1961 2001 | –
Survival is one of television's longest-running and most successful
The original series ran for 40 years during which nearly 1,000 shows were produced. It was one of the UK's most lucrative television exports, with sales to 112 countries; the highest overseas sales of any British documentary programme.
Early programmes were all half-hours, but the one-hour Survival Special became ITV's flagship wildlife documentary for three decades, often attracting audiences of more than 10 million.
The production unit was disbanded in 2001 and the title disappeared from British TV screens.[12] However, the Survival name returned to ITV with the launch of Survival with Ray Mears in 2010.[13] The Survival name was then subsequently used again with a series entitled Survival - Tales from the Wild.
Structure
For many years Survival was made by a subsidiary of Anglia Television, Survival Anglia Ltd (SAL), operating from the company's London offices at Brook House in
Following the 1994 acquisition of Anglia by finance and media company MAI (now
Survival productions were the result of many months, even years, of work in the field. A camera team would typically follow a subject's story "from womb to tomb" to produce a one-hour Special, plus one or more related half-hours.[15] Surplus footage and out-takes were held in a film library, that grew to more than 11 million feet of film[15] and was made commercially available worldwide. SAL also operated one of the UK's biggest wildlife stills libraries, cataloguing and selling images provided by the camera teams.
Many of the world's leading wildlife photographers worked for Survival, including
Commentary for Survival shows was voiced by many leading actors over the years, including Orson Welles, Henry Fonda, David Niven, Anthony Hopkins, John Forsythe, Stefanie Powers, Gene Kelly, Timothy Dalton, Jason Robards, Peter Ustinov and Richard Widmark.
For UK transmissions, the celebrity narrators also included
Despite the star names associated with Survival, almost all narrators were heard but not seen. When Survival began to achieve success overseas, it was decided to facilitate the programmes' export potential by not having a presenter or narrator in vision.[16] This ensured the commentary could be re-recorded in another language, as required. With a few exceptions, this remained the policy throughout.
History
In 1960,
Buxton, a leading naturalist, who became chief executive and later chairman of Anglia Television, was producer and later executive producer of the series. He remained a guiding influence for over 30 years, and his vision and drive helped the series gain an international reputation for innovation and entertainment allied to scientific integrity. He was made a life peer, Baron Buxton of Alsa, in 1978, and served on many broadcasting, wildlife and countryside bodies.[3]
The deputy editor of Rediffusion's current affairs programme
For more than 20 years, the day-to-day running of SAL was effectively in the hands of a three-man management team comprising Buxton, Willock and Mike Hay. As general manager and later executive director, Hay had responsibility for overseeing budgets and maintaining logistical links with film-makers in the field, as well as scanning the rushes that arrived in the cutting rooms.[17]
Closely associated with the series from the outset was Sir Peter Scott, a pioneer of natural history programmes on television. He introduced and narrated many early Survival films as well as acting as scientific adviser to the series.[14]
The title Survival was arrived at almost by default. In his book The World of Survival (Andre Deutsch, 1978), Willock revealed it was nearly called Tooth and Claw.[18] "Both Aubrey and I objected to it on the grounds that nature was not really like that. In the end we came up with Survival. It was adopted for the reason that most titles are eventually adopted. No one could think of anything better."
The second Survival was filmed in the heart of
Early programmes were all of half-hour duration, and there were usually only five or six each year. However, their success led to the introduction of an occasional one hour Special, although the half-hour format remained the principal output and the basis of Survival’s later success. By 1968 the ITV network had committed to 13 half-hour shows a year.
In 1967, Prince Philip presented The Enchanted Isles, a film about the
The advent of colour broadcasting on ITV by 1969 benefited Survival because most of its films had been shot in colour and were readily available to the network.
Survival in the United States
In 1971, television broadcasting in the United States became subject to the Prime Time Access Rule, aimed at increasing diversity in programming by restricting the amount of network material that local stations owned by, or affiliated with, a network could air during peak viewing hours.[21] The legislation had the effect of opening up the airwaves to cultural and documentary material, with Survival among the beneficiaries.
The New York advertising agency J. Walter Thompson, now JWT, arranged sponsorship by the Quaker Oats Company of the Survival one-hour The World of the Beaver[22] and took a more general interest in Survival’s output. The networks and local station groups were short of documentary material and JWT started a syndication division to supply such programming with the primary objective of attracting advertisers. In partnership with JWT, Survival Anglia set up a New York office, and became the first UK television series to form its own American company.[23] Two JWT executives, Jack Ball and Farlan Myers, were appointed to the SAL board. JWT also provided writers to adapt Survival shows for American audiences - Frank Gannon, Ken Thoren and Jim de Kay - while leading Hollywood actors were routinely engaged for the commentaries.
The link-up proved fundamental in bringing Survival to prominence in the world market during the 1970s and 1980s, and also was largely responsible for SAL winning a Queen's Award to Industry in 1974.
SAL also formed partnerships with
Other collaborations
For more than 20 years, SAL had a partnership with Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), renowned for their innovative techniques, including macro-photography, and wide scientific reach.[25] The OSF team provided dozens of films, mainly half-hours, for Survival. They included two series titled The Survival Factor on ITV (renamed Wildlife Chronicles for American transmission), the first narrated by the then James Bond actor Timothy Dalton and the other by singer and actress Toyah Willcox.
Survival was a founding partner of Wildscreen, one of the world's leading wildlife film festivals. Lord Buxton was a member of the formative committee, and the enterprise was born out of a collaboration between Survival and the BBC, along with the involvement of the WWF.[26]
A collaboration between Anglia TV and the
A collaboration between Anglia TV and the
Later years
The Survival unit re-located from London to Norwich in 1989. Changes in the structure and management of the organisation were followed by reformation of commercial broadcasting in Britain heralded by the Broadcasting Act 1990.[28] Graham Creelman was appointed executive producer and director of Survival in 1988 and held the post for seven years, subsequently becoming managing director of Anglia Television (1996–2006). He had previously been a senior producer of factual programmes for Anglia, and headed the team that filmed Antarctica: The Last Frontier, a joint project between Survival and its parent company.[10] He was succeeded as executive producer by Petra Regent, a writer and producer with the unit since 1982, who had produced another of Survival’s keynote programmes of the 1980s, The Nature of Russia.
In 1994 Anglia Television was acquired by finance and media group MAI, and subsequently became part of United Broadcasting & Entertainment, with Survival and Partridge Films linked in a natural history production business called United Wildlife.[2] The mid-1990s saw a shift of emphasis in ITV towards presenter-led wildlife shows, notably those featuring Steve Irwin and Nigel Marven.[29] Survival Specials continued to be commissioned, and generally achieved good audience ratings, although as stand-alone programmes in an increasingly volatile schedule, their slots were vulnerable to change or cancellation. Survival broke with tradition and engaged an on-camera presenter when Gaby Roslin fronted a six-part series of half-hour shows in 1995 under the title Predators, screened by ITV in a Sunday evening slot. Despite good ratings, however, a second series was not commissioned.[10]
In 2000
In 2006, ITV announced the return of wildlife programming to Norwich along with the re-location of the Granada Wild film library, including the Survival and Partridge catalogues.[31] And in spring 2009 ITV said the Survival title was returning, with three shows featuring leopards, bears and wolves, to be hosted by animal tracking expert Ray Mears. The first Survival with Ray Mears, focusing on leopards in Namibia, was screened on 18 April 2010.[32] The Survival name was then subsequently used again with a series entitles Survival - Tales from the Wild, screened on ITV1 in 2011. The 60 minute episodes, numbering 15 in total, were created from the Survival archive to create new stories.
The Survival archive has also been used in compiling the clips for the ITV wildlife video website itvWILD.
In January 2012, ITV Studios announced its intention to close production facilities at its Norwich base stating, "volume is no longer at the level necessary to sustain the overheads and investment needs".[33]
Notable films
The London Scene (1961)
The first Survival and a landmark for television natural history.
S.O.S. Rhino (1961) Survival's first film shot in Africa and the show that did much to establish the series' credentials. S.O.S. Rhino was one of television's first major
The Year of the Wildebeest (1974), Safari by Balloon (1975), Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978), Two in the Bush (1980) and A Season in the Sun (1983) African films shot through the lens of Kenya-based film-maker Alan Root, working with his then wife,
The Enchanted Isles (1967) Alan and Joan Root went to the
The World of the Beaver (1970), The Flight of the Snow Geese (1972), The Lions of Etosha (1982), Survivors of the Skeleton Coast (1991) Multi award-winning films shot by Australian camera team
The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil (1973), Gorilla (1974), Orphans of the Forest (1975), Tiger, Tiger (1977), The Secret World of Bats (1991) German film-maker
Here Be Dragons (1990), The Tides of Kirawira (1992), A Little Fish in Deep Water (1996), Tale of the Tides (1999), Mzima: Haunt of the River Horse (2001) Husband and wife camera team Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone, who had made their Survival debut with a half-hour film about
Giant Otter (1990), Tarantula! (1991), Creatures of the Magic Water (1995), Jaguar - Eater of Souls (2001) Nick Gordon was a film-making explorer, dubbed an
The Mysterious Journey (1983), The Bonebreaker's Mountain (1987), Wolf! The Spanish Outlaw (1991) Richard and Julia Kemp made their mark with one of the most arduous film-making expeditions carried out for the series. They travelled 6000 miles across
Stranded on South Georgia (1982) One of the most extraordinary episodes in Survival’s history took place in 1982 on the island of
Daphne Sheldrick and the Orpans of Tsavo (1984), Together They Stand (1986), Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal (1989), Hell or High Water (1997) Former game warden turned film-maker, Simon Trevor, produced a number of award-winning films for Survival during a 30-year association with the series. Several of his films were shot in and around Kenya's
Battle of the Bison Forest (1984), Hunters of the Silver Shoals (1996) Tony Bomford, another of Survival's long-serving cameraman, was assisted on most of his early films by his first wife Liz, and also by Tim Borrill. In 1984, Bomford became one of the first wildlife film-makers to shoot a major documentary in Communist eastern Europe when he gained rare footage of the
Killer Whale (1987)
The first British television show to be screened simultaneously across the continent of North America, shown by the CBS network in the US and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in a Friday evening slot in 1987.
Antarctica: The Last Frontier (1989) A celebration of the wildlife of the world's last great wilderness, coupled with a warning about the threat from future human activity posed by a possible breakdown of the international treaties protecting Antarctica. Sir Peter Scott acted as programme consultant and Anthony Hopkins spoke the commentary.[10]
The Nature of Russia (1992) Following the signing of a co-production agreement between SAL and Soviet broadcaster Gostelradio in 1988, cameras teams went to
Highgrove - Nature's Kingdom (1993) Television's first in-depth insight into the wildlife and countryside of the Prince of Wales's estate at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Cameraman Maurice Tibbles spent 18 months filming the story through the changing seasons, including the Prince's commitment to organic farming and conservation.[52]
Predators (1995) A half-hour series produced for primetime Sunday evening viewing on ITV found then Big Breakfast presenter
Mountain Gorilla - A Shattered Kingdom (1996) Survival revisited the endangered
Animals in Action (1980s) Survival Anglia's long-running children's wildlife series began in 1980 with artist Keith Shackleton as the first presenter. Later Mike Linley, a producer and scientific adviser for Survival, fronted the series. Animals in Action allowed a younger audience to explore different aspects of animal behaviour and explained the science behind it.[52] Survival produced over 180 programmes especially for children in the form of Animals in Action, and later the Jim Henson collaboration, The Animal Show with Stinky and Jake.
Hunt for the Red Whales (2001) Survival Anglia's film made in the region of the Bering Strait in Chukotka (Russia) and Alaska (USA) about Killer whales of the Bering sea and local hunters and fishermen. There can't be many people whose ambition is to swim with killer whales, but for adventurer Afanassi Makovnev it was a dream come true when he got the opportunity to take to the water with them. This special episode of Survival follows him across Russia, Alaska and Norway as he photographs, studies and finally joins the whales in their natural habitat. David Suchet narrates.
Main awards
Year | Film/Recipient | Award |
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1963 | The New Ark | Golden Nymph, Monte Carlo International Television Festival. |
1968 | The Enchanted Isles | Golden Nymph, Best Colour Production, Monte Carlo. |
1972 | Secrets of the African Baobab | Golden Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival. |
1973 | The Incredible Flight of the Snow Geese | Emmy Award for cinematography to Des and Jen Bartlett, Emmy Award for editing to Les Parry - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. |
1974 | Survival Anglia Limited | Queen's Award to Industry for exceptional overseas sales. |
The Empty Desert | Special Prince Rainier prize, Monte Carlo. | |
The World You Never See | Golden Gate Award, best network documentary Special, San Francisco International Film Festival. | |
Trial by Wilderness | Special Jury Award, best network documentary, San Francisco. | |
1975 | Year of the Wildebeest | Golden Gate, best network documentary special, San Francisco |
Gorilla | Special Jury Award, best network documentary, San Francisco. | |
1976 | Come Into My Parlour | Special Jury Award, best network documentary, San Francisco. |
1978 | Mysterious Castles of Clay | Oscar nomination for best television film documentary, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. George Foster Peabody Award. Special Jury Award for best network documentary, San Francisco. |
1980 | The Seas Must Live | Special Award, First Commonwealth Film and Television Festival for outstanding contribution to the understanding of the problems of marine ecology. |
1981 | The Last Round-Up | Special Prince Rainier prize, Monte Carlo. |
1982 | Two in the Bush | 1st prize, International Scientific Cinema Award, 5th International Scientific Research Film Festival of Ronda |
1983 | Two in the Bush | Best film, Tokyo International Wildlife Film Festival. |
A Season in the Sun | Best Wildlife/Outdoor Documentary, BANFF Television Festival, Canada | |
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands | Emmy nomination in 'outstanding informational special' category - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. | |
Lights, Action, Africa! | Winner, nature/wildlife category, Audubon International Film Festival, New York | |
1984 | Lights, Action, Africa! | Golden Gate Award for best overall film, San Francisco. |
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands | Best arts and sciences network documentary, San Francisco. Best of Festival, 21st Annual National Outdoor/Travel Film Festival, Michigan. | |
The Lions of Etosha | Emmy nomination in 'outstanding informational special' category - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. | |
1986 | Survival | Gold Medal of the Royal Television Society for 25 years of consistent excellence. |
Together They Stand | Golden Panda Award for best film, Wildscreen International Wildlife Film and Television Festival, Bristol. | |
1987 | A Season In The Sun | Emmy Award (to PBS ‘Nature’ Series) - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. George Foster Peabody Award. |
1988 | Lord Buxton | Central Award for Outstanding Achievement, Wildscreen, Bristol. |
Wildlife Chronicles | Award for Cable Excellence (ACE). | |
The Bonebreaker's Mountain | Golden Gentian, Trento Mountain Film Festival. | |
1989 | Lord Buxton and Survival | TV Editors’ Special Award for Contribution to Television over 30 years. |
Great Wood of Caledon | Overall Winner, Montana Wildlife Film Festival. | |
1990 | Here Be Dragons | Special Award, Wildscreen, Bristol. |
Antarctica - The Last Frontier | Special Award, Wildscreen. | |
Queen of the Beasts | 1st Prize, International Nature Film and Television Festival, India. | |
Wild River, No More | 1st Prize, 4th International Exhibition of Documentary Films on Parks, Italy. | |
1991 | Here Be Dragons | Best of Festival, 14th International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula. Grand Teton Award, Best of Festival, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Wyoming. |
The Tide of War | Best Nature Film, Okomedia - 8th International Ecological Film Festival. | |
1992 | Madagascar - Island of Ghosts | Golden Panda Award for best film, Wildscreen, Bristol. |
The Secret World of Bats | Best Cinematography, Best of Category in TV documentary non-series, Merit Awards for editing, for increased awareness of a persecuted wildlife group, and for excellence in low-light cinematography, Missoula Wildlife Film Festival, US. 1st Prize, Festival International du Film Nature et Environment de Grenoble, France. | |
1993 | Tarantula! | Grand Prix, 10th International TV Science Programme Festival, Paris. |
Keepers of the Kingdom | Special Jury Award, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco. | |
1994 | The Tides of Kirawira | Special Jury Award (Nature Category), Golden Gate Awards. Special Jury Award for Craft and Survival Anglia/Dieter Plage Award for Revelation, Wildscreen. Grand Prix, 11th International Science TV Festival, Paris. |
Tarantula! | Grand Prix, 4th Festival International du Film Animalier, Albert, France. | |
1995 | The Tides of Kirawira | Grand Prix, 5th Festival International du Film Animalier, Albert, France. World Medal, New York Festivals. |
A Little Fish in Deep Water | Grand Prix, 12th International TV & Science Programme Festival, Paris. Palme d'Or (Grand Prix), 22nd World Festival of Underwater Films, Antibes, France | |
Mountains of the Snow Leopard | Special Jury Award, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco. | |
1996 | A Little Fish in Deep Water | Golden Panda Award for best film, Wildscreen, Bristol. |
Survival Camera Teams | Special Award, BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts). | |
A Space in the Heart of Africa | Survival Anglia/Dieter Plage Award for Revelation, Wildscreen. | |
Mountain Gorilla - A Shattered Kingdom | Special Jury Award for Animal Portrait, Wildscreen. Best film on Mountain Environments and People's Choice Award, BANFF Festival, Canada. | |
1997 | Mountain Gorilla - A Shattered Kingdom | Golden Spire Winner in Nature Category, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco. Best Animal Behaviour, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Wyoming |
A Little Fish in Deep Water | Best Documentary, Japan Wildlife Film Festival, Tokyo. Best Overall Film, Progetto Natura International Nature Film Festival, Valle D’Aosta, Italy | |
Hunters of the Silver Shoals | Grand Prix de Ménigoute, 13th International Ornithological Film Festival, Ménigoute, France. | |
1998 | Polar Bear: Shadows on the Ice | Panda (Animal Behaviour Award), Wildscreen, Bristol. |
Tale of the Tides | Palme d'Or and Prix du President de la Republique, 25th World Festival of Underwater Pictures, Antibes, France. Gold Medal, New York Festivals | |
1999 | Tale of the Tides | Best of Festival, International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula. Best Nature Film, Mountain film in Telluride, Colorado. Best Film (Golden Ibex Trophy), 9th Valle d’Aosta International Nature Film Festival, Milan. Grand Prix, 16th International Television Science Programme Festival, Paris |
Ice Whales | Palme d'Or, 26th World Festival of Underwater Pictures, Antibes, France. Best Film - European Nature Film Festival, Valvert, Belgium | |
2000 | Tale of the Tides | Grand Prix, 1st International Festival of Nature Films, Poland. |
Jurassic Shark | Winner, Animal Behaviour Society Film Festival, Abington, US | |
Swamp Alligator | Gold Award, Australia Cinematography Society. | |
Jaguar: Eater of Souls | Best Television Programme, International Biennial of Scientific Films, Ronda. Best Science and Nature Film, 11th Telescience Festival, Montreal. | |
2001 | Mzima: Haunt of the River Horse | Emmy Award, music and sound design - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Emmy nomination, outstanding science and nature film. Peabody Award. Grand Teton, best of festival, Jackson Hole International Film Festival, Wyoming. Best of Festival, Japan Wildlife Festival. Best of Festival, International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula. Best of Festival, World Underwater Festival, Antibes, France. Best of Festival, Festival International du Film Animalier, Albert, France. Best of Festival, Telluride Mountain Film Festival, Colorado. Best of Festival, Public Choice Award, Internationales Natur und Tierfilmfestival, Germany. Best of Festival, Sondrio International Festival, Italy. Best of Festival, Progetto Natura, Italy. Best of Festival, Waga Brothers International Film Festival, Poland. |
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Print references
- Willock, Colin (1978). The World of Survival. London: ISBN 0-233-97029-0.
- Walshe, Tom; Bevan, Colin; Phillipson, Naomi; Sealy, Ruth (1999). A Knight on the Box. Anglia Television. ISBN 0-906836-40-9.
- Buxton, Cindy; Annie Price (1983). Survival: South Atlantic. Granada. ISBN 0-246-12087-8.
- Bousé, Derek (2000). Wildlife Films. Penn. ISBN 0-8122-3555-X.
External links
- Survival at IMDb
- The World of Survival at IMDb
- Wildfilmhistory.org