NEW DOCUMENTARY
Spy in the Ocean
Sunday, 7pm, BBC1
Back in 2017, BBC1’s Spy in the Wild broke new ground in wildlife programming with its realistic-looking animatronic ‘spy creatures’ that were deployed to infiltrate packs of animals, using tiny inbuilt cameras to capture a truly close-up picture of their daily lives.
Now, a brand-new collection of ingenious spies is being unleashed – and this time, they’re heading into the water.
Over the course of four episodes, Spy in the Ocean explores the incredible interactions that take place beneath the waves, offering a startling new perspective on the intelligence and emotional complexity of the species that live down in the depths.
TV&Satellite Week caught up with the makers of the series to find out more about the animatronic spies that serve as our eyes in the ocean…
SPY OCTOPUS
This story is from the June 03, 2023 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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