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HiddenKingdomsisaninnovativenewseriesfromtheBBC’sNaturalHistoryUnit.Forthefirsttimeittakestheviewerintoauniqueandunexploredminiatureworld,immersingyouintotheaction-packedlivesoftheplanet’ssmalleranimals.Basedinsixoftheplanet’smosticoniclandscapes:theopenplainsofAfrica’ssavannah,Arizona’sdesert,theforestsofBorneo,thewoodlandsofNorthAmericaandtheurbanjunglesofRioandTokyo.We’llexperienceandseethesehabitatsfromanewvisualperspective,pushingbetweenbladesofgrasswillfeellikejourneyingdeepintothedensestjungle,whilerunningfromahuntinglizardwillfeellikeavisittoJurassicPark.Thisisadifferentapproachtoatraditionalwildlifeseries.Basedentirelyonbiologicallyaccuratebehaviour,itemploysauniquerangeoffilmingtechniquesandconstructedstorytellingtorecreatetheseanimals’owndistinctiveperspectivesandtoillustratethedynamismoftheirlives.JourneybehindthesceneswithHiddenKingdomstoexploresomeofthetechniquesusedtocreatethisuniqueviewpoint,andwhytheyweresoimportantwhenrevealingbehaviourneverbeforefilmed.