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away from most of their predators. It was an extraordinarily challenging


sequence to plan and to film. Fed by the chemicals from a nearby volcano, the lake itself is highly toxic. “One birdwatcher once to tried walk across it and narrowly escaped with his life,” says Cordey. “It is a very, very difficult and remote place.” Adding to the challenge, the flamingos


only nest there up to once every five years. “So I started planning for the sequence,


literally in year one. It was a four year filming project,” recalls Cordey. “And nothing happened.” An AP would look at the satellite images of Lake Natron every week, every month. Silverback also worked with a Flying Doctor Service in the region which flew across the lake, and was able to tell them if anything had changed. On top of that, the only


way to actually access Lake Natron was by hovercraft – it’s not possible to boat or walk across. “So I spent 25,000 quid


on a hovercraft and we shipped it out to Tanzania – it took three months to get there, and we just waited and waited. And eventually it happened, just as I started the edit of the programme. That’s how squeaky bum it was.” Using drones as well,


many of the images are completely fresh and new.


“It really did require pushing the boundaries,” says Cordey.


I SPENT 25,000 QUID ON A HOVERCRAFT AND WE SHIPPED IT OUT TO TANZANIA – IT TOOK THREE MONTHS TO GET THERE, AND WE JUST WAITED AND WAITED


“That sequence, more than any other,


sums up what we were trying to do on Perfect Planet – to show these forces which are very, very difficult to capture and to show them in ways in which were surprising to people.” Of course, not every sequence could be


fresh and new. Where Perfect Planet revisited old stories, the team tried to give them a fresh spin – particularly by using the huge advances in drone technology. “We’re at the forefront of a lot of that -


using cameras like they’ve never been used before and trying to capture images that people would find surprising.” In other sequences, the camera team filmed at the bottom of an active volcano in the Galapagos, or during midwinter in the Gobi Desert where temperatures can drop to -40 degrees centigrade. “There were so many different stories


where our camera teams just did us proud,” says Cordey.


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