A new Firecracker: Sue Oriel

27/04/09

Firecracker is pleased to announce that Sue Oriel is now working with the company on a consultancy basis. Sue was formerly COO of RDF Television and MD of IWC Media and her wealth of talent and experience is second to none. We welcome Sue and look forward to a long and lasting relationship ahead.

Baboon Woman

21/04/09

  • Five
  • 1 x 60mins
  • TX: 21/04/09

Baboons are the most vicious primates on the planet, but that hasn’t stopped Karin Saks from forming a unique bond with them. Having rejected human society, she has been able to enter and gain the trust of wild troops throughout South Africa, even learning to speak their language. But with baboons now regarded as vermin and being shot by farmers, Karin is being forced back into human contact as she desperately tries to save their lives.

With Karin …

Stranger Among Bears

17/04/09

  • Animal Planet
  • 6 x 30mins
  • TX: 17/04/09

Featuring some of the most intimate footage of wild bears ever seen, this moving series follows Charlie Vandergaw, an extraordinary man who has been living a potentially lethal existence deep in the Alaskan wilderness for over 20 years.

Charlie has developed a unique, but controversial, relationship with both black and grizzly bears and now, for the first time, he has allowed an entire season at “Bear Haven” to be filmed.

British cameraman Richard Terry not only learns to …

Stranger Among Bears

17/04/09

Performed amazingly well in the states. It was the highest rated show of the night on its TX and continued to gain viewing figures as the series went on.