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Secrets of the Penguins
Three years in the making, 20 years after the Academy Award winning March of the Penguins, SECRETS OF THE PENGUINS (3x1hr) will tell a brand new, world-first story on the charismatic, plucky and sentient birds at the other end of the Earth.
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Natural History
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National Geographic & Disney Plus

IN PRODUCTION, COMING EARTH DAY 2025‍

This extraordinary blue-chip series from Executive Producer James Cameron reveals penguins as we’ve never seen them before. Using cutting-edge technology, world-class scientific research and unprecedented access, National Geographic will unlock the secrets of the species that make their home in surprising and challenging landscapes around the world. Over three episodes, featuring lead Storyteller Bertie Gregory the series unlocks previously untold stories and revelatory behaviours from global penguin societies, quick to feel love, hate or fear.

Antarctica’s strong, powerful but sensitive Emperors battle to survive on the dangerous front-line of climate change. The street-smart African and Little Blue penguins live in cities, deserts and beyond, relying on tenacious and ‘talkative' adolescents to forge new paths into the unknown. Powerful modern themes emerge among the Macaronis and Chinstraps of wild South Georgia, from strong female leadership to diversity, crime and extreme bravery. Their moving narratives will astonish and inspire, showing penguins to be more like us than we ever realised before.

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Behind the scenes
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The series will be broadcast on Earth Day 2025 but recent world first footage from Antarctica, captured by Lead Storyteller Bertie Gregory, has gone viral.

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https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/baby-penguins-cliff-dive-adorable-clip-109125032

https://abc7.com/video-shows-baby-emperor-penguins-seen-cliff-diving-on-camera-for-1st-time-into-antarctic-ocean/14647069/

https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/first-look-at-national-geographics-secrets-of-the-penguins-docuseries/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/baby-emperor-penguins-launch-off-towering-ice-shelf-for-first-swim-in-national-geographic-footage

https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/world-news/baby-penguins-filmed-diving-off-50-foot-cliff-for-first-ever-swim-unprecedented-footage-shows/

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411040454/en/National-Geographic-and-Bertie-Gregory-Release-Unprecedented-Footage-of-Emperor-Penguin-Behavior-Filmed-for-the-First-Time-on-the-Coast-of-Antarctica

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/11/national-geographic-penguins-jumping-cliff-antarctic/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photography/article/emperor-penguins-chicks-antarctica-jumping

https://www.tvinsider.com/1131273/secrets-of-penguins-national-geographic-sneak-peek/

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The mystery of why hordes of baby penguins congregate at the top of vertiginously sheer cliffs in Antarctica has finally been solved - they jump.
...incredible new footage.
NatGeo’s ‘Secrets Of’ captures ultra rare penguin tradition
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Showrunner: Serena Davies

Lead Storyteller: Bertie Gregory

Field Producers/ Directors: Heather Cruickshank, Ruth Peacey, Alex Ponniah, Ross Kirby, Andrew Graham-Brown

Line Producer: Elisabeth Pinto

Assistant Producers: Marina Hui, Amabel Adcock

Exec Producers: Ruth Roberts & Martin Williams

Production Managers: Tabitha Hilton-Berry, Rob Slater

Production Co-Ordinator: Jas Singh, Natalie Pendleton

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