Jungle torment of BBC TV crew
Sir David Attenborough’s crew suffered two- and- ahalf-years of jungle torment filming his new BBC show deal ing with snakes , scorpions, blood- sucking flies – and swarms of bees.
Dynasties looks at the family lives of animals in dwindling habitats.
But it was creepy-crawlies that pushed the team to breaking point in the steaming African jungles of south-east Senegal.
Producer and director Rosie Thomas said: “The number of things we faced every day was ridiculous – l i k e blo od- suc k i ng mosquitos and tsetse flies.”
But Rosie says the trials of filming will be worth it when viewers see the result tonight at 8.30pm on BBC One.