Decorated cinematographer Jim Frazier has died aged 81 following a short illness.
White Spark Pictures founder Briege Whitehead is set for another Antarctica experience as she captures the maiden resupply voyage of icebreaker RSV Nuyina for a new two-hour documentary series.
"You know business is in bad shape when the documentary 'David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet' and a 'Star Wars' re-release are your top two films by a wide margin."
Together with Netflix and the BBC, the Nine Network has co-commissioned three-part series 'Life In Colour', presented by Sir David Attenborough, an official Australian-UK co-production that will explore colour in nature.
BBC Worldwide has sold a range of natural history titles to the Nine Network and Network Ten and two new science series to the ABC.