Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks

Legends of the Deep: Deep-Sea Sharks is a 2015 British nature documentary programme made for BBC Television, first shown in the UK on BBC Four on 19 July 2015. The programme is narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Screenshot of title text with goblin shark
GenreNature documentary
Narrated byDavid Attenborough
ComposerJoe Hisaishi
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish & Japanese (subtitled)
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producersHiromichi Iwasaki, Gen Sasaki, Keizo Izuta, Chris Weber, Yoshiaki Sugai
ProducersYoshio Yuki, Leslie Schwerin, Tatsuhiro Beniko
Running time52 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Four
Release19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) –
29 October 2017 (2017-10-29)

This documentary follows a Japanese team of scientists studying deep-sea sharks off the Pacific coast of Japan in Suruga Bay and Sagami Bay. The team utilized midget submarines as well as remote cameras placed near a sperm whale carcass to observe these sharks in their natural environment. Several of the species featured in this programme are bluntnose sixgill sharks, goblin sharks and frilled sharks, which Gill Crawford of RadioTimes comments, "when you see these creatures, you may wish they’d all stayed under wraps".[1]

References

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  1. ^ Crawford, Gill. "Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks". RadioTimes. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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