"Since the advent of streaming services, there has been an increase in natural history TV shows thanks to the worldwide appeal of the genre popularised by Attenborough and the renowned BBC Studios natural history unit (NHU). From Apple TV's nature adventure series The Wild Ones to the Ryan Reynolds-voiced Underdogs on Disney+ and National Geographic, natural history programmes are big business, but they are having to evolve in a crowded market."
"The producers claim the six-part series sets a new gold standard in filming following the action closer by switching between moving cameras and tiny flying cinematographer camera drones, which animals don't notice as much as human camera operators. Felicity Lanchester, the series producer, said when drones first came out, film-makers thought they were ideal for replacing helicopters to get aerial shots, but as they have become smaller and quieter and crew more skilled at flying them they've become a way to get intimate footage."
Kingdom combines television drama techniques such as cliffhangers, moving-camera shots and small flying cinematographer drones to immerse viewers in wildlife action. The six-part series follows four families — lions, leopards, wild dogs and hyenas — living by a Zambian river and documents how their interactions change after a pack of wild dogs arrives. Producers switch between vehicle-mounted cameras and quiet drones to follow animals closely without disturbing them, enabling continuous, intimate footage. Drones can fly along animal shoulders and weave through landscapes where people cannot follow. The rise of streaming has expanded natural-history programming, increasing competition and driving innovation.
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