Natural Wanders - The Plodcast

Gavin Thurston: ‘There’s still lots of wild places’

Natural Wanders - The Plodcast

Show Notes

In this episode we meet with multi-award-winning wildlife cinematographer Gavin Thurston. On his allotment, we chat about storytelling in natural history, filming the deep ocean from a submersible and finding the joy in nature close to home.

Instagram: instagram.com/thegavinthurston?utm_medium=copy_link

Twitter: twitter.com/GavinThurston

Book: www.waterstones.com/book/journeys-in-the-wild/gavin-thurston/sir-david-attenborough/9781841883113

TedX talk: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0NzqLmLvA

2021 Emmy win: emmys.com/video/2021-cae/cinematography-nonfiction

For more information about Natural Wanders, go to: www.thebiglight.com/naturalwanders

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