Mark Deeble (Directing)

Once Upon a Time in Tsavo

In arid regions across Africa, a remarkable relationship between elephants and termites creates a waterhole – a green oasis which is central to every animal’s life. The story follows an extraordinary community of creatures, that call the waterhole ‘home’ over a season in their lives. They range from a family of elephants to a pair of hornbills (aka ‘Zazu’ of The Lion King) alongside dung-beetles, chameleons, bullfrogs, geese and killifish.

Release Date:2023-10-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

L'elefante e la termite

Release Date:2023-05-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Elephant Queen

Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.

Release Date:2019-10-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:81

The Hunt

This major landmark series looks in detail at the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey. Rather than concentrating on ‘the blood and guts’ of predation, the series looks in unprecedented detail at the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death. Sir David Attenborough narrates.

Release Date:2015-11-01

Department:Camera

Job:Camera Operator

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:75

The Queen of Trees

In Africa, the giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish.

Release Date:2005-11-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Tale of the Tides

In Africa there is a fable that explains the creation of the tides. When a hyaena challenged a mudskipper to a drinking contest to decide who should own the shore, the god Mungu tilted the earth so the sea flowed inland, and neither could win.

Release Date:1998-09-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

A Little Fish in Deep Water

Lake Tanganyika is an 'Ocean' in Africa. Millions of years ago it was colonized by a little fish called 'Cichlid'. Otters, crocodiles, cobras and cormorants all hunt the fish in clear water. How the Cichlid survived and evolved is an incredible story for, millions of years later, there are over 200 new species - all found only in Lake Tanganyika. Incredibly, they have evolved to look like coral reef fish. There are cichlid equivalents of tuna, snapper, gobies and goatfish. They have evolved bizarre methods of breeding with mouth-incubation, lekking and, unique amongst fish, there is even a cuckoo. Despite all their specialization over millions of years, if an opportunity presents itself, the little fish can behave like their unspecialized ancestor. In the climax of the film, they bang together to feast on a hatch of sardine fry. This is the story of how one little fish has conquered a lake.

Release Date:1996-04-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The First Eden

David Attenborough presents the history and natural history of the Mediterranean lands.

Release Date:1987-03-08

Department:Camera

Job:Additional Photography

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

Explorer

National Geographic's Explorer gives viewers special access to the issues of the day.

Release Date:1985-04-07

Department:Crew

Job:Cinematography

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:14