Polar bear cubs seen snuggling with their mother in BBC's Frozen Planet. The footage was slammed as being 'inauthentic' by viewers, after it emerged that crews filmed the footage at a zoo in Holland, instead of in the Arctic.
BBC cameraman Hamza Yassin says wildlife documentary scenes are often faked. Claims this makes viewers feel more 'emotional' about threats to natural worldBBC cameraman Hamza Yassin has claimed wildlife TV documentary scenes are often faked to make viewers feel more 'emotional' about threats to the natural world.
It also recreates sound effects in its wildlife shows in a studio, but has insisted that this is an industry-wide practice and is because animal sounds would otherwise be difficult for viewers to hear above the rest of the ambient noise in a landscape. From polar bears to wild eagles: BBC fakery rows over the years Serengeti: A scene showing a baby zebra struggling through crocodile-infested waters in 2019 was in fact a 'composite' of multiple clips edited together.
Human Planet: The episode Deserts – Life in the Furnace in 2014 was exposed when a seemingly savage wolf was revealed to actually be semi-domesticated. Blue Peter: The BBC was fined £50,000 in 2007 after a young studio guest posed as a caller when the phone system failed during a phone-in. Polar Bear - Arctic Warrior: A mother bear was filmed giving birth to and snuggling with her newborn cub in the 1997 programme. Viewers were led to believe the scene took place in the Arctic – but it was in fact was filmed in a zoo in Frankfurt.
But the following year, when the Africa documentary series came out, the BBC made it clearer when footage had not been filmed in the wild with warnings that 'controlled filming' had been used. And in 2001, Sir David was accused of using deceptive techniques in Blue Planet when it included a lobster spawning scene that was filmed in a British aquarium.Also in 2008, Sir David was accused of staging a confrontation between himself and a cobra in a South African desert for the series, Life in Cold Blood.
Mr Allan also revealed in 2013 that many wildlife scenes in BBC series are faked, saying that species 'smaller than a baby rabbit' are put in custom-built sets and filmed under controlled conditions, rather than in the wild. And a terrifying-looking fangtooth was filmed in a special chamber on a ship after samples were taken from the deep ocean, according to The Guardian.
How Hamza Yassin went from wildlife cameraman to Strictly Come Dancing winner Hamza Yassin is a presenter, wildlife photographer and cameraman.Hamza's first appearance as a presenter for the broadcaster came when he worked as a wildlife cameraman on The One Show. Last year, Hamza swapped his camera for a pair of dancing shoes as a contestant on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing. He made his way to the final and ended up lifting the glitterball trophy with his professional partner Jowita Przystal.
The previous year in November 2016, the BBC revealed that breathtaking Planet Earth II footage that appeared to show a wild golden eagle's view of a mountainous habitat was actually filmed using a captive bird that lives in a wildlife sanctuary in France. Impressive footage claimed to show a 'dirty thunderstorm' during the eruption, with lightning strikes flashing through a cloud of volcanic ash.
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