MUMBAI: Pioneer Productions has been commissioned by National Geographic Channel International and Channel 4 in the UK for In the Womb series.
The specials utilise CGI and intricately-designed models along with 4-D ultrasound images to illustrate foetuses at different stages of gestation to reveal how they develop before birth.
The series will air on Channel 4 this month, on NGC in the US beginning with Identical Twins in December, and internationally in March 2009.
The new episodes follow the extraordinary embryonic journeys of identical twins, cats and lions, dogs and wolves, and “extreme” animals – penguins, kangaroos, sharks and parasitic wasps. Viewers will witness the moment a single fertilised egg splits in two to create identical twins; explore the intricate processes that occur in the womb to shape two supreme predators; and encounter reproduction and gestation at its most extreme including the embryonic shark that turns cannibalistic.
NGCI executive VP Sydney Suissa says, “In the Womb has been one of the most successful series in the history of National Geographic Channel. Viewers love seeing these everyday miracles explained in astonishing detail using the unparalleled CGI, modelling and 4-D ultrasound technologies featured in each episode. We are happy to partner with Pioneer Productions to bring four new episodes of this audience favourite to air”.
Channel 4’s commissioning editor for science, David Glover says, “The In The Womb series, particularly, Extraordinary Animals in the Womb which airs on Channel 4 in late October 2008, will bring viewers more remarkable stories from embryo to birth, with breathtaking facts, like for example, how some shark embryos will eat their sibling embryos to survive”.
Pioneer Productions’ Jeremy Dear says, “One of TV’s greatest abilities is to transport you to worlds you couldn’t normally see – whether that’s a distant planet or the inner world of the body. These are the films that really capture people’s imagination and the In the Womb series is a great example of this – fascinating science tied to strong visuals”.
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