A trip to Africa can completely alter your life, ask Danish author Isak Dinesen, who penned the classic prose, Out of Africa. It did the very same for American Idol and pop producer Simon Fuller. What ...

UK pubcaster BBC1 has greenlit a five-part natural history series from Emmy-winning Spy franchise creator John Downer Productions. Spy in the Wild (5 x 60 minutes) will debut on Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. GMT.

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"The last thing I wanted was the standard white male voice," said director John Downer. The interrelationships between animals and people are tightly wound, and they’re on full display in the ...

Simon Fuller, an internationally renowned showman with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame who's produced the "Pop Idol" and "American Idol" franchises and managed talent that includes the Spice ...

Global distributor Off the Fence (OTF) has announced a natural history pact with John Downer Productions and One Tribe TV. Under the deal, the partners will go to market on a slate of natural history ...

The final episode explains how the concept of the Spy Creatures evolved at John Downer Productions from the original Bouldercam to the Penguincams that inspired the next-generation “spycams” featured ...

A passionate zoologist, John has been making nature documentaries for the BBC for over 30 years. He made his name by abandoning the traditional style of nature documentaries and pioneering a highly ...