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Spy in the Ocean:

Season 1

Spy in the Ocean

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Summary

Go deep beneath the waves – on a spy mission to the depths of the ocean. Amazing hidden cameras give incredible perspectives on the ingenious creatures that call it home.

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Episode 1: Deep Thinkers

Summary

Disguised underwater cameras capture footage of sea creatures, beginning with the most intelligent ocean animals, such as sperm whales and octopuses, which are shown using improvised tools to fend off rivals. The programme also features puffer fish creating sand sculptures and a hermit crab that becomes an unwitting documentary-maker after it steals the shell with a spy camera in. Narrated by David Tennant

Review

Frances Taylor

Some of the animatronic creatures in early series of John Downer’s Spy In the… natural history programmes looked a bit ropey, but advances in technology have resulted in more convincing deep-sea doppelgangers. Here we meet eerily lifelike Spy Sperm Whale and Spy Sea Lion. Elsewhere there’s some rarely filmed behaviour and lovely moments: the comical hermit crabs in particular are a highlight.

But as David Tennant’s narration dances jauntily over the sequence of a female sperm whale trying to communicate with a calf-sized submersible, you can’t help but wonder whether this is wholly ethical for a creature cited as the most intelligent in the ocean.

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Released on

2023-06-04

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English

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Colour

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rolenameNarratorDavid TennantProducerHuw WilliamsSeries producerMatthew GordonExecutive producerPhilip DaltonEditorJessie ClaytonEditorSophie AlardEditorRobin Lewis

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7.6/10

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