Shark (2015)

Director
Steve Greenwood; Simon Blakeney; Jennie Hammond

Main cast
Paul McGann

Genres
Documentary

Description
Shark is the definitive series on the apex ocean predator, made on a scale never attempted before and revelatory in both content and photography. This series shows the enormous diversity of sharks around the world and highlights some of the incredible behaviors that have allowed them to survive for over 400 million years. Shark showcases some 30 species with footage from dozens of habitats worldwide including mangrove swamps, shipwrecks, coral reefs, under the polar ice, and on land. The documentary offers new insights, new breakthroughs in technology, and a new generation of cameramen with pioneering approaches to underwater filming.


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