John Downer Productions

John Downer Productions Award-winning company making innovative, emotional & immersive wildlife TV. Our footage is represented by Getty Images at http://bit.ly/1X7dXXA.

For footage enquiries, please email [email protected] with details of your request. John Downer Productions pioneered many of the spectacular techniques now commonplace in wildlife filmmaking. If you see an eyeball to wingtip shot of a flying bird, a shot from a camera on an animal’s back, a simulated animal viewpoint or a moving track around an animal frozen in time, you can be sure JDP created it

first. Producer/director John Downer started his professional life with the world-renowned BBC Natural History Unit. Here he created many groundbreaking and award-winning programmes such as ‘In-flight Movie’, which for the first time flew cameras alongside birds on the wing and the acclaimed series ‘Supersense’ and ‘Lifesense’ which explored animal perception from the animal’s point of view. As an independent producer, John Downer pushed back the boundaries of filmmaking again to create the series ‘Supernatural’ and the wildlife special ‘Eagle’ which featured in-flight shots from a camera-carrying golden eagle, another first. He also created Lion – Spy in the Den, which introduced the now famous ‘Bouldercam’, a mobile rock containing a camera. As a director John Downer won a ‘Grammy’ for the innovative time-layering techniques in the Peter Gabriel video ‘Digging in the Dirt’. He also made many groundbreaking commercials including those for British Gas, Peugeot and BMW.

16/01/2026

It's Friday and as promised here's Penguin Fail 2 - Some more of the best bloopers from our series Penguins - Spy in the Huddle (Waddle all the Way) Music by Will Gregory

15/01/2026

"The BBC’s Spy in the Wild animatronic bear may still be one of the funniest things they’ve ever broadcast". The Poke 😁🐻

"The BBC’s Spy in the Wild animatronic bear may still be one of the funniest things they’ve ever broadcast".May have to ...
15/01/2026

"The BBC’s Spy in the Wild animatronic bear may still be one of the funniest things they’ve ever broadcast".

May have to upload our Spy Bear video to see what our Facebook followers & fans think.

The BBC’s 2020 nature programme Spy in the Wild was filmed partly through the “eyes” of animatronic creatures placed near real animals in the hope of capturing close-up shots, because they’re less threatening than an obvious camera. Our current series Spy in the Wild, showing on BBC1 from We...

14/01/2026

Who else could do with plunging into a hot tub during this cold winter?

13/01/2026

Missing the sunshine? The ringtail starts the day in a moment of contemplation as it sits in the lotus position warming itself in the sun. 🌅

13/01/2026

Cuttlefish Wear Emotions On Skin - Part 4. In this final part our robot spy cuttlefish switches to the patterns of a female it becomes an object of desire among the males. Spy Cuttlefish must rely on its in-built communication skills to disentangle itself from the complexities of cuttlefish courtship. In the process, Spy Cuttlefish gains an insight into what both male and female cuttlefish really feel.

13/01/2026

Cuttlefish Wear Emotions On Skin - Part 3. When robotic spy cuttlefish shows the patterns of a male it is treated with hostility and as a rival

13/01/2026

Cuttlefish Wear Emotions On Skin - Part 2

Robotic spy cuttlefish takes the title of our most sophisticated Spy ever made; its integrated screen can replicate the changing patterns of real cuttlefish. Giant cuttlefish wear their emotions on their sleeve, or skin to be more accurate and so does our Spy.

13/01/2026

Cuttlefish Wear Emotions On Skin - Part 1

12/01/2026

Robotic Spy Cuttlefish takes the title of our most sophisticated Spy ever made; its integrated screen can replicate the changing patterns of real cuttlefish. Giant cuttlefish wear their emotions on their sleeve, or skin to be more accurate and so does our Spy.

10/01/2026

Spy Crab is ecstatic at seeing we've reached 80K followers!

Welcome all our new followers & thank you to all who follow us. For any new viewers don't forget to like, share & follow us fans keep watching for more great wildlife videos.

09/01/2026

Spy Prairie Dog witnesses the most enthusiastic kissers in the animal world & takes part in a dance known as a jump yip.

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