NHNZ’s Big Pacific comes home to Prime
NHNZ’s Big Pacific comes home to Prime
NHNZ’s latest and greatest blue-chip
series, Big Pacific, will air in New Zealand on Prime
beginning this Sunday 25 November at 7.30pm. Filmed in
cinematic 4K, Big Pacific breaks the boundaries
between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in way
never seen before. The five-part series was created by
award-winning production company NHNZ alongside
co-production partners PBS and CCTV9, in association with
ARTE, Channel 9, Discovery Networks Europe and ZDF
Enterprises.
Big Pacific has enjoyed resounding
international success. In 2017, the series premiered to
prime time free-to-air audiences in the USA, France,
Germany, United Kingdom, Japan and China. The show had an
audience of around 450 million people in its first four
weeks of broadcast globally. It is being distributed
internationally with initial sales to Italy, Spain, Denmark,
Sweden, Poland, South Korea and Australia. Now Big
Pacific comes home to air in New Zealand, with narration
by Nathan King.
NHNZ’s Managing Director and
series Executive Producer Kyle Murdoch says, “This is the
biggest series NHNZ has ever produced. It has performed
exceptionally well around the world, and now it’s New
Zealand’s turn. It’s fantastic to see this series play
at home and along with our amazing team based in NZ, we are
all looking forward to watching it with family and
friends.”
Four 60-minute episodes explore different themes of the immense Pacific Ocean; Passionate, Voracious, Violent and Mysterious. The series presents a broad range of locations, species, natural phenomena and behaviours. The fifth episode is a fascinating insight into the behind the scenes magic of the series.
Amongst the multitude of species showcased in Big Pacific are iconic animals found in our own backyard. “Other countries may border the Pacific, but few hold it as central to their identity as New Zealand does. So it was natural that when the world wanted to see and hear the greatest nature and wildlife stories of the Pacific Ocean, they turned to New Zealanders to tell them on the grandest scale. After all, the big Pacific is our kōhanga. Big Pacific presents our ocean world, stretching from the US coast to China, from our Catlins forests to the coral reefs of Samoa. We are proud to deliver this showcase of New Zealand’s Pacific home,” says Craig Meade, Showrunner of Post Production for Big Pacific.
Approximately 120 people worked for NHNZ on Big Pacific including camera operators, producers, directors, writers, production managers, editors, sound designers, colourists and more. Around two years of filming took place in 70 different Pacific locations, and ranged from shoots 300 metres above the ocean to 300 metres below the surface.
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