Michael Allder, executive producer of CBC’s science and natural history series The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, has a lot to talk about. First is the appointment of two new senior producers, and the second is the venerable series’ upcoming season, which launches Oct. 30.

Caroline Underwood will be the natural history senior producer, bringing with her an extensive background in documentary filmmaking. She has been working with The Nature of Things for 25 years, and recently co-directed the Antarctic Mission series.

‘She has a really illustrious history when it comes to natural history films,’ says Allder.

Meanwhile, F.M. Morrison takes the post of the new science and technology senior producer. Morrison’s credits include executive producer of CBC’s Undercurrents and The Greatest Canadian. She has a particular interest in science, medicine and environmental issues. The two new hires will work in all areas of production in the science and natural history units.

And look for a slew of limited-series specials in The Nature of Things‘ upcoming schedule, says Allder. Hot on the heels of CBC’s successful Geologic Journey series will be a sequel called Rest of the World. Among other series planned will be four-parters One Ocean and The Adventurers, which is built around scientific expeditions.

Allder says there will still be many hour-long single-subject episodes. One such example is the natural-history film Broken Tail’s Last Journey.

‘It’s about a very famous tiger in India. It was iconic and in lots of classic documentaries over the years, but eventually it just disappeared, and we’re trying to track and see what happened to it,’ Allder explains. ‘It’s this sort of detective story.’

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