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Andy Byatt is an English wildlife documentary film producer for the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) in Bristol. His expertise is in the creation of underwater wildlife films. He co-directed Deep Blue, [1] a natural history feature film about the oceans narrated by Michael Gambon. This film was largely put together with highlights from the NHU's internationally acclaimed series, The Blue Planet , of which Byatt was one of the producers, along with Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes. His most recent project is Planet Earth an 11-part High-definition TV wildlife series first aired in March 2006. [2]

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References

  1. Walter Addiego; Peter Hartlaub; Ruthe Stein (17 June 2005). "FILM CLIPS / Also opening today". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. David Langton (5 March 2007). "'Planet Earth' and 'Life on Mars' head Bafta nominations". The Independent . Retrieved 3 January 2011.