2019 has been a whirlwind of craziness and our fantastic team at Maramedia have been busier than ever producing many hours of wildlife and childrens programmes.
We broadcast our 10 part “Born to Be Wild” series on both BBC Scotland and BBC 2. The series showcased the amazing work of the dedicated staff at the SSPCAs wildlife hospital and the incredible journeys of individual animals as they made their journeys back to the wild!
Our blue chip wildlife specials “Wild Shetland” and “Wild Way of the Vikings” also broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC2 in the UK and internationally on PBS Nature, ORF and Nat Geo with award nominations at Jackson Hole and other festivals. We have greatly enjoyed working closely with the people of Shetland, Iceland and Norway - countries which also feature in our next big project!
In production we were thrilled to be filming with a new commission and partnership between Blue Ant Media, Smithsonian, Love Nature, Arte France, BBC Scotland and the Screen Scotland broadcast content fund. We launched the commission to great interest at this year’s Sunnyside festival! This 3 hour blue chip series will follow the amazing drama of the species that inhabit the north and is due for delivery next year 2020. The series has allowed us to work with some brilliant scientists in some stunning locations across the Nordic world.
In fact the series illustrates the importance to us of partnerships both in broadcast and with scientists and nature conservation teams and the way we must work together to safeguard the future of our natural world.
We thank all our broadcast partners and funders and distributors who we have worked with. We were also thrilled to announce another partnership with our friends in Europe which we launched at MIP in March with Skylander in a joint venture alongside our ongoing relationships with ITVG and ORF-E.
Closer to home we have also been proud to work closely with many wildlife charities highlighting their work and are thrilled to have produced an important campaign film for Scottish wildlife and countryside link highlighting Scotlands amazing and important wildlife and how little nature conservation funding it receives.
And finally it’s the next generation who most importantly care for the planet and its wildlife and we are pleased that our children’s programming slate through our Marakids brand has really blossomed this year. Our Gudrun series 1 and 2 are now being sold around the world and we have been excited to branch out in partnership with some new creatives to launch a quality animation series Hushaby Lullaby coming 2020. We are also thrilled to be starting work on another new production for 2020 featuring Michael Bond’s cheeky guinea pig character – Olga da Polga!
We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has worked with us this last year and wish you all the best of seasons greetings and a very happy new year! We look forward to working with you next year.
The team at Maramedia
