Stories that matter
Content that endures.
True to Nature / Sky Studios · Netflix / Sky Nature · 2022
Five apex predators face the ultimate challenge: surviving in a world where landscapes, territories and relationships are rapidly changing. From lions in Botswana to cheetahs in Tanzania, the series follows these remarkable animals as hunters, parents and survivors, revealing the extraordinary stories behind their fight for the future.
Production Company: True to Nature / Sky Studios
Executive Producer: Wendy Darke
Series Director: Dan Smith
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Will Benson
Narrator: Tom Hardy
Avalon Entertainment · Channel 5 · 2020–2026
A hugely popular factual entertainment series following master dog trainer Graeme Hall as he tackles some of Britain's most challenging canine behaviour. Combining practical expertise with warmth, humour and revealing human stories, the series gets to the heart of the relationship between dogs and their owners.
Production Company: Avalon Entertainment
Executive Producers: Jamie Isaacs, Tim Quicke
Series Producer: Will Stanford
Presenter: Graeme Hall
Edit Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Dragonfly Film & Television · BBC Two · 2018
An ambitious aerial journey around the equator, revealing some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes, wildlife and communities. Combining cinematic scale with intimate human stories, the series explores the extraordinary richness of life along this vital line while confronting the environmental pressures transforming it.
Production Company: Dragonfly Film & Television
Producers: Anne Sommerfield, Nicola Tremain, Anna Williamson
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Nicola Tremain
Presenter: Gordon Buchanan
Cinematography: Neil Harvey
Editors: Zoë Davis, Steve Williams
Sound Recordist: Nick Allinson
Composer: Nainita Desai
BBC Natural History Unit · BBC Two · 2018
An ambitious global series exploring the spectacular, intimate and sometimes extreme rituals that shape human life. Travelling across cultures and continents, the series reveals the ceremonies through which people mark birth, marriage, death, faith and belonging — from intensely personal rites to extraordinary gatherings involving thousands of people.
Production Company: BBC Natural History Unit
Series Producer: Tuppence Stone
Executive Producer: Lucy Carter
Edit Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Presenter: Simon Reeve
BBC Studios / BBC Natural History Unit · BBC One / PBS · 2017
A groundbreaking natural history series that puts specially designed cameras in the hands — and paws — of animals themselves. Working with wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan and pioneering animal behaviourists, the series captures the hidden lives of animals from perspectives conventional filming simply cannot reach.
Production Company: BBC Studios / BBC Natural History Unit / PBS
Series Producer: Dan Rees
Executive Producer: Tim Martin
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Hannah Ward
Writer: Anne Sommerfield
Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Presenter: Gordon Buchanan
Photography: Graham MacFarlane, Simon Reay, Hector Skevington-Postles
Animal Cameras: Chris Watts, Marcus Shirley
Sound Recordists: Nick Allinson, Andrew Yarme
Edit Producer: Clare Dornan
Film Editor: Rob Davies
Original Music: Tim Goalen
BBC Scotland · BBC One · 2016
A series revealing extraordinary human stories from some of the most spectacular and challenging environments on Earth. Anne produced and directed the high-risk climbing shoot in Ethiopia, capturing the lives of people who have adapted to living in places where nature presents extraordinary daily challenges.
Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Alexis Girardet, Russell Leven, Jobim SampsonExecutive Producer: Jane Aldo's
Series Producer: Jobim Sampson
Narrator: Sophie Okonedo
Atlantic Productions · Sky TV · 2016
A warm and revealing celebration of Sir David Attenborough's extraordinary career, created to mark his 90th birthday. Going behind the finished films, the documentary explores memorable encounters, remarkable locations and the stories behind some of natural history television's most iconic moments.
Production Company: Atlantic Productions
Director/writer: Anne Sommerfield
Executive Producer: Anthony Geffen
Atlantic Productions · BBC One · 2015
A spectacular journey into one of the world's greatest natural wonders. David Attenborough explores the extraordinary life of the Great Barrier Reef, from its vast coral ecosystems to the remarkable creatures that depend upon them, revealing a world of colour, complexity and astonishing natural spectacle.
Production Company: Atlantic Productions
Executive Producer: Anthony Geffen
Episode Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Michael Davis, Kylie Stott
Supervising Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Presenter: David Attenborough
Cinematography: Edward McGown
Editor: Dominic Lester
Music: Graham Hadfield, Joel Douek, Ilan Eshkeri
Oxford Scientific Films · BBC One · 2014
A fascinating exploration of the extraordinary relationships animals form with one another. From lifelong partnerships and family bonds to unexpected examples of affection and attachment, Liz Bonnin investigates whether the emotional lives of animals may be more complex than we imagine.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films
Series Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Director: Anne Sommerfield
Presenter: Liz Bonnin
Composer: Michael Kruk
Windfall Films · BBC Two · 2013
An ambitious exploration of the extraordinary relationship between humans and dogs, revealing how thousands of years of shared history have shaped the remarkable diversity of breeds we see today. Combining science, history and character-led stories, the series uncovers the origins of dogs' distinctive looks, behaviours and abilities.
Production Company: Windfall Films
Executive Producers: Leesa Rumley, David Dugan
Series Producer / Director: Jamie Lochhead
Development Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Producer / Director: Anne Sommerfield
Presenters: Kate Humble, Steve Leonard, Ruth Goodman
Darlow Smithson Productions · Nat Geo Wild · 2013
A gripping drama-documentary series investigating extraordinary encounters between people and some of the world's most formidable animals. Combining first-hand testimony, expert insight and dramatic reconstruction, the films explore what happened when human and wild lives collided — and the critical decisions that determined the outcome.
Production Company: Darlow Smithson Productions
Series Producer: Hereward Pelling
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Jamie Crawford, Tom Keeling
Writers: Anne Sommerfield, Jamie Crawford, Tom Keeling
Line Producer: Steve Murphy
Edit Producer: Jonathan Davenport
Waddell Media · Channel 4 · 2012
A documentary examining the extraordinary cultural impact of Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the way the film transformed our relationship with the great white shark. From the fear and persecution it helped create to the generation of scientists and conservationists it inspired, the film explores the complicated legacy of one of cinema's most influential creatures.
Production Company: Waddell Media
Producer / Director: Anne Sommerfield
Waddell Media · Discovery / Channel 4 / Network Ten · 2012
Nearly four decades after Jaws changed the way the world viewed sharks, this documentary explores the film's unexpected legacy. Scientists, divers, shark-attack survivors and conservationists reveal how a Hollywood blockbuster that inspired fear also helped create a new generation of shark enthusiasts and researchers.
Production Company: Waddell Media
Series Producer / Director: Anne Sommerfield
Parthenon Entertainment · Animal Planet / National Geographic · 2011
An intimate journey into the world of a Western lowland gorilla family, exploring the complex relationships, rivalries and behaviours that shape life within the group. Shot in the remote jungles of the Central African Republic, the film combines extraordinary wildlife access with a deeply character-led story.
Production Company: Parthenon Entertainment
Director: Anne Sommerfield
Parthenon Entertainment · National Geographic · 2011
An intimate portrait of life within a remarkable meerkat clan, following the relationships, rivalries and daily struggles that hold this close-knit family together. With privileged access to their world, the film reveals the complex social bonds and extraordinary behaviours behind one of nature's most charismatic species.
Production Company: Parthenon Entertainment
Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Director: Anne Sommerfield
Oxford Scientific Films / Principal Large Format · Sky 3D / National Geographic · 2011
An immersive cinematic adventure into the world of the meerkat, following the trials, relationships and daily dramas of life within a close-knit family. Filmed in spectacular 3D, the film brings audiences into their world at eye level, revealing the cooperation, resilience and complex social behaviour behind these charismatic animals.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films in association with Principal Large Format
Executive Producers: Clare Birks, Simon Bohrsmann, Alex Sutherland
Producer: Caroline Hawkins
Directors: Andrew Graham-Brown, Anne Sommerfield
Writer: Anne Sommerfield
Narrator: Emily Watson
Cinematography: Robin Cox
Editor: Renoir Tuahene
Parthenon Entertainment · National Geographic · 2011
An underwater expedition into the cold, mysterious waters surrounding Vancouver Island in search of the elusive giant Pacific octopus. Following an expert dive team into a rarely seen world, the film reveals a remarkably intelligent and secretive predator alongside the extraordinary marine life that shares its habitat.
Production Company: Parthenon Entertainment
Producers: Sigurd Tesche, David Whitehead
Director: Anne Sommerfield
Presenter: Andres Williams
Oxford Scientific Films · Animal Planet / Discovery Europe · 2009–2011
A gripping drama-documentary series exploring the extraordinary relationships between people and dangerous wild animals. Through revealing interviews, expert insight and dramatic reconstruction, the series examines the psychology behind these intense bonds — and the devastating consequences when the boundary between companion and predator disappears.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films
Executive Producers: Caroline Hawkins, Erin Wanner
Series Producer: Nigel Levy
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Anna Thomson, Nigel Levy, Chris Holt, Tom Peppiatt, Hayley Smith, Marc Tiley, Matthew Wortman, Steve Baker, Angus Cameron, Luke Wiles
Producers: Anne Sommerfield, Tom Peppiatt, Hayley Smith, Matthew Wortman
Writer: Anne Sommerfield
Oxford Scientific Films · Animal Planet / Discovery · The Weinstein Company · 2008
A feature-length documentary prequel to Meerkat Manor, following Flower from her early life in the Kalahari Desert to her emergence as matriarch of the Whiskers group. The film expanded the world of the hugely successful series into a feature-length story, combining wildlife documentary with a more cinematic, character-led approach.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films / Discovery Films
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Anne Sommerfield: Producer / Editorial
Primate Planet Productions · Channel 5 / Animal Planet / Sky Nature · 2006
An observational series following the extraordinary work of Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. From international rescues and rehabilitation to new arrivals, medical challenges and complex social relationships, Monkey Lifeoffers an intimate window into the lives of rescued primates and the people dedicated to their care.
Production Company: Primate Planet Productions
Producers: Anne Sommerfield, Ellie Rowsell, James Capria
Directors: Anne Sommerfield, Ellie Rowsell, Claudia Riccio, Natalie Wilkinson, Andy Miles, James Capria
Narrator: Ralf Little
Composer: Joseph Metcalfe
Editor: Tom Jarvis
Oxford Scientific Films · Animal Planet / Five · 2005 - 2011
There is a Rhino in my House is a documentary exploring the heartwarming story of John and Judy Travers, a Zimbabwean couple, at the Imire Safari Ranch, who have devoted their lives to saving from extinction one of the rarest mammals on Earth. When a tragic turn of events leaves an adorable baby rhino, a tiny warthog and a hyper hyena orphaned, native Zimbabwean Judy Travers takes on the mammoth task of raising all three - in her home! Imire Safari Ranch is one of the first farms to offer homes to young orphan elephants and has instigated research to improve handling and teaching elephants in order for them to be ridden and to work on farms. Tucked away in Eastern Zimbabwe, Imire Safari Ranch is conservationists John and Judy's 11,000 acre game park and they have made it their lives' work to give rescued wild animals a home here.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films
Producer: Anne Sommerfield
Director: Anne Sommerfield
Writer: Anne Sommerfield
Narrator: Jim Carter
Oxford Scientific Films · Animal Planet / BBC · 2005–2009
The groundbreaking natural-history series following the real lives of a meerkat family in the Kalahari. Combining intimate wildlife filmmaking with the structure and emotional storytelling of a drama series, Meerkat Manor brought the personalities, rivalries and family dynamics of the Whiskers clan to audiences around the world.
Production Company: Oxford Scientific Films
Producers: Anne Sommerfield, Chris Barker, Lucinda Axelsson, Renoir Tuahene
Producer / Writer: Anne Sommerfield
Narrator: Bill Nighy / Sean Astin