Original Series

Supporting Content

• Meet the timelapse team

  • Timelapse vs. timestudy

  

• Birth of a snowman — Winter

  Duration: 0:07

• Dormant dormouse — Autumn

  Duration: 0:38

• Gluttonous geese — Autumn

  Duration: 2:18

• Storm shedding — Autumn

  Duration: 1:06
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• In pictures: making the series

• In pictures: Winter — Winter

• In pictures: Spring — Spring

• In pictures: Summer — Summer
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• Our magic ingredient

  "Suddenly a sequence of the Northern Lights which we didn’t dare hope to achieve, became possible"

  • Read the blog post by producer Elizabeth White (BBC TV blog)

  

• Audio slideshow

  Series producer James Brickell and producers Bridget Appleby and Elizabeth White talk about some of the innovative techniques used to bring the stories to life.

  • Watch the audio slideshow (BBC News)

  
  
  

  

• 10 wildlife secrets caught on thermal cameras

  BBC Nature investigates how using infra-red radiation to visualise differences in temperature has delivered some surprising sights. 
  

  • Here are 10 of the most remarkable thermal imaging revelations (BBC Nature)

  

• Timelapse vs. timestudy

  The Great British Year used both of these dynamic but sometimes confusing camera techniques.

  • Watch examples and discover the key differences

  

• Composing the soundtrack

  Series composer William Hyde writes about how he created the music for The Great British Year.
  

  • Read the article and watch Will's most memorable scenes

  

• Filming a seahorse giving birth

  One of the most magical stories of the Spring episode was about a male spiny seahorse giving birth.

  • Find out how the moment was captured