Today I went to a very interesting and inspiring talk by Doctor Wendy Darke a marine biologist, who is the first woman to be the head of the natural history unit for the BBC in its 56-year history. She is in charge of BBC earth, which is home to all the shows we all know and love, such as Attenborough's Programmes e.g. Life Story (which is currently playing on Thursday Nights on BBC One) Spring Watch, Autumn Watch ,Winter Watch , Deadly 60 and many, many more. It was fantastic to watch a promo for the upcoming 2015 series based on the world sharks and I can tell you know its going to be an another jaw dropping series, it was also great to hear her talk about the 2017 based on the Oceans. Wendy said that the BBC has not filmed a series just on the ocean since Blue Planet. Film cameras have really advanced since then considering that Blue Planet was shot in film, so like Life Story and Africa it's really going to have that cinematic feel to it.
Wendy also talked about her career and how she got where she is today and how she was also inspired by Sir David Attenborough's shows at the age of 14 but it took many letters to the BBC and hard work to get to be the head of the programme but she encourage us not to give up and to take every chance possible, something I am sure everyone in that room today already knew! Overall I really enjoyed the talk and I hope this won't be the last I will see of Wendy as my career grows because I am determined as ever to photograph, film and educate people about the natural world around us.