Join the producers of Apple TV’s latest landmark natural history series Earthsounds for behind-the-scenes insight into the making of the award-winning series. With over 3000 hours of specially recorded audio, captured on all seven continents, the team used new microphone technology and field craft to capture the sounds of the planet like never before. From the bizarre courtship calls of the Atlantic walrus to the slurping sounds of American Cottonwood trees sucking up water from their roots – the shows are packed full of sonic surprises. Mixed in Dolby atmos, the series takes viewers on acoustic journeys around the world, from the Australian Forests to the Arctic Circle
SAM HODGSON, Series Producer
Sam is an award-winning Executive producer and script writer whose shows have been nominated for 5 BAFTAs and won multiple RTS Awards. A Zoology graduate with a passion for storytelling, he started his career as a radio journalist before moving into wildlife filmmaking, producing series for the BBC, National Geographic, Sky and Apple TV+. Whilst at the BBC Natural History Unit he produced the award-winning Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero, telling the story of Alfred Wallace, the co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection. He has been a key part of the team at Offspring for ten years and has overseen multiple projects. Earthsounds is the second landmark series he has series produced for Apple TV+
TOM PAYNE, Series Director
Tom is a BAFTA and RTS winning Series Director with nearly 20 years’ experience delivering high quality factual content. In his time at Offspring, Tom has been integral in developing, pitching, and producing genre re-defining natural history – ‘Earth at Night in Colour’ and ‘Earthsounds’ (Apple TV+). Previously at the BBC he played a key role in creating a new live natural history brand (‘Big Blue Live’ and ‘Wild Alaska Live’), negotiated access to some of Papua New Guinea’s most isolated tribes (Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth) and trekked across vast deserts to deliver lifechanging medical aid (Big Red-Nosed Desert Trek). Tom is a key member of Offspring’s team, helping to create ambitious, modern and compelling wildlife television.
