Writing

Robert Macfarlane

Known for

Writing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Natural World poster
7.4

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

Natural World

1983

Winterwatch poster
8.2

Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.

Winterwatch

2013

Water Body poster
10.0

An immersive audiovisual experience using global Earth systems datasets to explore water as the connective tissue of life revealing its continuous movement through rivers, oceans, landscapes and living beings as one planetary circulation.

Water Body

2026

River poster
6.4

A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, the poetic script will create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognizes their vulnerability.

River

2021

Mountain poster
6.9

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places.

Mountain

2017

Underland poster
5.3

Adapted from Robert Macfarlane's bestselling book, this mesmerising documentary journeys into worlds seldom seen by human eyes.

Underland

2026

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Water Body poster
10.0

An immersive audiovisual experience using global Earth systems datasets to explore water as the connective tissue of life revealing its continuous movement through rivers, oceans, landscapes and living beings as one planetary circulation.

Water Body

2026

River poster
6.4

A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, the poetic script will create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognizes their vulnerability.

River

2021

Mountain poster
6.9

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places.

Mountain

2017

Underland poster
5.3

Adapted from Robert Macfarlane's bestselling book, this mesmerising documentary journeys into worlds seldom seen by human eyes.

Underland

2026

Upstream poster
NR

Filmed entirely from the air, Upstream follows the course of the River Dee in Scotland, all the way to its source in the Cairngorm mountains, the highest of any river in Britain. With a prose poem written especially for the film by Robert Macfarlane and an original score by the Oscar-nominated composer Hauschka.

Upstream

2019

Holloway poster
NR

A film adaptation of the Holloway book by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood and Dan Richards. The film was made alongside Macfarlane who has written and recorded its voice-over, Donwood who allowed the use of many of his Holloway inspired prints, composer Richard Skelton who has recorded an entirely new piece of musical score for it, and sound artist, James Bulley who let us use his Holloway recording project. More info can be found here: https://celluloidwickerman.com/2015/01/19/filming-in-the-holloways/

Holloway

2015

No artwork available
NR

Film response to Colin Riley's Weather Words as part of the In Place project. Weather Words is a musical response to the many different words for weather as collected by Robert Macfarlane in his book Landmarks. For more information, visit www.inplace.co.uk www.celluloidwickerman.com

Weather Words

2018

No artwork available
NR

Ness is a Super-8 adaptation of the book by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. It concerns the strange, folkloric reverberations surrounding the ex-weapons testing facility, Orford Ness.

Ness

2019