Members of Four Corners have worked all over the world. We are dedicated to telling stories about the natural world, and the threats facing it. Below are some past projects that members of our team have worked on.
Borneo Jungle Diaries
Deep in the heart of Borneo’s rainforests lives a group of young and passionate scientists. Their job? To unravel the mysteries of the jungle. Each episode of this fun and engaging series focuses on a different scientist and the animal they dedicate their lives to studying.
Timor-Leste From Below
With blue whales, sperm whales, super pods of dolphins, dugongs, and the world’s most biodiverse coral reefs, Timor-Leste might just be the best dive destination you’ve never heard of. This 10-part series for ScubaZooTV - part of the renowned ‘from Below’ dive series - showcases the best of this underwater utopia
Indonesia From Below
Home to more than 17,000 islands and 85% of the world’s coral species, Indonesia is regarded as the world’s best diving destination. It’s easy to see the allure. Every year visitors flock to these remote and rustic dive destinations to catch a glimpse of WWII wrecks and whale sharks, hammerheads and hairy frogfish, manta and mola mola. This series showcases amazing dive sites, awesome marine life, fascinating people and highlight the pressing environmental issues facing our oceans today.
Mozambique’s Shark Finning Crisis
Mozambique’s 3000km coastline is under siege. Here, illegal vessels operate with impunity, pushing fish stocks – and those that rely upon them for their survival – to the brink. Following local hero, Carlos Macuacua, Shiver is the first ever in-depth look at Mozambique’s shark finning crisis.
Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin
Connect via Skype with conservation icon Jane Goodall, controversial marine activist Paul Watson and a cast of experts quarantined in home offices and living rooms around the world, to hear their perspectives on our worst nightmare come true.
Crocodile Caller
An integral part of Timorese folklore, saltwater crocodiles inhabit the island of Timor-Leste in their thousands. Some indigenous elders on the island still revere and communicate with these aquatic beasts, they are known as the croc callers.
Blue Whale
There has never been an animal larger than the blue whale. Bertie and the ...from Below team have one simple goal: to swim alongside one of these incredible creatures.
Emerald Islands of Malaysia
The islands of Malaysia are jewels of the natural world; ecological paradises where ancient rainforests cascade down mountains into crystal clear seas. Each is a haven for wildlife, each boasts its own story. Many of these archipelagos have been wildlife refuges for millions of years. The episode features a number of enigmatic species both above and below the water, from silvered langurs caring for their orange babies and fire ants tending their mealy bug herds, to mud skippers and electric blue fiddler crabs fighting on the mangrove shores.
Mermaids of Timor-Leste
In a small village in the back of beyond a team of ladies are challenging stereotypes. Taking to the ocean to collect clams, shells and to spear reef fish, Bertie goes to learn more about the Wawata Topu (women divers), the mermaids of Timor-Leste.
Compressor Diving For Sea Cucumbers
Compressor divers in Indonesia risk their life diving for sea cucumbers to trade as Traditional Chinese Medicine. Who’d have thought that a large, slimy slug-like creature that breathes from its bottom would fetch such a high price as a dish on your dinner plate? But that’s exactly what is happening with sea cucumbers. In fact, the price of a dried sea cucumber is so high some fishermen are going to extreme lengths to harvest them.
Mysteries of the Mekong River
The journey of the Mekong River takes us through China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, across a series of diverse landscapes. Each has its own signature species: from snub-nosed monkeys to high-flying birds, to spooky cave-dwellers…including some that have never been filmed before.
Hand-Feeding Whale Sharks
From floating platforms in the middle of the sea, the world’s largest shark is being hand-fed by fishermen. Using the example of hand-feeding whalesharks in remote Indonesia, the audience are encouraged to appreciate the incredible biology of these animals and the sheer awe they command, whilst also thinking critically about why we should and how best to safeguard their future.
Orangutan Baby and Mother Saved
In the first of this two-part episode, the Wildlife Rescue Unit must save a mother and baby orangutan from a plantation, on what could be their most challenging and emotional assignment so far.
Frontier Borneo
Hunting down a man-eating crocodile. Embarking on an 80-metre climb to harvest highly prized bird's nests. Taking on an aggressive sun bear in a daring bid to rescue it. These are the stories of man and nature battling to co-exist. This is Borneo like you've never seen it before.
Mola Mola: Legend of the Deep
Known by many different names, the largest bony fish in the world - the sunfish - is a big draw for divers in Bali. But coming face-to-face with one is not for the faint of heart.
Borneo Wildlife Warriors
Borneo. Dense, wild and beautiful with biodiversity to rival anywhere on Earth. But all is not as it seems. On the frontline of conservation stand the Wildlife Rescue Unit. An elite team of local vets and rangers fighting to save the animals they love. Attempting to join the ranks is British wildlife photojournalist Aaron 'Bertie' Gekoski. Deep in the jungles of Borneo's wild heart it's make or break, will Bertie be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the WRU and become one of Borneo's Wildlife Warriors?