MEDIA & PUBLIC: MAKING OF OBA - FILM CREWS ON LOCATION

These are the complete On Location production teams and film crews for all four series of OBA.

Four specialised non-filming members of the (fixers, doctors, diver-masters, climbers) click here.

For scientific contributors click here.

O'Shea's Big Adventure
Series 1: The Americas

(13x 30mins)


Shoot One: Brazil & Argentina
1. Ox Killer
2. Lost Worlds
3. Into Patagonia
Director: Martin Belderson
Researcher: Mark McMullen
Camera: Richard Edwards
Sound: Mario Mooney

Shoot Two: USA
4. Back from the Brink
5. Swamp Dinosaur
6. Nemesis
Director: Hugo Smith
Producer: Alice-Keens-Soper
Camera: Richard Edwards
Sound: Mario Mooney

Shoot Three: Mexico & Costa Rica
7. Monsters of the Madre
8. Silent Rattler
9. Jewel of the Jungle
Producer-Director: Roger Finnigan
Researcher: Mark Mullen
Camera: Des Seal
Sound: Ross Neasham

Shoot Four: Trinidad & Cuba
10. Exotic Island
Director: Andrew Sheldon
Producer: Alice-Keens-Soper
Camera: Des Seal
Sound: Ian Dorrington

Shoot Five: Guyana & Brazil
11. Amazon Anaconda
12. Back to the Jungle
13. River Giant
Director: Hugo Smith
Producer: Alice-Keens-Soper (film 13)
Researcher: Robert Pendlebury (films 11-12)
Camera:
Richard Edwards
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

O'Shea's Big Adventure
Series 2: Australasia & the Pacific

(13x 30mins)

Shoot One: Australia
1. On the Edge
2. The Pilbara Cobra
3. After the Flood
Producer-Director: David Wright
Researcher: Robert Pendlebury
Camera:
Des Seal
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Two: Papua New Guinea
4. Green Blood
5. Tree Crocodile
6. Magic Man
Producer-Director: Jon Stephens
Researcher: Stephen Shearman
Camera:
Des Seal
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Three: New Caledonia, Guam, Northern Marianas & Australia
7. Devil in the Trees
8. Snake Invasion
9. Sea Serpents
Producer-Directors: Julian Dismore (films 7-8); Roger Finnigan (film 9)
Researchers: Robert Pendlebury (films 7-8); Justine Watmough (film 9)
Camera:
Des Seal
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Four: Australia & Philippines
10. Feast of the Snakes
11. Flying Dragon
Producer-Director: Jon Stephens
Researcher: Justine Watmough
Camera:
Des Seal
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Five: Indonesia
12. Flesh Eaters
13. Return of the Reptiles
Producer-Directors: Hugo Smith (film 12); Julian Dismore (film 13)
Researcher: Matthew Catling
Camera:
Des Seal
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

 

O'Shea's Big Adventure
Series 3: South & Southeast Asia

(4x50mins)


Shoot One: India
1. The Cobra's Revenge
Producer-Director: Julian Dismore
Researcher: Matthew Catling
Camera:
Richard Edwards
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Two: India
2. In the Python's Grip
Director: Hugo Smith
Producer: Thomas Viner
Camera:
Mark Stokes
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Three: Thailand
3. Siamese Crocodile

Producer-Director: Roger Finnigan
Researcher: Emma Ross
Camera:
Mark Stokes
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Four: Sri Lanka
4. Venom

Producer-Director: Mark McMullen
Researcher: Matthew Catling
Camera:
Mark Stokes
2nd Camera: Jon Pinkney
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

 

O'Shea's Big Adventure
Series 4: Africa & South America

(4x50mins)

Shoot One: Mauritania & Senegal
1. Crocodile Canyon
Producer-Director: Jon Stephens
Researcher: Amy Lansdown-Nasson
Camera:
Mark Stokes
2nd Camera: Jon Pinkney
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Two: S.Africa
2. Spitting Cobra
Producer-Director: Roger Finnigan
Researcher: Anne Breeze
Camera:
Mark Stokes
Sound: Ross Neasham

Shoot Three: Zambia & Tanzania
3. Water Cobra

Producer-Director: Mark McMullen
Researcher: Amy Lansdown-Nasson
Camera:
Des Seal
2nd Camera: Jon Pinkney
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft

Shoot Four: Peru
4. Amazon Snake Mystery

Producer-Director: Jon Stephens
Researcher: Ann Breeze
Camera:
Mark Stokes
Sound: Terry Meadowcroft