There has been a frenzy of fakery accusations flung at the BBC recently, largely from the Daily Mirror it should be added. The accusations are concerned with how the BBC’s Natural History Unit filmed an enchanting sequence of newly born polar bear cubs suckling their mother. This sequence was actually filmed in a zoo, yet it was intercut with footage of polar bears filmed in the wild.

The BBC’s Frozen Planet series has been breathtaking. Never before have we seen such a masterly crafted medley of mesmerizing footage of our polar regions. The events captured were remarkable, the stories told were gripping and the time-lapses were literally out of this world. The BBC Natural History Unit: we salute you!