ITV Commissions 'Life At The Extreme'

ITV has commissioned 'Life At The Extreme' a 4x60 new factual series from Grant Mansfield's Plimsoll Productions.

Humans think of themselves as the planets top species, but they can only comfortably survive in a thin temperate zone that covers less than a quarter of the earth’s surface. The real masters of the extremes are animals with the extraordinary adaptations to survive. They call the most punishing places on earth, home. And now, McCall will experience life alongside them. She will get up close to the iconic animals that survive these remote and hostile conditions to understand their adaptations and uncover their survival secrets.

Accompanied by an incredibly experienced wildlife production crew, the series will take presenter Davina McCall across different continents, from the hottest desert to the coldest snowdrift, from the wettest rainforest to deep below the sea. Amongst her many adventures, she will run in the scorching sun where cheetahs hunt, sample how polar bears cope in minus 30ºC with 100 miles per hour winds and free dive alongside the whale that is able to sustain one breath of air for 90 minutes by lowering its heart rate to only three beats per minute. By living alongside local people, scientists, tribes and the animals themselves, she will test the limits of her own endurance and provide viewers a better understanding of how extreme, extreme can be. Life at the Extreme is commissioned for ITV by Andrew O’Connell, Factual Commissioning Editor, and Richard Klein, Director of Factual. Executive producers for Plimsoll Productions are Martha Holmes, Gavin Henderson and Grant Mansfield.

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