A look at how sharks are the ocean's great predators, living in every ocean and hunting in a variety of ways. Blacktip sharks hunt in packs and herd fish into baitballs and tasselled wobbegongs are ambush hunters.
Discoveries reveal a hidden side to shark character. They have an intricate social life, complex courtship rituals, surprising ways of bringing up their young, and extraordinary powers of navigation.
Could the latest discoveries about sharks hold the key to some of our toughest medical and engineering challenges?
A 50 minute film going behind the scenes of Shark, showing how the series was made.
Paul McGann
Narrator
Michael Gunton
Producer
Steve Greenwood
Simon Blakeney