A lot to be discovered off Gulf coast, says BBC doc producer

A BBC documentary producer has expressed optimism that “a lot of hidden stories” can be found in the Gulf, just like coasts in various parts of the world.

“It also gets me thinking about how many hidden stories there are off the coasts here and around as well,” BBC’s Blue Planet documentary producer Jonathan Smith exclaimed on the sidelines of Blue Planet II’s “Coral Reefs” screening at The Pearl-Qatar.The documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough and with a music score by Hans Zimmer, has rapidly become the most talked about shows around the world with 220mn views in China alone. It was the number one show in the UK in 2017, attracting nearly 38mn people across the country.“I don’t know what plans there are for (a possible) Blue Planet III, all that what we found and all that what we managed to film, I truly believe that we’ve only touched the surface,” Smith said.