In Front of the Camera

John McIntyre

Writer, presenter and underwater cameraman, John has spent much of his working life reporting for BBC News until he gave it all up to dive and film underwater. He is passionate about sharks, but in "Fresh Fishing - The Carp" he has turned his attention to different challenges and shows us a view of the carp we have never seen before.

Dave Lane

For Dave, a fondness for climbing trees and keeping on the move is the key to his success. It clearly works as he's the first man to have hooked five carp over fifty pounds in the UK, and he tells us how he did it

Bryan Jarrett

Twice winner of the BCAC Championship, and a NFA team member for England, Bryan gives us his top tips for catching a big one. He also turns out to be a real celebrity chef and he shares some of his secret bait recipes.

Dr. Phil Hickley

Environment Agency scientist and specialist in recreational fisheries tells us some extraordinary facts about how carp find food and how they go about eating it.

Dr. Julian Partridge

University of Bristol scientist, with a special interest in animal vision, reveals some very surprising facts about what carp see and we look at the world from a carp's point of view.

Chris Ponsford

A keen angler and Environment Agency water bailiff, Chris passes on his expertise to up and coming young star, RYAN LIPPIT.

Behind the Camera

Phill Ball - Cameraman

Phil is a natural history specialist. He photographed those stunning close ups of the carp in our tank and the carp spawning out in the wild.

Henry Bateman - Cameraman

Henry is a documentary film-maker and lighting cameraman, who was brought up in the country but has worked in television news, so he's the perfect person for chasing anglers, fish and celebrity chefs.

Felicity Mudge - Production Manager

Felicity is a former BBC Natural History Unit financial manager, her fabulous organisational and negotiation skills kept us all on the straight and narrow.

Moira Mann - Director and producer

Award winning BBC and Discovery Channel film-maker, Moira turned from sharks to carp. Entirely self-financed and free of commercial interests she is able to reveal the science and tell the truth. She directed, produced, made the tea, fetched the curry and fed the fish.

The Music

The original music helped to capture all the fun we had filming and fishing, and was composed by Will Goodchild and performed by Stew Jackson, Dan Brown and Jody Veale on the blues harp. Great animations by Steve Skinner helped to make things clearer and inspired film editing from James Taggart put it all together. Jamie Burchill and Adam Palmer paddled about in buckets doing a brilliant sound design and mix.

Special thanks to Gina Fucci and all at Films@59 for everything else.

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