Matt Gordon

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There are very few people on earth that are admired & respected globally as Sir David Attenborough.

He has done so much to change the way we see the incredible wonders of the natural world & that it is something to respect & not take for granted.

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David!

From the whole John Downer Productions team & the natural world, we hope you have the most wonderful day!
🐻‍❄️🐧🐗🦇🐒🐜🦋🐢🐬🐳🦍🦖🦧🦏🦛🦒🐫🐠🐊🐅🐘🦘🦀🐼

[Matt Gordon @MattGordonUK]

Incredible it's been 25 years since Sir David presented our first 'Spy series. #davidattenborough #100yearsold

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To celebrate the incredible life & work of Sir David Attenborough, who turns 100 years old tomorrow Friday 8th May, all today and tomorrow we will be posting clips of Sir David from some of our earlier programmes. First up 'Lions - Spy in the Den, where the 'Spy series' first began...25 years ago!

Introducing ‘Bouldercam’ – a revolutionary remote camera device that boldly goes where no camera has gone before – right into the heart of a lion pride. Looking deceptively like a mobile rock, but carrying a hidden digital camera, ‘Bouldercam’ gets up close and personal as it unravels the story of how cubs learn to become adult lions #davidattenborough #Lionesses #lioncubs #100yearsold #sirdavidattenborough #lions #100thbirthday

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In the Sea of Japan, there’s a sea creature who creates works of art!

Robot Spy Pufferfish is on a mission to find it! #pufferfish #art #cropcircles #fugu #artwork #seaofjapan #japan #davidtennant #oceanlife #seacreatures #colorpalette #hoppers

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Robot Spy Quokka is here to investigate how one of the cutest animals raise their even cuter young and discovers a tiny baby, only 3-months old, still in the pouch.

Rottnest Island off the south west coast of Australia is home to one of the most photogenic creatures in the world – meet the quokkas. These small furry marsupials are relatives of kangaroos & wallabies. #quokka #quokka #quokkakids #quokkasmile #quokkas #cuteanimals #easterweekend #funnyvideo #holiday #hoppers

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🐇On an island in Japan, rabbits rule! Released here 30 yrs ago.Not surprisingly there are now hundreds of them. They've learnt to sit up & beg for food & any white rabbits are revered & afforded special treatment
#bunnyrabbit #rabbits #rabbitisland #easterbunny #easter #japan #davidtennant #pets #wildatheart

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🦀Robotic Spy Crab Plays Own Version Of Frogger On Christmas Island!

Robot Spy Crab joins thousands of Christmas Island crabs as they march to the sea. But their journey is anything but easy as the crabs have to climb fences and dodge the oncoming traffic as they cross the roads to get to the sea. Will Spy Crab make it? #robotics #robot #crabs #frogger #Hoppers #christmasisland #DavidTennant

[Matt Gordon @MattGordonUK]

So honoured to have worked with Dr Birute. She was inspirational and will be sorely missed

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Today we heard the very sad news that world renowned primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist, and leading authority on orangutans Dr Biruté Galdikas passed away yesterday.

Dr Galdikas was one of a trio of women appointed by world renowned palaeoanthropologist Louis Leakey to study great apes in their natural habitat. Dame Jane Goodall - chimpanzees, Dr Diane Fossey - mountain gorillas and Dr Biruté Galdikas who studied orangutans. They were known as 'The Trimates' and they revolutionised our understanding of great apes.

We had the honour of working with her for our series Spy In The Wild where she introduced us to an amazing group of orangutans and a very special orangutan called 'Siswi'. This video is the moment we first introduced Spy Orangutan to Dr Biruté.

From the first moment we met Dr Birute Galdikas, we were captivated by her passion, knowledge and dedication to protecting orangutans. Listening to her stories of the challenges she faced trying to study orangutans in the wild and how she set up Camp Leakey in the Bornean rainforests of Indonesia was truly remarkable. Her dedication to understand the nature of orangutans & to protect these wonderful animals was truly inspiring. She will be sorely missed.
RIP Dr Birute (10 May 1946 – 24 March 2026)

[Matt Gordon @MattGordonUK]

Happy World Bear Day!

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🐻Today we celebrate World Bear Day celebrated annually on March 23rd raising awareness for the conservation of all 8 bear species. Robot Bear is first to join a family of grizzlies as they brave the icy water in search of salmon 🐟 #bears #Grizzlies #brownbear #Hoppers #Alaska

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Robot Spy Beaver is clearly enjoying the new @Disney @Pixar movie #Hoppers again with the whole John Downer Productions team @JohnDownerProd Loving it & proud to be part of the inspiration for this amazing film. It's even better the second time round @threebarebears #beavers

[Matt Gordon @MattGordonUK]

@kana20319 @IamNickGonzalez No it's not just you, I literally just watched the last episode of S3 last night & was so upset & thought I'd search on here to see if anyone felt like me as can't believe Dr Melendez won't be there anymore. I guess it showed what a great actor @IamNickGonzalez is.

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Squirrel steals nut from our Robotic Spy Squirrel, then uses his intelligence to outwit a nut thief by pretending he's burying a nut.
#squirrel #squirrels #squirrellife #davidtennant #nuts #Hoppers

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@Pixar Our own Robotic 'Spy' Beaver from #SpyInTheWild is going to watch it tonight! He and we can't wait🦫

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@empiremagazine @empiremagazine We can't wait to see the film and were honoured to read that our nature documentaries with our own Robotic Spy Creatures were the inspiration behind the @Pixar movie Hoppers

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@threebarebears Even the real beavers are swimming in to see these new robotic beavers, in the new @Pixar movie 'Hoppers'. Looking forward to seeing it @threebarebears this Friday 6th March @DisneyStudios @Disney @TheCinesthetic @totalfilm

[Daniel Chong @threebarebears]

@JohnDownerProd @Disney @Pixar Thank you for the inspiration!!! 🦫

[Matt Gordon @MattGordonUK]

So cool!

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🦫 we can't wait to see this film 'Hoppers' & we're honoured to hear Daniel Chong @threebarebears that our programmes were the inspiration behind your latest @Disney @Pixar movie 'Hoppers' #beavers #avatar #Disney #SpyInTheWild

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Me Every Sunday Evening Knowing I Have To Go To Work Tomorrow #pangolin #serengeti #sundayvibes #sundaymood #wildlife

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🐹 Hamster Eats All The Snacks Before Superbowl LX Game Even Starts🐹 #SuperBowlLX #hamsters #SuperBowl #superbowlchallenge #SnackTime #pets

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The Amazing Morphing Cuttlefish! Cuttlefish are experts of disguise - they need to be when New Zealand fur seals are present. #SpyInTheOcean

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The Incredible Mimic Octopus Part 1 - Not many sea creatures have mastered the art of disguise better than the mimic octopus. Spy Octopus sets out to observe mimic octopus behaviour but first it has to find one. In a truly mesmerising display of skill, the mimic octopus shows off its shape-shifting repertoire. #octopus #mimicoctopus #oceans #camouflage Clip from episode 2 of our BBC/PBS series Spy in the Ocean