Moonraker produced science-led visual effects for the BBC’s five-part natural history series, Evolution.

The new landmark series tracks the 4.2 Billion year evolutionary history of specific modern animals. It was a privilege and a pleasure to collaborate once again with BBC Studios on this spiritual follow up to the hugely successful Earth.

79 minutes of photoreal VFX
Comprising of 242 different shots
With over 20 different creatures brought to life
And a total of 118,629 individual CGI frames

The scientific research underpinning Evolution involved collaborating more than 600 scientists worldwide, contributing expertise to the storytelling, scripts and visual effects

Broadcaster: BBC Studios Science Unit, NOVA
Presenter: Chris Packham
Creative Director for Moonraker: Graham Stott
VFX Supervisor: Graham Stott
VFX Producer: Hannah Lewis
VFX Line Producer: Rosanna Thorn-Lees
Compositors: Ryan McGrath, Phil Wray, Amy Reid, Evgeny Shpilivoi,
John Clayton, Olly Hagar
3d Artists: Ryan Harrington, Danny Price, Callum Wain, Francois Pons,
Paul Cousins, Nicolas Evain, Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Cowlishaw
Titles: Alex Dilworth
Design: Stu Humphrey, Sam Gardner, Millie Lisney
Storyboard: Elizabeth Schuh
Executive Producer for BBC: Rob Liddell, Andrew Cohen
Series Producer for BBC: Alice Jones
VFX Producer for BBC: Jay Balamurugan
Episode Directors: Fleur Bone, Laura Mulholland, Ross Kirby,
Tom Hewitson, Clementine Cheetham