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Hollywood Star, Ewan McGregor Narrates Love Nature’s Stormborn, a TV Series Set to Capture the Remote North in a Brand New Light

27 October 2020

The World Broadcast Premiere of Stormborn airs Sunday, November 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Love Nature During the Channel’s Nationwide Free Preview Event from November 2, 2020 to January 3, 2021

A male Arctic Fox (Vulpes Lagopus) surveys the shoreline in Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in North-West Iceland.

(Toronto, ON – October 27, 2020) – Love Nature’s new highly-anticipated wildlife and nature series, Stormborn, travels north across some of the most remote and rugged landscapes to film a compelling cast of charismatic and tenacious animal characters, including Arctic foxes, otters, and reindeer, over the course of a dramatic breeding season. Golden Globe® Award winner Ewan McGregor lends his soulful voice to the three-part series as cameras follow these incredible animals across McGregor’s homeland of Scotland, as well as Iceland, and Norway. Featuring emotional and suspenseful storylines, Stormborn captures never-before-seen animal behaviour and reveals the extreme weather conditions these species face to ensure their bloodline survives in the remote North. The world broadcast premiere of Stormborn airs Sunday, November 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Love Nature during the channel’s nationwide free preview event from November 2, 2020 to January 3, 2021. Viewers can watch the official trailer for Stormborn here. 

“Stormborn has quickly become the most highly-anticipated, must-see television event of the year for Love Nature, and to have Ewan McGregor on board to take our viewers on this journey makes it even more exciting,” says Craig Junner, Senior Director, Video Strategy, Canadian Media at Blue Ant Media. “We’re thrilled to premiere Stormborn during Love Nature’s nationwide free preview event so even more Canadians can enjoy the cinematic quality of this natural history, blue-chip series.”

“I can’t wait to see the finished series,” says Golden Globe® Award winner, Ewan McGregor who recorded Stormborn remotely during lockdown to finish the trilogy in time for Love Nature’s November premiere in Canada. “It’s amazing to get such a personal glimpse into the lives of such amazing animals.”

Canadian audiences will join these animals as they race against the darkness, breeding and raising their young during a short, harsh season before winter returns. Stormborn also documents how these animals and their habitats are under threat, with weather patterns across Scotland, Iceland and Norway becoming even more unpredictable as a result of climate change. 

The trilogy travels deep into the rarely explored latitude of the Subarctic to capture several filming firsts of animal behaviour that have never been observed by scientists, including Arctic foxes in Iceland developing and mastering a new hunting technique to catch kittiwakes; drone footage of an orca catching a porpoise; the first-ever 4K footage of a seal killing a pup; and the most detailed footage ever recorded of a reindeer fjord crossing. 

The world broadcast premiere of Stormborn airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, starting November 15 on Love Nature during the channel’s free preview event from November 2 to January 3, 2021. On streaming platforms, Love Nature is available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, with new episodes of Stormborn rolling out weekly, starting November 16, 2020. Weekly episodes will also be available to channel subscribers on-demand via cable and satellite platforms after each episode airs. 

Stormborn is produced by Maramedia, in association with Smithsonian Channel, ARTE France, BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland. Blue Ant International oversees licensing for the series. 

Jackie Savery and Nigel Pope of Scotland based Maramedia serve as executive producers and directors of the series. Alison Barrat, VP, Development & Production is Executive Producer on behalf of Love Nature. Executive Producers for the Smithsonian Channel are Tria Thalman and David Royle. Production crews worked with local scientists and wildlife experts at every shooting site to advise on locations and animal behaviours. 

Love Nature is a family-friendly wildlife and nature brand that brings audiences powerful stories about the natural world that foster a deeper understanding of and connection to the planet we call home. Our award-winning library of 4K natural history series and documentaries is available on Love Nature’s branded linear and streaming platforms available around the world and through partnerships with top-tier pay-TV platforms and streamers, reaching over 200 million households globally. Love Nature is a joint venture between Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks. 

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