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Super Fast Falcon

Nature documentary. The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth - it can reach speeds of over 200mph. But what does it take to be a high-speed record breaker?

The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth - it can reach speeds of over 200mph. But what does it take to be a high-speed record breaker? To find out, we follow a young family of falcons as they grow up in downtown Chicago.

We join renowned bird handler Lloyd Buck, who, with the help of state-of-the-art technology and leading avian scientists, puts his peregrines to the test. And finally, we see if Lloyd can train one young peregrine for the ultimate challenge of speed and agility - against an Olympic skier in the Swiss Alps. Through such groundbreaking experiments and intimate views of these special birds in the wild, the secrets behind these superfast falcons can finally be revealed.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Josh Groban, John Lewis

    Straight To You

  • Dorette

    Een Leven Lang Met Jou

  • Wax

    Holiday

  • Urban Cookie Collective

    The Key The Secret

  • Vikram Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, D. Imman, Jithin Raj, Shreya Ghoshal

    Pidikkudhae (From "Sigaram Thodu")

  • Three Drives

    Deep Sea

  • D. Imman

    Clash of The Titans

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Peter Capaldi
Series Editor Roger Webb
Series Producer Holly Spearing
Producer Sophie Meyjes
Producer Lucy Smith
Director Simon Baxter

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