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Pride

June 21, 2004 TV Episode BBC

Studio
BBC, A&E, John Downer Productions, ProSieben Productions
Distributor
BBC

Synopsis

A real pride of lions, filmed on the plains of Africa, become the characters in a family tale of love and survival. Suki is young and rebellious. Dark is her dangerous yet magnetic suitor. Suki's mother Macheeba is the wise matriarch of the pride.

Characters

Suki, Linus, Macheeba, Dark, Fleck, Harry, Lush, James, Eddie

Credits

Directing

Director
John Downer

Producing

Producer
Christopher Hall

Writing

Writer
Simon Nye, John Downer
Executive Producer
Simon Curtis
Executive Producer for A&E Television
Delia Fine
Executive Producer for the BBC
Laura Mackie
Supervising Producer (A&E)
Emilio Nunez
Assistant Producer
Tilly Scott-Wilson

Voices

Voice
Kate Winslet (Suki), Rupert Graves (Linus), Helen Mirren (Macheeba), Sean Bean (Dark), Martin Freeman (Fleck), John Hurt (Harry), Kwame Kwei-Armah (Lush), Robbie Coltrane (James), Jim Broadbent (Eddie)

Music

Music
George Fenton

Editing

Editor
Stuart Napier
Assistant Editor
Steve Barnes

Crew

Director of Photography
Michael W. Richards
Character Effects and Animation
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Casting
Andy Pryor
Production Managers
Margaret Black, Penny Hayler
Supervising Sound Editor
James Mather
Digital Compositor
Alberto Montañés
Digital Compositors
Theo Diamantis, Yasmine El-Ghamrawy, Vincent Goodsell, Donal Nolan, Kevin Quatman, Matthew Tinsley
Visual Effects Producer
Jeremy Hall
Visual Effects Supervisors
Howard Jones, Dennis Michelson
Systems Administrator
Henry van der Beek
Senior CG Systems Administrator
Peter Guyan
Software Developer
Dan Sheerin
Assistant to Producer
Carrie-Anne Brackstone
Script Executive
Sarah Brown
Production Executive
Melanie Howard

Production notes

Combined animation and live action.

Live action was shot in the African savannah in 2003. Photography used a "boulder cam," a camera hidden inside what looks like a rock.