’Big beasts’ in the business of natural history join forces

A leading natural history television producer and an environmental historian from The University of Nottingham have joined forces to bring their own skills and experience to new audiences, and develop their own. Links between Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) and Department of History and the BBC's Natural History Unit have flourished in recent years as a result of a long-standing working relationship between environmental historian and passionate birdwatcher Rob Lambert and wildlife TV series producer Stephen Moss. The two nature experts have collaborated on such high profile BBC productions as the BAFTA winning Springwatch, and Birds Britannia recently shown on BBC Four. After a long and successful career, Stephen Moss recently left the BBC to pursue a freelance career as a TV producer, author and naturalist. He has also joined The University of Nottingham as an Honorary Professor in both the business school and history. Since his appointment he has been delivering guest lectures, welcome events to new first years, and co-advising on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. He has been presenting a series of public lectures to packed houses across the University exploring the links between natural history television and academia.