BIOGRAPHY

Beeley studied anthropology at Durham University until 1985 when he left to begin his career in wildlife film making at the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol.

Over the following years he worked as a wildlife documentary researcher for Realms Of The Russian Bear, a series which took him across the wilds of the former Soviet Union, including Kamchatka, the Russian Far East, the deserts, mountains and Arctic of the vast Eurasian Continent.

 

Fergus was soon a Producer on the Award Winning BBC strand, Wildlife On One. Films such as Stoats In The Priory, an extraordinary story about a family of Stoats at Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire, won Fergus early acclaim.

He enjoyed a close professional collaboration with David Attenborough on the series The Life Of Birds.

Fergus holds David in high esteem.

 

In 1998, Fergus moved to National Geographic where, to his surprise, he found himself being asked to present wildlife documentaries as well as producing them.

Fergus continues to make films as an independent and delivers to all the major broadcasters of wildlife film.

He is known to choose unusually difficult and elusive species such as arctic white wolves, Scottish wildcats, eagle owls, spectacled bears and harpy eagles.

His recent appearance on camera for BBC as a presenter has brought much attention and acclaim for BBC Natural World Highland Haven and BBC Natural World Monkey Eating Eagle Of The Orinoco.