BUCKiT® #47-Jane Root: Executive Producer of Critically Acclaimed Series – One Strange Rock – Hosted by Will Smith! A Mind Blowing View of Planet Earth Told From the Unique Perspective of Eight Astronauts

BUCKiT with Phil Keoghan

The Danakil Desert is one of the lowest and hottest places on Earth, a cauldron of burning salt, volcanic rock, sulfuric acid. The Dallol volcanic crater is hostile and toxic and not exactly the best or safest place for a television production team to set up. Filming day after day in punishing 50 degree heat, the team is dealing with crashing drones, failing camera equipment and magnetic interference. It’s just a regular day at the office when shooting a Mega Doc with Will Smith and 8 astronauts, for National Geographic.

Jane Root is a leading Creative Executive Producer who has transformed major networks on both sides of the Atlantic. Previously President of Discovery Networks and Controller of BBC2 in the UK, Jane set up the production company Nutopia a decade ago. She’s won many awards with her formats, achieved record-breaking ratings and pioneered a new genre of television – the mega-doc and believe me it’s mega. The majority of her work is about our amazing planet and the people on it and last year her series ONE STRANGE ROCK, hosted by Will Smith and on National Geographic Channel won critical acclaim and it’s not hard to see why! It’s incredible and ground breaking on every level — you get to see our earth in a whole new mind blowing way! I met up with Jane Root recently as she gears up for season two of this brilliant series, where they are raising the bar even higher.