Richard Fitzpatrick - Year in Review

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I've been in the United States filming for a National Geographic series called 'Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr'. I got to give the TUSA drysuit a good workout up in Seattle filming the giant Pacific Octopus.

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We have spent a lot of time [in 2009]ágetting all the initial videos made for The Reef Channel site. We now have over 200 video clips.

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Visit the site at www.thereefchannel.com.au.

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In December we haveáa 20 part series on the Barrier Reef for kids called 'Barney's Barrier Reef' - airing on the new ABC3 channel. It aired in England earlier in the year and was extremely popular.

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As for future projects - I'll be filming and co producing a 3x1 hour series on the Great Barrier Reef for the BBC/Discovery Channel. This will be the largest Barrier Reef natural history series ever made. We will start in the New Year and be filming for two years.

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The other news is that myself and Prof. Jamie Seymour, who is the world expert on Box Jellyfish and other venomous animals, will be starring in a new TV series for National Geographic on dangerous animals. Natational Geographic are starting up a new cable channel called NationaláGeographic Wild and we have been selected to be the new faces of the channel.

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Cheers,