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John Sparks(III)

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John Sparks is known for Life on Earth (1979), Realms of the Russian Bear (1992) and Battle of the Sexes: in the Animal World (1999).
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Life on Earth (1979)
    Life on Earth
    9.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Realms of the Russian Bear (1992)
    Realms of the Russian Bear
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Battle of the Sexes: in the Animal World (1999)
    Battle of the Sexes: in the Animal World
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Producer
    The Discovery of Animal Behaviour
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • supervising producer: for the BBC
      • 1988–2006
    • Battle of the Sexes: in the Animal World (1999)
      Battle of the Sexes: in the Animal World
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Attenborough in Paradise (1996)
      Attenborough in Paradise
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • executive producer: for the BBC
      • series producer ...
      • 1993–1996
    • Realms of the Russian Bear (1992)
      Realms of the Russian Bear
      9.0
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • produced by
      • 1992
    • Nature
      TV Series
      • series editor
      • 1983
    • The Discovery of Animal Behaviour
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 1982
    • Life on Earth (1979)
      Life on Earth
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 1979
    • The World About Us (1967)
      The World About Us
      8.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1973–1976
    • Search (1971)
      Search
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1971

    Writer

    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • Writer
      • 1994–1998
    • Realms of the Russian Bear (1992)
      Realms of the Russian Bear
      9.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1992
    • The Discovery of Animal Behaviour
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1982

    Production Department

    • Life on Earth (1979)
      Life on Earth
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • production team
      • 1979

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