Documentary series · ViDERE Aquariums
The Hope Aquarium
A three-part documentary series following ViDERE Aquariums over twelve months, as they build a 27,000-litre live reef aquarium for Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Twelve months. One living reef.
The Hope Aquarium sits at the heart of the new front entrance at Birmingham Children's Hospital, funded by the hospital charity's It Starts Here Appeal and described by the hospital as the largest of its kind in the world. It was built by ViDERE Aquariums, the Birmingham studio founded by aquarist and designer Akil Gordon-Beckford.
We followed the build for twelve months across three episodes, and filmed it the way we film every documentary, by staying close to the people doing the work and letting the story come from them.
Shot, graded and sound designed by Big Dog Productions in Birmingham.
- FormatThree-part documentary series
- Filmed over12 months
- ClientViDERE Aquariums
- The build27,000-litre live reef
- LocationBirmingham Children's Hospital
- ProductionBig Dog Productions
The interviews
