Monsters From the Deep — Sometimes It’s Personal.

So, I got this phone call -- it was a while ago now, but I don't mind looking back if things are interesting. The spider I was filming at the time certainly wasn't... Spiders don't do anything on demand and by comparison the telephone conversation seemed promising. It was from BBC Natural History Unit producer Roger Jones offering me the boat trip of a lifetime on his three part series 'Atlantic Realm' -- he was just so enthusiastic... but then he didn't have to go. It was a research vessel... I imagined a rusty old ship; I'd be the odd…