Planet Earth II returns with its second episode on BBC One on Sunday night at 8pm, this time focusing on mountain-dwelling animals.
One particular scene stood out and typified its stunning new approach though: ‘marine iguana hatchling vs. frankly too many snakes’ (coming soon to a SyFy channel near you).
The little iguana eventually made a break for it, darting away from the predators like Matt Damon or possibly notoriously cinematic sprinter Tom Cruise.
I asked Matthew Meech, who edited episode 1, if he took any cues from cinema for the scene.