Penguins, quite rightly, became the superstars of the small screen last night as TV director John Downer did for them for what he previously achieved for polar bears - infiltrated their world with hidden cameras, and made you realise how akin it is to ours.
PICTURES BELOW...
Episode 1 of this 3-part series followed these comical but majestic birds as they made haste to their breeding grounds to engage in the ritual that was both laugh-out-loud and moving - with one bird-brain even getting a bit confused when faced with one of the penguin robots sneakily placed to capture this wonderful footage.
This debut programme is repeated on Sunday afternoon at 5.05pm (BBC1). In the meantime, some glorious pictures from the show...