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television cameraman and presenter young society medal for cinematography wildlife photographer of the year 91/92 royal television philippa forrester charlie hamilton james
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charlie hamilton james

charlie hamilton james -lrb- born c. 1974 -rrb- is an english photographer , television cameraman and presenter , specialising in wildlife subjects .
he started his career at 16 , working on david attenborough 's `` the trials of life '' .
his work has since been commissioned by national geographic magazine , the bbc 's springwatch/autumnwatch shows and the natural world and he now works primarily with his wife , philippa forrester .
their first collaboration , made when he was just 26 , was `` my halcyon river '' .
following its success , in 2003 they set up a production company , halcyon media , which specialises in wildlife productions .
in 2007 , they co-produced `` an otter in the family '' , a short documentary series about the adoption of an otter cub called grace and their attempts to raise her as a wild animal in order to be released into the wild .
they also produced the four-part `` halcyon river diaries '' , the first episode of which was broadcast on 16 may 2010 on bbc one .
the series follows the wildlife found near their home .
an additional episode was shown at christmas 2010 .
the couple live in the west country and have three sons .
all three have appeared in the couple 's television programmes .
the couple 's meeting , and the arrival of their first son , fred , in 2000 , is described in her book `` the river '' .
during the week of 30 may -- 3 june 2011 , hamilton james presented a segment , comprising pre-recorded video and live commentary to camera , on the reintroduction of beavers to the united kingdom , as part of the bbc 's springwatch .
in june 2014 the tv series `` i bought a rainforest '' , about his # 6,000 purchase of 100 acres of peruvian rain forest , was screened by the bbc .
