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NATURE: The Whale Detective

A humpback whale breaches very close to whale watchers.
Credit: © Viralhog
A humpback whale breaches very close to whale watchers.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport!

On NATURE "The Whale Detective," a filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and just missed landing on him while he was kayaking. What he discovers raises far bigger questions about humans’ relationship with whales and their future.

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Filmmaker Tom Mustill and Charlotte Kinloch holding onto other whale watchers’ kayak after surviving the whale breaching onto them.
Credit: © Michael Sack Sanctuary Cruises
Filmmaker Tom Mustill and Charlotte Kinloch holding onto other whale watchers’ kayak after surviving the whale breaching onto them.

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Produced and directed by Tom Mustill. Film Editor: Sabrina Burnard. Field Producer and Sound: Ru Mahoney. Principal Photography: Tim Burgess. NATURE is a production of THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC for WNET and PBS. For NATURE Fred Kaufman is executive producer. Bill Murphy is series producer and Janet Hess is series editor.