Peter Copeland 

Peter Copeland was a passionate and prolific sound engineer, working on a large number of wildlife films throughout his long and varied career. Responsible for the final mix on David Attenborough's groundbreaking series, Life on Earth (1979), Peter's talent for sound recording was spotted at school.

Encouraged by his teachers, Peter applied to the BBC and was accepted into their Control Room at Bush House. Peter then worked on a diverse mix of shows throughout the early 1960s. By the mid 1960s he became studio manager at Broadcasting House and later moved to BBC Bristol.

Working with the Natural History Unit, Peter contributed to a wide range of productions, taking responsibility for sound on Eastward with Attenborough (1973-1974), Wilderness (1974) and numerous programmes for The World About Us and Wildlife on One strands.

Spending several years as senior dubbing mixer, Peter left the BBC in 1986 to work at the National Sound Archive (now part of the British Library). Responsible for rescuing and preserving many historic recordings, Peter spent over fifteen years working at the archive before his retirement in 2002.

Peter died on the 30th July 2006, aged 64.

WildFilmHistory Films

Life on Earth: Life in the Trees (1979)	Sound
Life on Earth: The Infinite Variety (1979)	Sound
The Rotten World About Us (1980)	Dubbing Mixer
Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind (1981)	Sound, Dubbing
Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind and Fire (1982)	Dubbing Mixer
The Bat that Cracked the Frog Code (1982)	Dubbing Mixer
Aliens From Inner Space (1983)	Dubbing Mixer
Secret Weapons (1983)	Sound
The Living Planet: New Worlds (1984)	Dubbing Mixer
Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean (1985)	Dubbing Mixer
The Living Isles: After the Ice (1986)	Sound
They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Kingdom of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean (1999)	Dubbing Mixer

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