Synopsis
Steve Backshall's interview with whale expert Doris Welch is cut short when, against all odds, the team spot a Blue Whale live on air.
- Programme: Big Blue Live
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Biology | Ecology | Ecosystems, extinction and gene pools | Conservation
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