Hugh Miles - Nash Off The Hook Podcast - S2 Episode 92
This week the podcast welcomes multi time BAFA winning Wildlife Cameraman, mad keen all round angler and Director of the iconic “A Passion For Angling” TV series Hugh Miles.
Hugh talks about his life-long obsession with nature and how this led to him traveling as a world leading wildlife photographer and cameraman. He has worked on numerous groundbreaking programs for the BBC including various David Attenborough series. He shares his wisdom on how he can gain animals trust which leads him to capture footage and images that we gasp in awe of.
Onto fishing and Hugh talks about his obsession with everything that swims. He shares his carp fishing stories as well as talking about his love for other species such as roach and tench. Hugh recalls how a pilot program filmed with Chris Yates and Bob James turned into the iconic “A Passion For Angling “series which influence a huge amount of people over the years. He then goes onto talk about his friendship with martin Bowler and how this led to the more modern day fishing TV series “Catching the Impossible”.
Finally, Hugh talks about his plans for the future as well as his fears in terms of the amount we are doing (or not) in terms of conservation and the future of wildlife and angling. This podcast is hugely varied but incredibly interesting, you can’t help but be inspired by such a talented expert in his field like Hugh.