A co-production of Spindrift Images, Terra Mater Factual Studios and Mark Fletcher Productions​

A thousand years ago there was an ocean full of giants. Whales were at the heart of a global web, connected to everything. They were the architects of the sea, and in places, even the land. A whale’s past glory is written in their behaviour, their character, their community, and the world that was formed around them.

A huge Blue whale engulfs a hundred tons in one mouthful, humpbacks sing, grey whales fight off orcas, bowheads carry the scars. Southern Right whales reveal their history in the colour of their skin, and sperm whales carry their secrets to the deep and back. The whales are the witnesses to a glorious past of giants and also to an untold human history. The clues are everywhere…