In the Hide is the autobiography of popular TV wildlife presenter Gordon Buchanan. The title refers to how as a child, he would long to be invisible, so that he could simply be ‘in the hide’ to be with the world’s most elusive creatures, rather than spend time with humans.
A lot of us know how he feels!
Born in Scotland, on an estate built on land claimed from fields, he grew up on the edge of wild countryside, that he longed to walk as his own sanctuary.
Today, Gordon travels the world, living close by to polar bears in Svalbard, snow wolf packs in Ellesmere, leopards in Mumbai and wild horses in Mongolia, having filmed wildlife in the world’s most remote places for over 30 years.
For weeks at a time, Gordon often lives inside a cramped camera hide, in poor living conditions and without much sleep, all to film one extraordinary shot. He is now possibly the most revered natural history cameraman, that the BBC has ever recruited.
But this account of his challenging childhood, shows that dangerous animals were not just what Gordon was hiding from. And how once he escaped to the real wild places, he found resilience in the face of hardship, and developed into one of the bold new voices in nature writing.
Gordon is a natural storyteller, with a unique passion for his subject and compelling backstory. By studying nature, he has become an expert in the field, instinctively knowing what an animal will do. Steve Backshall
Gordon is a genuine force for good in this beautiful, flawed world of ours. The time I spent with him in the Hebrides was truly life-changing, and has given me a far greater appreciation of the beauty and simplicity of the world we live in. This is a glorious love letter to that world. Dermot O’Leary
About the Author
Gordon Buchanan is an award-winning presenter and wildlife cameraman, who has worked on Planet Earth and Frozen Planet. He lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
