C4 joins STV’s Polar Bear Club

The recently born cub with its mother

Channel 4 in the UK has greenlit a one-off documentary on the birth of the first polar bear to be born in the UK for 25 years.

Scottish-based indie STV Productions has exclusive access to the polar bear breeding programme at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Highland Wildlife Park.

Britain’s Polar Bear Club (1×60’) is the result of that access and will air on C4 at 19.00 on Sunday March 18.

The announcement follows news of the cub emerging for the first time this week, captured by remote cameras. Prior to the first sighting, the birth – which happened a week before Christmas – had only been confirmed by high-pitched noises from the den.