First the history - we tell the story of how three nineteenth century railway engineers found Poecilotheria regalis,

Poecilotheria formosa and Poecilotheria metallica for Reginald Pocock’s classic 1899 scientific paper. Then we go to India to follow in their footsteps and film these iconic spiders in the field. This three hour documentary contains the first location footage ever filmed of these magnificent, but increasingly rare, spiders.

Length: 119 mins