Tales by Light

Tales by Light is an Australian documentary reality television series airing on National Geographic. The program is branded content and a joint venture between National Geographic and Canon^[1] which follows a number of professional photographers travelling around the world to capture images which tell a story.^[2]

Tales by Light
Genre	Documentary, reality, Photography
Developed by	Canon Australia + Untitled Film Works
Directed by	Abraham Joffe ACS
Voices of	Jack Thompson (season 1) Sigrid Thornton (season 2)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Jason Mclean
Producers	Abraham Joffe ACS, Louis Cooper Robinson
Cinematography	Abraham Joffe ACS, Blake Castle, Dom West
Editors	Lorna-Jean Bradley, Hayley Onikul, Rika Borthwick
Running time	30 minutes (season 1) 1 hour (season 2)
Production company	Untitled Film Works
Original release
Network	National Geographic (season 1–2) Network Ten (season 3)
Release	24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)

The program debuted on 24 May 2015^[3] and was renewed for a second season which debuted on 25 October 2016.^[4] A third season premiered on Network Ten on 26 August 2018.^[5]

Cast

• Art Wolfe (season 1)
• Peter Eastway (season 1)
• Richard I’Anson (season 1)
• Darren Jew (season 1)
• Krystle Wright (season 1)
• Jonathan Scott (season 2)
• Angela Scott (season 2)
• Eric Cheng (season 2)
• Stephen Dupont (season 2)
• Simon Lister (season 3)
• Shawn Heinrichs (season 3)
• Dylan River (season 3)

Broadcast

In Australia, the first season of six half-hour episodes premiered on 24 May 2015 on National Geographic. The second season consisted of three hour-long episodes, and debuted on 25 October 2016.^[6] A third season moved to debut on Network Ten on 26 August 2018.^[5]

Internationally, the program became available via Netflix from 11 November 2016.^[7]

Episodes

Series	Episode duration	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released
1	30 minutes	6		24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)	28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)
2	60 minutes	3		25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)
3	60 minutes	3		26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [8]	Original release date	Australian viewers
1	1	"Submerged"	24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)	N/A
2	2	"Himalaya"	31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)	N/A
3	3	"Adrenaline"	7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)	N/A
4	4	"Wild"	14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)	N/A
5	5	"Panorama"	21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)	N/A
6	6	"Tribes"	28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)	N/A

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [4]	Original release date	Australian viewers
7	1	"Sacred Nature - Jonathan and Angela Scott"	25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	N/A
8	2	"Misunderstood Marine Predators - Eric Cheng"	1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)	N/A
9	3	"Life and Death - Stephen Dupont"	8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	N/A

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [5]	Original release date	Australian viewers
10	1	"Children in Need - Simon Lister"	26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)	N/A
11	2	"Paradise in Peril - Shawn Heinrichs"	2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)	N/A
12	3	"Preserving Indigenous Culture - Dylan River"	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	N/A