Stung by a recent directive by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), BBC reportedly had to cut short its shooting schedule in the Indian Sunderbans, one of the largest tiger reserves in India and a unique one where the big cats are found roaming in the mangroves habitat. The crew, though, "managed to complete most of the shoot" by the time the NTCA order was issued.

Following a BBC documentary criticising "aggressive" protection measures (shoot-at-sight order against poachers) in Assam's Kaziranga, the NTCA had imposed a ban on the network and its journalist Justin Rowlatt on Monday. When this order was issued, the BBC shoot was underway in the Sunderbans.