| Description |
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Performer |
Narrator, John Hurt. |
| Credits |
Photography, Robin Cox, Jonathan Clay, Peter Fuszard, and others ; film editors, Dave Pearce, Angela Maddick, Jason Savage, and others ; music, Nitin Sawhney with BBC National Orchestra of Wales. |
| Summary |
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound, and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals - the most successful species on the planet. Each episode focuses on a particular habitat and reveals how its people have created astonishing solutions in the face of extreme adversity. |
| Contents |
Disc one (ca. 150 min.): Oceans: into the blue -- Deserts: life in the furnace -- Arctic: life in the deep freeze ; Disc 2 (ca. 150 min.). Jungles: people in the trees -- Mountains: life in thin air -- Grasslands: the roots of power ; Disc 3 (ca. 100 min.). Rivers: friend and foe -- Cities: surviving the urban jungle -- Extras. |
| Note |
Special features: 'Making of' featurettes. |
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Originally produced in 2010. |
| Language |
In English ; optional English subtitles ; English SDH captions. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Popular works.
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Habitat (Ecology)
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Ecology.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nature television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Leith, Brian.
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Templar, Dale.
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Hurt, John, 1940-2017
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Sawhney, Nitin, 1964-
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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France télévision.
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BBC Earth (Firm)
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780671740 |
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9780780671744 |
| Standard No. |
883929174027 |
| Music No. |
1000182914 BBC Earth |
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