| Edition |
High definition widescreen edition. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (560 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
HD Blu-ray disc (1080p); widescreen presentation (16.9 aspect ratio), mastered in high definition; Dolby Digital. |
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Requires a Blu-ray player or compatible disc drive; this disc will not play on a standard DVD player. |
| Credits |
Narrator, David Attenborough. |
| Performer |
Photography: Doug Allan, Barrie Britton, Richard Burton, Simon Carroll, Rod Clarke, Martyn Colbeck, Wade Fairley, Ted Giffords, et al ; music composed by George Fenton ; music performed by the BBC Orchestra. |
| Summary |
A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: From pole to pole (51 min. ; Producer, Mark Linfield ; editor, Martin Elsbury) ; Mountains (50 min. ; Producer, Vanessa Berlowitz ; editor, Andy Netley) ; Fresh water (51 min. ; Producer, Mark Brownlow ; editor, Stuart Napier) -- Disc 2: Caves (51 min. ; Producer, Huw Cordey ; editor, Andy Netley) ; Deserts (51 min. ; Producer, Huw Cordey ; editor, Dave Pearce) ; Ice worlds (51 min. ; Producer, Vanessa Berlowitz ; editor, Andy Netley) -- Disc 3: Great plains (51 min. ; Producer, Jonny Keeling ; editor, Tim Coope) ; Jungles (51 min. ; Producer, Huw Cordey ; editor, Dave Pearce) ; Shallow seas (51 min. ; Producer, Mark Brownlow ; editor, Stuart Napier) -- Disc 4: Seasonal forests (51 min. ; Producer, Mark Linfield ; editor, Jill Garrett) ; Ocean deep (51 min. ; Producers, Andy Byatt and Penny Allen ; editor, Jo Payne) ; extended credits. |
| Note |
Originally filmed in 2006. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
Audio in English; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish ; closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Natural history.
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Animals.
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Habitat (Ecology)
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Biotic communities.
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Cold regions.
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Tropics.
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Desert ecology.
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Northern Hemisphere.
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Southern Hemisphere.
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Eastern Hemisphere.
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Western Hemisphere.
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| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Television programs -- Great Britain.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs -- Great Britain.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Fothergill, Alastair.
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Attenborough, David, 1926-
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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BBC Bristol (Firm)
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419851802 |
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9781419851803 |
| Standard No. |
794051400123 |
| Music No. |
E4001 British Broadcasting Corporation |
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