Description |
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Special features: making of featurettes. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
Performer |
Narrator, John Hurt. |
Credits |
Music, Nitin Sawhney. |
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. |
Subject |
Human ecology -- Videodiscs.
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Cultural geography -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Genre |
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 |
Brown, Nicholas.
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Templar, Dale.
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Hurt, John, 1940-
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Sawhney, Nitin, 1964-
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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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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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