Learning on ScreenLife on Earth (13 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Series tracing the development of life from its earliest beginnings through single cell forms to the final emergence of man. Filmed in more than 100 locations around the world.
1: The beginnings of life on earth and the profusion of life that is to be covered in detail in the later programmes.
2: The earliest forms of marine life, leading to the development of those creatures with the necessary equipment to move on to land.
3: The gradual move to the land by sea and river plants and how the major problems involved were overcome.
4: The history of the insects and their interdependence and co-evolution with the plants that support them.
5: The ancestry of the fishes, the first creatures with backbones.
6: The stage when fishes crawled onto the land - the amphibians.
7: The vital innovations that brought about the predominance of the reptiles were a scaly, waterproof skin and a shell-protected egg. This programme includes the dinosaur.
8: Birds and their history.
9: How and when the most enterprising repitiles changed into mammals. Much of the programme is given to Australian marsupials.
10: Some of the many variations in mammals which have all evolved from a common ancestor.
11: The tactics adopted by the hunters and the hunted.
12: The primates.
13: The story of man. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 x 55 min.
- Year of production
- 1979
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC? from 16/1/79.
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Biology
- Keywords
- amphibian; animals; birds; dinosaurs; evolution; fish; insects; mammals; marsupials; plants; reptiles; wildlife
Credits
- Producer
- Christopher Parson
- Writer
- David Attenborough
- Contributor
- Maurice Fisher; Maurice Tibbles; Oxford Scientific Films
- Cast
David Attenborough
Sections
- Title
- Infinite variety, The
- Synopsis
- 1: The beginnings of life on earth and the profusion of life that is to be covered in detail in the later programmes.
- Title
- Building bodies
- Synopsis
- 2: The earliest forms of marine life, leading to the development of those creatures with the necessary equipment to move on to land.
- Title
- First forests, The
- Synopsis
- 3: The gradual move to the land by sea and river plants and how the major problems involved were overcome.
- Title
- Swarming hordes, The
- Synopsis
- 4: The history of the insects and their interdependence and co-evolution with the plants that support them.
- Title
- Conquest of the waters
- Synopsis
- 5: The ancestry of the fishes, the first creatures with backbones.
- Title
- Invasion of land, The
- Synopsis
- 6: The stage when fishes crawled onto the land - the amphibians.
- Title
- Victors of the dry land
- Synopsis
- 7: The vital innovations that brought about the predominance of the reptiles were a scaly, waterproof skin and a shell-protected egg. This programme includes the dinosaur.
- Title
- Lords of the air
- Synopsis
- 8: Birds and their history.
- Title
- Rise of the mammals, The
- Synopsis
- 9: How and when the most enterprising repitiles changed into mammals. Much of the programme is given to Australian marsupials.
- Title
- Theme and variations
- Synopsis
- 10: Some of the many variations in mammals which have all evolved from a common ancestor.
- Title
- Hunters and hunted
- Synopsis
- 11: The tactics adopted by the hunters and the hunted.
- Title
- Life in the trees
- Synopsis
- 12: The primates.
- Title
- Compulsive communicators, The
- Synopsis
- 13: The story of man.
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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