Planet Earth

Synopsis
All 11 parts of David Attenborough’s television series exploring the evolution of the Earth and the life which it supports. DVD extras include Planet Earth Diaries - Making Of; Planet Earth: THe Future - 3-part documentary series.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2006
Year of production
2006
Notes
The first 5 programmes were broadcast weekly on BBC1 beginning 5/3/2006 and the last 6 programmes (beginning with ICE WORLDS) weekly from 5/11/2006
Subjects
Biology; Geography
Keywords
ecology; natural history; wildlife

Credits

Director
Alastair Fothergill
Contributor
David Attenborough

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£39.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
650 minutes
Year
2006

Sections

Title
From Pole to Pole
Synopsis
This episode journeys across the planet, following the influence of the sun and discovering how its seasonal journey affects the lives of all who live on earth. As spring arrives in the Arctic, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with two tiny cubs. At the other end of the planet winter arrives and Emperor penguins are plunged into darkness for four months
Duration
60 mins

Title
Mountains
Synopsis
This edition looks at mountains, beginning with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth, and ending at the summit of Everest. Experience the full force of an avalanche in the Rockies, where grizzlies survive the harsh winters deep inside the dangerous slopes, and fly alongside demoiselle cranes as they attempt to cross the Himalayas
Duration
60 mins

Title
Fresh Water
Synopsis
This edition takes an epic journey following the descent of the planet’s mightiest rivers from their mountain sources to the sea. Breathtaking river scenery is revealed by a revolutionary helicopter camera mount - from the world’s highest and broadest waterfalls to the awe-inspiring spectacle of the 10,000 strong flocks of greater snow geese in flight
Duration
60 mins

Title
Caves
Synopsis
This edition is all about Earth’s final frontier - caves. Deer Cave in Borneo is a daytime retreat for five million bats, and their droppings support an entire community of creatures. Troglodytes like the Texas cave salamander and Thailand’s cave angel have neither eyes nor pigment, and the entire populations of both are found in just a couple of caves
Duration
60 mins

Title
Deserts
Synopsis
This edition looks at deserts, which cover a third of the Earth’s land surface. From space they appear lifeless but a closer look reveals a different picture, from Mongolia’s Gobi desert where wild Bactrian camels have to eat snow in lieu of water, to the Atacama in Chile where guanacos survive by licking the dew off cactus spines
Duration
60 mins

Title
Ice Worlds
Synopsis
Although the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic experience the greatest seasonal extremes, it is the advance and retreat of the ice that is the real challenge to life. As the sea freezes, Antarctica doubles in size and all animals except for the Emperor Penguin flee. In the Arctic, the polar bear’s ice world literally melts beneath its feet, forcing it to swim vast distances and take on one of the deadliest adversaries on the planet
Duration
60 mins

Title
Great Plains
Synopsis
In this programme David Attenborough looks at the world’s great plains - immense wilderness areas that seem empty, but which support the greatest gatherings of wildlife on earth, including two million gazelles on the Mongolian steppes, three million caribou in North America and 1.5 million wildebeest in East Africa. At the heart of all this is single living thing - grass - able to survive in the baking savannahs of Africa, the frozen tundra of the Arctic and the floodplains of India
Duration
60 mins

Title
Jungles
Synopsis
Tropical rainforests cover just three per cent of our planet yet are home to a staggering 50 per cent of the world’s species. They are the richest environments on earth but also the most competitive. Travelling through this enchanted world we uncover the amazing strategies the inhabitants adopt in order to survive. Look out for the flying frog mating orgy and the sinister bodysnatching Cordyceps fungi that eat their victims alive
Duration
60 mins

Title
Shallow Seas
Synopsis
David Attenborough narrates the epic journey of a humpback whale and calf as they cross the richest seas that fringe our coasts. From tropical paradises, where the newborn calf takes his first faltering breaths, to the storm-ravaged icy polar seas, the whales’ great feeding grounds, we reveal seas of great contrast and surprise
Duration
60 mins

Title
Seasonal Forests
Synopsis
This programme looks at the greatest woodlands on earth, from the evergreen forests of the frozen north to the deciduous dry forests of the equator. The Taiga forest is a silent world of stunted conifers cloaked in snow and ice; by contrast the broadleaf forests of North America and Europe bustle with life, while the baobab forests of Madagascar are the strangest of all, with bizarre upside down trees
Duration
60 mins

Title
Ocean Deep
Duration
60 mins

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

2 Entertain Video

Email
DVDenquiryline@bbc.com
Web
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Phone
020 7612 3000
Fax
020 7612 3003
Address
BBC Worldwide
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL
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