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The Living Planet by David Attenborough
In 1979 David Attenborough
presented Life on Earth, the
first wildlife blockbuster series, a chronicle of
three-and-a-half billion years of natural history. The
Living Planet followed five years later, an equally
ambitious 12-part documentary which spanned the globe.
A documentary study of our planet. David
Attenborough and the world's leading wild-life cameramen explore
the Earths habitats and reveal incredible plant and animal
adaptations.
In 1979 David Attenborough presented Life on Earth, the first wildlife blockbuster series, a chronicle of
three-and-a-half billion years of natural history. The Living
Planet followed five years later, an equally ambitious 12-part
documentary which spanned the globe with portraits of each of the major
geographical regions which offer home to life. Attenborough demonstrates
how even in the most hostile of environments, from the volcanic "Furnaces
of the Earth" to "The Frozen World" of mountains and tundra, the Arctic
and Antarctic, live maintains a foothold. He takes us to "The Northern
Forests", the "Jungle", "Seas of Grass" and "The Baking Deserts", and ever
the genial host, details how in all its endless diversity, life is
ingeniously suited to its surroundings. With breathtaking imagery we meet
our fellow inhabitants, from penguins to polar bears, lions to scorpions,
oaks to eagles, and journey on to "The Open Ocean" and the "New Worlds"
which mankind itself is rapidly fashioning through ever more radical
technological change.
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