Human planet : the complete series / BBC Productions Bristol/Wales ; a BBC/Discovery Channel/France Television co-production ; producers, Nicholas Brown, Tom Hugh-Jones, Tuppence Stone, and others ; executive producer, Brian Leith ; series producer, Dale Templar.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780780671751
- ISBN: 0780671759
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: [Blu-ray version, Widescreen format].
- Publisher: [United States] : BBC Worldwide ; ©2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Special features: 'Making of' featurettes. Originally produced in 2010. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Photography, Robin Cox, Jonathan Clay, Peter Fuszard, and others ; film editors, Dave Pearce, Angela Maddick, Jason Savage, and others ; music, Nitin Sawhney with BBC National Orchestra of Wales. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator, John Hurt. |
| System Details Note: | Blu-ray; DTS-HD 5.1; 1080i High Definition. This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. BD Live features require an Internet connection. |
| Language Note: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
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| Subject: | Human ecology. Ecology. Habitat (Ecology) |
| Genre: | Documentary television programs. Nature television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |