You'll be filled with awe and amazement
every time you watch this stunning BBC series about our
planet's best-loved, wildest and most elusive creatures,
captured on breathtaking, high-definition film in the
Earth's most extreme habitats. Forty cameramen and hundreds
of producers, scientists and guides spent four years and
$25 million to bring you this God's-eye-view of rare action
and intimate moments in impossible locations. Zoom in
on the elusive snow leopard hunting a mountain goat on
a near-vertical cliff face in Pakistan's Hindu Kush. Swim
with the blind angelfish that lives in one waterfall in
one cave in Thailand. Squeeze through underground tunnels
in New Mexico's recently-discovered Lechuguilla Cave,
where crystals dangle like 18-foot chandeliers. Shot entirely
in high-definition film, with revolutionary new aerial
photography. From the team behind Blue Planet, including
the esteemed and beloved Sir David Attenborough.
Format:DVD
Widescreen
Run time:About 11 Hours
Number of Discs:5
Special Features:English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing
Impaired, Over an hour and a half of behind-the-scenes footage
- one 10-minute featurette for each episode, Planet Earth
- The Future - This 150-minute companion series looks at
what the future may hold for endangered animals, habitats
and - ultimately - ourselves. Includes French and Spanish
subtitles.
Episode Guide
Pole to Pole - This episode looks at our planet as a
whole and considers the key factors that have shaped its
natural history. Without freshwater there is no life on
land, while the sun dominates the lives of all animals
and plants on Earth and defines their habitats.
Mountains - This program explains the geological and
volcanic forces that shaped the land and its mountain
chains. Humans like to think that once they've climbed
a peak, they have somehow conquered it. But they can only
ever be visitors to this hostile world.
Fresh Water - Just three percent of the Planet's water
is fresh water and it is our most precious resource. Where
it flows or falls it controls the distribution of all
terrestrial life. This episode follows the descent of
rivers from their mountain sources to the sea, and showcases
the unique and dramatic wildlife found within its unexplored
waters.
Caves - Caves are one of the only habitats not directly
driven by sunlight, but this doesn't mean there is no
wildlife. This episode probes the mysterious, perpetual
darkness and reveals the unknown underground world of
caves, caverns and tunnels.
Deserts - When astronauts peer down on Planet Earth,
the one environment they all notice are the deserts, which
make up a staggering 30 per cent of the land's surface.
From space they look empty and lifeless. A closer look
reveals a very different picture...
Ice Worlds - A journey to the polar extremes of our planet,
where for most of the year the Arctic and Antarctic are
locked in ice. As the sun abandons one pole and journeys
to the other, these frozen worlds undergo the most extreme
seasonal transformation on the planet...
Great Plains - The vast open wildernesses of African
savannah, Asian steppe, Arctic tundra and North American
prairie are the great plains of the planet. Together they
cover more than a quarter of the land on Earth and one
living thing is at their heart - grass.
Jungles - Beautiful floating aerial shots introduce the
world's most spectacular forest vistas and high-definition
cameras enable unprecedented views of the species that
live on the dark jungle floor.
Shallow Seas - The newly discovered coral reefs in tropical
Indonesia reveal that they are one of the richest in the
world. They are home to fantasy-like creatures - such
as the head-butting pygmy seahorse, the flashing 'electric'
clam and bands of 30-strong sea snakes...
Seasonal Forests - From the evergreen forests of the
frozen North to the deciduous dry forests of the Equator,
Seasonal Forests reveals the greatest woodlands on earth.
Ocean Deep - Oceans cover two-thirds of the planet, yet
largely remain unexplored. For animals that dwell on the
surface or within the deepest abyss, it's finding food
and conserving energy that is paramount. Planet Earth
travels the world to reveal the extraordinary lengths
life takes in its bid to survive this immense and barren
realm.
