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Planet Earth / a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: E2938 | BBC VideoLanguage: English Publication details: [London?] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2007.Description: 5 videodiscs (ca. 550 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1419849360
  • 9781419849367
Other title:
  • Title on container: Planet Earth. The complete series
Uniform titles:
  • Planet Earth (Television program : 2006)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 508 22
LOC classification:
  • QH45.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1 (176 min.). From pole to pole (59 min.) ; Mountains (58 min.) ; Fresh water (59 min.) -- Disc 2 (174 min.). Caves (57 min.) ; Deserts (58 min.) ; Ice worlds (59 min.) -- Disc 3 (177 min.). Great plains (59 min.) ; Jungles (59 min.) ; Shallow seas (59 min.) -- Disc 4 (118 min.). Seasonal forests (59 min.) ; Ocean deep (59 min.).
Production credits:
  • Music composed by George Fenton ; music performed by BBC Concert Orchestra.
Narrator: David Attenborough.Summary: "Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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Collective title from slipcover.

Originally produced as 11 episodes of the documentary television program Planet Earth in 2006.

"16:9 enhanced"--Disc surface.

Special features (Discs 1-4, ca. 110 min. total): "Planet Earth diary" behind-the-scenes footage for each episode (ca. 10-minutes per program, inserted directly before the closing credits).

Special feature (Disc 5, 177 min.): "Planet Earth : the future" 3-part documentary, consisting of Saving species (59 min.), Into the wilderness (59 min.), Living together (59 min.).

Disc 1 (176 min.). From pole to pole (59 min.) ; Mountains (58 min.) ; Fresh water (59 min.) -- Disc 2 (174 min.). Caves (57 min.) ; Deserts (58 min.) ; Ice worlds (59 min.) -- Disc 3 (177 min.). Great plains (59 min.) ; Jungles (59 min.) ; Shallow seas (59 min.) -- Disc 4 (118 min.). Seasonal forests (59 min.) ; Ocean deep (59 min.).

Music composed by George Fenton ; music performed by BBC Concert Orchestra.

Narrator: David Attenborough.

"Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; aspect ratio 1.78:1; Dolby Digital surround.

In English, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.