Summary
This epic eight-part series documents 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.Contents
disc 1. Oceans : into the blue (58:46) ; Deserts : life in the furnace (59:03) ; Arctic : life in the deep freeze (58:47)disc 2. Jungles: people of the trees (58:59) ; Mountains: life in thin air (59:02) ; Grasslands: the roots of power (58:42)
disc 3. Rivers: friend and foe (58:37) ; Cities: surviving the urban jungle (58:10) ; Extras.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Human ecology
-- Popular works.
Habitat (Ecology) Documentary television programs. Nature television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [London] : Burbank, CA :BBC Earth :2011 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Human plant (television program) |
| Contributors |
Hugh-Jones, Tom.
Templar, Dale. Hurt, John, 1940-2017 Sawhney, Nitin, 1964- British Broadcasting Corporation. Discovery Channel (Firm) France télévision. BBC Earth (Firm) 2 Entertain (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Narrator, John Hurt. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Nitin Sawhney. |
| Audience |
Canadian home video rating: G (suitable for viewing for all ages). |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Documentary. Subtitle on container: The complete series. Program content: c2010. Running time indicated on container: approx. 400 min.; actual program running time: 470 min. Special features: Behind the Lens, a set of 10-minute "making of" featurettes, one at the end of each episode plus two bonus featurettes. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 0780671740 9780780671744 |
| Other | Classic View |