David Attenborough

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Bought a 4-DVD set called The Living Planet which was David Attenborough's series from 1984. 12 hour-long episodes.

 

Watched the first episode last night - superb stuff. All about volcanos and the shift in the earth's surface. Episode 2, which I'll watch tonight, is about the Himalaya Mountains, and life at the very highest points in the world.

 

I reckon wildlife and nature is the new rock'n'roll.

 

Watching that stuff at home with a Hot Chocolate and a packet of biscuits beats getting pissed up, no probs.

 

 

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Wildlife and nature is wicked, I've always liked it but now it's been endorsed by Alex (?!?) I can come out, so to speak!

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

This is the DVD I got...

 

Originally broadcast in 1984 The Living Planet followed five years after David Attenborough's first wildlife blockbuster series, Life on Earth. This was an equally ambitious 12-part documentary that spanned the globe with portraits of each of the major geographical regions that offer a 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. The series ends with an impassioned environmental plea which rings even more urgent now than in 1984. The Trials of Life (1990) and The Private Life of Plants (1994) further detail the Living Planet.

 

On the DVD: The Living Planet is presented complete in this DVD box set, with a total running time of 660 minutes (12 x 55 minutes). --Gary S Dalkin

 

Synopsis

Examines each of the Earth's environments and observes how living organisms survive and thrive in conditions ranging from Arctic to Tropical.

 

DVD Description

Filmed on five continents, The Living Planet examines one by one each of the earth’s environments, seeing how living organisms survive and thrive in conditions which range from the Arctic to the tropical. Also revealed is how creatures in similar habitats thousands of miles apart have adopted intriguingly similar solutions to their common problems. The series begins at the beginning, how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move and how the planet has become so varied.

 

The next 10 episodes concentrate on different environments: the frozen Poles, the northern forests, jungle, grasslands, deserts, the sky, rivers and lakes, tidal shores, islands, and oceans. The final programme looks at how humans have changed the earth’s habitats, destroying but also creating new ones. It also looks at what the future may hold for the whole community on our amazing living planet.

 

 

I've already picked out The Life Of Mammals as the next one to get when I've finished watching this one!!

 

 

[JKiF]

if u like....

try Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi

hmv had them for 20£ DVD set...great music too...

[mala_D]

My mate works in the book trade and had the pleasure to have David Attenborough in for a signing session. My mate said he was a real gentleman, superb, top bloke.

I have huge respect for this man...and it's good to see others think the same.

[mala_D]

..sorry not huge respect....but MASSIVE!!!

[Northern Monkey]

Quote:

Alex said:
Watching that stuff at home with a Hot Chocolate

? Errol Brown