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Human planet the complete series / [videorecording] : 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. - [London, U.K.] : Burbank, CA : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2011. - 3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Special features: Making of' featurettes. Originally produced in 2010.

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.

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. 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.

Narrator, John Hurt.

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.


DVD; region 1; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.


In English ; optional English subtitles ; English SDH captions.

ISBN: 0780671740 9780780671744

Standard No.: 883929174027

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human ecology--Popular works.
Habitat (Ecology)
Ecology.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.