06.08.03
Attenborough
Classics on DVD
Three
groundbreaking series from Britain's best-known natural history
filmmaker, Sir David Attenborough, will be available this autumn
for the very first time on DVD. If possible, Life On Earth, The
Living Planet and the Private Life of Plants look even more stunning
than ever on this digital format and include various special features
giving an insight into how such epic programmes were made.
Life
on Earth
First
broadcast in 1979, Life on Earth began a new era in television,
looking at the incredible variety of the world's wildlife and its
evolution. David Attenborough and his talented team of cameramen,
producers and scientific advisers bring to the screen some quite
remarkable images, which have a lasting impact on any audience.
This series was the biggest ever undertaken by the Natural History
Unit at the time, using over a million feet of film and 100 locations.
It traces the dramatic history of life on earth from its very beginnings,
some 3.5 billion years ago, to the final emergence of man and the
array of animals that share the world with us today.
Life
on Earth established David Attenborough and the award-winning Natural
History Unit at the forefront of wildlife documentary filmmaking.
The
DVD special features include a 30-minute 'making ofΒ…' programme
called Wild Track filmed in 1979, which is presented by Tony Soper.
The
Living Planet
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 ranging 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 beginningΒ… 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, jungles, grasslands, deserts,
skies, rivers and lakes, tidal shores, islands and oceans. Finally
The Living Planet looks at how human beings have changed the earth's
habitats, destroying but also creating new ones and also looks at
what the future may hold for the whole community on our amazing
planet.
This
special DVD also features a 40-minute 'making ofΒ…' documentary
The Private Life of Plants
Crawling,
flying, exploding, thieving, fighting, killingΒ… David Attenborough
reveals plants as you have never seen them before- on the move and
dangerously devious!
Filmed in various locations around the globe, the multi-award winning
The Private Life of Plants was three years in the making and was
enormously popular- attracting in excess of 7 million viewers when
first transmitted in 1985.
Using
computer animations, fibre-optics and unique high-speed and time-lapse
photography, we discover how plants have managed to colonise every
part of the globe. They can live longer, grow bigger and even come
back from the dead.
This
brand new DVD edition includes an interview with David Attenborough
taken from Blue Peter and excerpts from Hot Shots a 'making ofΒ…'
documentary.
"The
best thing David Attenborough has ever doneΒ… it leaves one
awestruck by the diversity, complexity and fiendish ingenuity of
the natural world."- The Observer
All three of these classic David Attenborough nature series will
be available to buy on DVD individually, or together in a beautifully
packaged gift box set.
Life
on Earth, The Living Planet, The Private Life of Plants and The
David Attenborough DVD Collection 2 will be available from all good
retailers or online at www.bbcshop.com from 1st September 2003.
LIFE ON EARTH
ISBN: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1233
RRP: Β£34.99
THE LIVING PLANET
ISBN: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1234
RRP: Β£34.99
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS
ISBN: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1235
RRP: Β£19.99
DAVID
ATTENBOROUGH DVD COLLECTION 2
ISBN: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1232
RRP: Β£74.99
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