Human planet the complete series 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. [dvd]
Special features: 'Making of' featurettes. Originally produced in 2010. Narrator, John Hurt.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.