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Title:

Human planet [videorecording] : the complete series / a BBC/Discovery Channel/France Television co-production ; producers, Nicholas Brown ... [et al.]

Format:

[videorecording] :

Edition:

[Blu-ray version, Widescreen format]

Publisher:

BBC Worldwide ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

3 videodiscs (ca. 400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Human ecology.
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Brown, Nicholas.
Hurt, John, 1940-
Sawhney, Nitin, 1964-
BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Discovery Channel (Firm)
France télévision.

Notes:

Title from container. Includes special features. Narrator, John Hurt.

Contents:

Extras. Cities : surviving the urban jungle ; 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.

ISBN:

9780780671751
0780671759

OCLC:

(OCoLC)717485942

UPC:

883929174096

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)