A Perfect Planet episode 2 – The Sun
The sun is the undisputed master of our solar system, a celestial force that orchestrates the rhythm of life on Earth.
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A Perfect Planet episode 1 – Volcano
A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth.With David Attenborough. Although destructive, magma from the planet’s molten core builds land, and mineral-rich ash from eruptions fertilises the surface.
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Extinction – The Facts
Extinction – The Facts: With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases. Extinction is now happening up to 100 times faster than the natural evolutionary rate, but the issue is about more than the loss of individual species. Everything in the natural world is connected in networks that support the whole of life on earth, including us, and we are losing many
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Planet Earth – A Celebration
Planet Earth – A Celebration: To raise our spirits, join Sir David Attenborough on a round-the-world trip to the wildest places on earth to see some of the most spectacular wildlife. The BBC Natural History Unit has brought together the most astounding stories from the Bafta-winning Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II to create the ultimate escape. The journey is accompanied by a thrilling new musical score, created by renowned composers Hans Zimmer and Jacob Shea, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and featuring Mercury Prize winner Dave on the piano. While the pandemic restricts our movements,
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 8 – Continents of Wonder
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 8 – Continents of Wonder: The most spectacular moments from the Seven Worlds, One Planet series that highlights the incredible rich and wonderful diversity of life found on our planets seven unique continents. Millions of years ago huge forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust, creating seven distinct continents. Over time, each one developed its own remarkable wildlife. Alternative stream and download We see the extraordinary variety of life found in South America and visit the largest of all continents – Asia, so big it still hides rarely seen creatures. We explore the
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 7
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 7: Africa – home to the greatest wildlife gatherings on earth. But even in this land of plenty, wildlife faces huge challenges. Alternative stream and download 1 At its heart is a vast tropical rain forest full of life. Here young chimpanzees learn how to use tools to make the most of the jungles riches. With knowledge passed down from generation to generation, they can access the best forest foods. Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 7 Rivalling the jungle for it sheer abundance of life is Africa’s
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6: North America – a land of change where pioneering animals make the most of surprising opportunities. Alternative stream and download More than any other continent, North America is defined by extreme weather and seasonal change. For animals that live here this poses great challenges, but for those with a pioneering spirit it can also offer great rewards. Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 6 In Canada’s Yukon, winter can be brutal – up to six feet of snow can fall in a single day. But lynx have
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 5: Europe – a continent transformed by mankind, where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places. Europe, a crowded continent transformed by mankind where extraordinary animals are found in surprising places. High above the city of Gibraltar, Barbary macaques – Europe’s only primate, live a life full of kidnappings and high drama whilst in the cemeteries of Vienna ‘grave robbing’ European hamsters do battle with each other for food. Come nightfall, the forests surrounding ancient Italian mountain villages become the hunting grounds for rarely seen wolves whilst deep underground in Slovenia’s caves,
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 4
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 4: Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth. DOWNLOAD Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth. In the north of this island continent is the Daintree, one of the world’s oldest tropical forests. It’s home to the most dangerous bird on earth – the cassowary. A dinosaur-like
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 3: South America – the most species-rich continent on earth. From the bone-dry deserts of the Atacama, where penguins weave their way through a minefield of snapping sea lions, to the lush cloud forests of the Andes, where Andean bears scale 30-metre trees in search of elusive fruits, South America is full of the unusual and ingenious. In the far south of the continent, predators prowl the jagged Patagonian landscape. Underneath vertical spires of rock, a mother puma must draw on all her experience and strength to bring down a formidable prey.
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 2: Asia is the largest and most extreme continent on our planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle in the north to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth. But the continent has not always looked like this. These extreme worlds were created when India collided with the rest of Asia 30 million years ago, shaping the continent as we know it today. Animals here have adapted to the extreme environments in almost unbelievable ways. Seven Worlds
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Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 1
Seven Worlds – One Planet episode 1 : Antarctica – a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on earth. 98 per cent of the mainland is covered by ice on which virtually nothing can live. Even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive here by keeping its breathing holes open by using its teeth to grind away the ice. Below the sea ice, conditions have been stable for millennia. Life has flourished and diversified. Starfish, sea spiders and three million predatory worms carpet the ocean floor, and sea anemones feast on ocean
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