BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD Series 2009
BBC HD | Matroska Video | English | 1280x720, x264 @ 2761kbps | AC-3 @ 384kbps (5.1 Surround, 48.0 KHz) | 50 min per episode | 1.1 GB / episode
Genre: Documentary
BBC HD | Matroska Video | English | 1280x720, x264 @ 2761kbps | AC-3 @ 384kbps (5.1 Surround, 48.0 KHz) | 50 min per episode | 1.1 GB / episode
Genre: Documentary
Nature’s Great Events is a BBC nature documentary series broadcast from 11 February 2009. The British version is narrated by David Attenborough and is being shown on BBC One and BBC HD.
In the USA, the series will broadcast on the Discovery Channel under the alternative title Seasons of Survival.
Filming techniques
The great events of the title refer to animal migrations and seasonal changes which occur on a huge scale. Although most have been filmed many times before, this series promises to show familiar scenes in a new way by incorporating the latest scientific research and making use of new technology. Nature’s Great Events has been filmed entirely in high-definition. Other technologies employed include FrankenCam, a motion-control macro camera developed by Ammonite Films and capable of shooting extreme close-ups of tiny subjects.
A 2-disc, Region 2, DVD was released by 2 entertain in March 2009, featuring all six full-length episodes.
Episodes
Each of the six 60 minute long episodes will feature one of the natural world’s most spectacular annual events, which unfold on a vast scale and affect huge numbers of plants and animals.
1. "The Great Melt"
The spring thaw in the Arctic Circle triggers a race to breed for the region's wildlife, including polar bears, arctic foxes, belugas and narwhals.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
2. "The Great Salmon Run"
Grizzly bears, bald eagles and wolves on the west coast of Canada and Alaska await the annual arrival of 500 million Pacific salmon.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
3. "The Great Migration"
The great wildbeast, zebra and gazelle herds of East Africa follow the rains in search of fresh pasture.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
4. "The Great Tide"
The sardine run along South Africa's east coast is the world's largest marine spectacle, as gannets, dolphins, sharks and Bryde's whales engage in a huge feeding frenzy.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
5. "The Great Flood"
Millions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
6. "The Great Feast"
The summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.
BBC Nature's Great Events - HD series
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