AUDIOVISUALS
Planet Earth: the complete series

Publisher: BBC Worldwide, Ltd.


Title Details
  • Planet Earth:
Publishers
  • [London?] : BBC Worldwide, Ltd.c2006
Descriptions
  • 5 digital videodiscs (approx. 645 mins):sd., col.,;4 3/4 in.
Subjects
  • Natural history
  • Ecology
  • Biogeography
  • Earth (Planet}
Material Type
  • VM
  • Visual material
Photographer
  • British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC]
Location AV-3F
Status Available
Barcode DVD-0041
Main Entry
  • Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC]
  • Subordinate unit - Television Service
Title Statement
  • Title - Planet Earth:
  • Remainder of title - the complete series
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - BBC-Discovery Channel-NHK co-production ; BBC Bristol : Fothergill, Alastair [series producer]
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [London?] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - BBC Worldwide, Ltd.
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2006
Physical Description
  • Extent - 5 digital videodiscs (approx. 645 mins):
  • Other physical details - sd., col.,;
  • Dimensions - 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time
  • Playing time - approx. 645 mins
Content Type
  • Content type term - two-dimensional moving image
Media Type
  • Media type term - video
Carrier Type
  • Carrier type term - videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
  • File type - video file
  • Encoding format - DVD
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Disc 1 (176 min.). From pole to pole (59 min.) ; Mountains (58 min.) ; Fresh water (59 min.) -- Disc 2 (174 min.). Caves (57 min.) ; Deserts (58 min.) ; Ice worlds (59 min.) -- Disc 3 (177 min.). Great plains (59 min.) ; Jungles (59 min.) ; Shallow seas (59 min.) -- Disc 4 (118 min.). Seasonal forests (59 min.) ; Ocean deep (59 min.) -- Disc 5 (177 min.) Saving species (59 min.), Into the wilderness (59 min.), Living together (59 min.).
Participant Or Performer Note
  • Participant or performer note - Attenborough, David [narrator]; Fenton, George [music composer]; BBC Concert Orchestra
Date/time And Place Of An Event Note
  • Date/time and place of an event note - Originally produced as 11 episodes of the documentary television program Planet Earth in 2006.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program] takes you to places you've never been to experience sights and sounds never before captured on film. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of 'Planet Earth'"--Container.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Natural history
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Ecology
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Biogeography
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Earth (Planet}
Index Termgenre/form
  • Genre/form data or focus term - Documentary
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Attenborough, David
  • Dates associated with a name - 1926-
  • Personal name - Fenton, George
  • Dates associated with a name - 1949-
  • Personal name - Fothergill, Alastair
  • Dates associated with a name - 1960-