Earth the biography

Renouf, Jonathan. (Producer). Stewart, Iain. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author). National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Added Author). 2 Entertain (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. (Added Author).

Summary: "Earth is an incredible, exceptional planet with an amazing life story full of cataclysmic disasters, eleventh-hour coincidences that save it from extinction, and an astonishing power to continually regenerate. This... series uses breathtaking footage and specialist imaging to tell the story of the great forces that shape the planet - volcanoes, the ocean, the atmosphere and ice. Traveling from Ethiopia's unique lava lake to an ice cave under a glacier in Greenland and a host of amazing locations in between, examine the forces that have helped create and foster life on Earth..." -Container

Record details

ISBN: 1419869922
ISBN: 9781419869921
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
2 videodiscs (ca. 225min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1: Volcanoes (45 min.) -- Atmosphere (45 min.) -- Ice (45 min.) ; Disc 2: Oceans (45 min.) -- Rare planet (45 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Volcanoes : Producer/Director, Paul Olding ; editors, Louise Salkow, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. Atmosphere : Producer/Director, Annabel Gillings ; editors, Orly Dannon, Lee Sutton, Jonathon Rowdon ; composer, Ty Unwin. Ice : Producer/Director, Sophie Harris ; editors, Gerard Evans, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. Oceans : Producer/Director, Matthew Gyves ; editor, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin. Rare planet : Producer/Director, Ben Wilson ; editors, Ben Giles, Lee Sutton ; composer, Ty Unwin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Iain Stewart.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, NTSC.
Language Note:	English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.