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A Blue Planet occurs as Discovery Channel/BBC Natural History Unit co-produced television series subtitled "a natural history of the oceans", consisting of eight episodes, presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in September/ October 2001. A design prices just about £7 million. On top 12 million population watched A Blue Planet after it 1st aired in BBC1 in the UK & it regularly achieved an audience part of above 30%. A Blue Planet has since been sold to concluded fifty countries. A screening was therapuetic to several, a foremost episode existence broadcast a day after a September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

A underwater photography placed freshly standards, two for its beauty & for never-prior to-photographed sequences of ocean life. A soundtrack music is by George Fenton. Recently-found coinage were photographed first, & never-prior to found behavior was captured in the series' sequences.

A single episodes come:

  • "The Blue Planet"
  • "The Deep"
  • "Open Ocean"
  • "Frozen Seas"
  • "Seasonal Seas"
  • "Coral Seas"
  • "Tidal Seas"
  • "Coasts"

    For each one episode was good under L transactions hanker, recorded within 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio with stereo sound.

    There was an concomitant book, & a series is available as a 3- disc DVD set, including three extra programmes:

    Making Waves (a making of The Blue Planet; ~50 mins) Deep Pain (ecological infotainment; ~50 mins) Blue (the 5- microscopic theatrical short) + interviews sustaining the production team & a exposure gallery.

    The theatrical release known as Deep Blue was discharged which consisted totally of re-emended footage shot for the Blue Planet accompanied by narration from either Michael Gambon.

    A series was preceeded by The Life of Birds (1998) and followed by The Life of Mammals (2002-2003).

    • The Blue Planet
    Includes summaries and trailers for each episode, fact files, games and features inspired by the series.




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