Meet the whiskers a remarkable family of Meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari desert. The characters are 12 inches high live underground in burrows and survive on a diet of worms insects and lizards.This popular docu-soap follows the Whiskers family in their everyday dramas of sibling rivalries power struggles and neighbourhood squabbles. This DVD covers the first 3 episodes of Animal Planet's award winning first series.
For the first time ever the BBC brought together old adversaries to work on this series which tells the story of what really happened during the space race. In an extraordinary co-production partnership the team behind the hugely-acclaimed Seven Wonders of the Industrial World have brought the Russians and Americans together to create the docu-drama series The Space Race. This is the shocking but true story behind one of the most exciting and exhilarat
Titles Comprise: Grizzly: Following the Yellowstone grizzly population through the course of one year Season of the Grizzly explores the often tenuous relationship between humans and bears. Orangutan Island: This 3 disc set contains: Season of the Grizzly Orangutan Island and Pandamonium. Pandamonium: Visit the Wolong Panda Reserve in China and meet the hard-working team dedicated to the survival of the extraordinary animal.
Let the excitable tones of Mark Hamill (Star Wars be your guide in this documentary exploring the awesome power of the avalanche! Stunning footage and harrowing personal tales will make you think twice about that expensive skiing holiday!
More than four years in the making and packed full of filming firsts, One Life captures unprecedented and beautiful sequences of animal behaviour guaranteed to bring you closer to nature than ever before. A major feature length production from BBC Earth Films, One Life has been created from 10,000 hours of incredible, intimate footage of amazing creatures that are in turn heroic, strange, loveable, beautiful and surprisingly funny.One Life is voiced by Daniel Craig and offers an accessible narrative that children will love. It is a joyful celebration of the most brilliant and imaginative stories of survival from the natural world.
Once more narrator Mark Hamill guides us on a tour of destruction from Texas to China. Tales from survivors and their heroic rescuers litter this documentary which uses stunning footage to fully convey just how ferocious floods really can be.
This DVD provides comprehensive coverage of the birds you are most likely to see. High quality footage has been specially filmed to show the birds in their natural habitat flying singing and calling. An expert commentary describes the important features and there are slow motion sequences and still frames to emphasise key points. As a special bonus there is a detailed introduction which describes all the basic information you need to get to grips with the whole tricky business of bird identification. Includes: Great Crested Grebe Little Grebe Cormorant Grey Heron Mute Swan Greylag Goose Canada Goose Mallard Wigeon Shoveler Gadwall Teal Tufted Duck Pochard Kestrel Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Pheasant Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher Lapwing Ringed Plover Dunlin Redshank Curlew Black-headed Gull Common Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Feral/Rock Pigeon Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Cuckoo Tawny Owl Great Spotted Woodpecker Swift Swallow House Martin Sand Martin Skylark Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Pied Wagtail Wren Dunnock Robin Wheatear Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Fieldfare Redwing Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Common Whitethroat Blackcap Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Goldcrest Spotted Flycatcher Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Willow Tit Marsh Tit Long-tailed Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie Jackdaw Carrion Crow Hooded Crow Rook Starling House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Chaffinch Brambling Greenfinch Goldfinch Linnet Redpoll Siskin Bullfinch Yellowhammer Reed Bunting. (90 Species)
Twenty years ago David Attenborough started making a series of programmes about the different groups of living organisms that inhabit the lands of our planet - birds and mammals plants and insects amphibians and reptiles. He looked at the history of each one from its first appearance and surveyed the multitude of different forms into which it now involved. These landmark series now form David Attenborough's 15 disc Life on Land DVD Encyclopaedia and are brought to you here in the order in which these various groups arrived during the history of life. All the series in this Life on Land DVD Encyclopaedia have been indexed to provide rapid reference to each species mentioned and to behavioural categories such as mimicry camouflage or conflict. The index can be accessed on screen through the menu on each of the discs alternatively a precise reference can be found in the hard-backed book which accompanies the collection.
National Geographic: Stonehedge Decoded
Special Features: Making of Planet Ocean: In the skies above Rio Making of Planet Ocean: Underwater Making of Planet Ocean: Shanghai
Introduce your HDTV to both a classic and classy sweet water experience.In this special edition a unique selection of sweet water aquarium fish glide across your screen, instantly becoming an organic part of your immediate surroundings. Harmony defined, these scaly little friends are anything but fishy. This unique selection of aquarium favourites are bound to keep your plasma switched on.Three different aquarium options with goldfish, cichlids or angelfish and barbs. Enjoy each aquarium individually or loop them all together to create a diverse mix. Originally filmed in true High Definition 1080p, you can enjoy an exclusive selection of natural audio tracks, relaxing classical music and vibrant lounge music.Classical musicLounge musicAmbience
Apart from the Polar Regions and a few islands snakes have spread throughout the world. Venom and fangs are found in only a quarter of snakes but of the 2700 soecies known to man all have developed methods of attack and defense that are adapted to habitats ranging from forests to deserts. Creatures without limbs snakes have turned an apparent disadvantage into an evolutionary success. This definitive programme analyses every facet of snakes from their senses such as taste heat and
In this epic documentary series The Universe takes you to the leading edge of our ever-expanding astronomical knowledge. A virtual collision of astronomy and history these dense enlightening episodes of unprecedented programming give unique insight - through recreations and animations - on the great Eureka! moments of celestial understanding and into the very latest discoveries.
National Geographic: Wild Indonesia is the first television wildlife programme to explore this spectacular archipelago of more than 17 000 islands stretching 3 000 miles from Asia to Australia. The three-part series captures Indonesia's dazzling natural diversity and ancient cultures in a breathtaking journey to one of the world's last wild frontiers. Indonesia a land teeming with natural beauty is home to a staggering 15 percent of the world's species. Until recently harsh landscapes and an intricate political system made much of Indonesia inaccessible to explorers and film crews. The Wild Indonesia crew worked for two years to film this delightful special and bring viewers some of the most exotic creatures on earth from pygmy buffaloes to birds of paradise to demon-faced baribusa. Indonesia reveals the magic of evolution like nowhere else.
Ray journeys through the wilderness of the Australian Outback to learn about the people the wildlife and the culture of this extraordinary land. These are journeys that encompass many of the themes of Ray's world - discovery the natural world indigenous culture adventure and survival. Above all they represent something very close to Ray's heart - the most important thing that we can learn when travelling is to be open to new ideas new ways of doing things and new experiences. For Ray this is the only way to promote understanding and learning. His voyage into the wilds of Australia covers an amazing variety of natural habitats rich indigenous cultures and tales of exploration and survival. Ray Mears Goes Walkabout is full of Ray's trademark survival knowledge and wilderness tips.
In Stephen Hawking's Universe the world's most famous living scientist explores the greatest mysteries of the cosmos. In three landmark installments he reveals the wonders of the universe as never seen before. Definitive provocative surprising and beautiful Stephen Hawking's Universe is a fascinating look through the mind's eye of one of the finest brains on the planet. This programme is the most expensive documentary made by Discovery and will be screened by C4 in October 2010.
Lost In Everest's Death Zone
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.
This astonishing series of DVD's harnesses the full power if software-entertainment. Easy to use digital software frees you to navigate through extra-ordinary BBC - Dorling Kindersley natural history and state-of-the-art computer graphics. Choose your entry point and explore the North and South Poles. Come face to face with Albatross chicks and find out why Emperor penguin Dads do all the babysitting.
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