The BBC series just started here in Oz last night. Truly some of the most beautiful and unique footage I have ever seen. I would encourage anyone interested in nature photography to watch this if you get a chance.

Does Duran Duran do the theme song? 8~D

Sounds grrreat but I can't get the BBC...plez record them for me on DVD & mail them to me. Thanks Sam, you're the best!!

..and now, back to the show!!

An Icelandic band called Sigur Ros provided the background music which is just as enchanting as the filming itself. The DVD of the series will be available towards the end of the year.

Sweet!! Put that on my Xmas list would ya Phil!!

Thanks, I'll check out Sigur Ros...sounds interesting!!

The same people who made Blue Planet?! That was some beautiful filming! I will be searching for this one.

You can download a screensaver from the BBC Natural History Unit previewing some of the Planet Earth images, the Windows version is here and the Mac OSX version is here.

OMG Look at those images! Everybody's got to get one of these. Thanks for the link Phil.

Saw the second edition "Mountains" yesterday. Astonishing. If you live in Australia and you are missing these get your act together quick!

I think that episode may have featured my favourite shot from the series, when they went over the top of Angel Falls. It left me in awe and made me feel extremely nauseous at the same time, a kind of can't look/ must look situation:)
Looking forward to the next six episodes which are to be shown here soon and already dropping hints for the DVD to make an appearance at christmas.....

I don't remember that shot... must be in a different episode... I'll look forward to seeing that!

On second thoughts, it was probably in the fresh water epsiode...............makes more sense:)

Planet Earth has just received the programme of the year honour at the Edinburgh Festival awards with personality of the year going to it's narrator Sir David Attenborough.

There was one thing I didn't like about that series, it was too short...

well your luck is in - the second half of the series kicks off at the end of this month with the final six episodes - "Polar" "Plains" "Forests" "Jungles" "The Shallow Seas" & "Ocean Deep, Ocean Wide". At the end of its run - a five-disc DVD set of the complete series will be released on the 27th of November although no word yet on whether there will be a Blu-Ray or Hi-Def DVD release at the same time. Fans of David Attenborough will no doubt be pleased to know that despite turning 80 this year, he is hard at work filming the final part of his legendary 'Life' series of natural history programs - Life in Cold Blood, which will explore the lives of reptiles and amphibians and is scheduled for release in 2008.

Planet Earth has truly been a jaw dropping spectacle and well worth the four years of effort that went into it – be sure to check it out if you get the chance if for no other reason the inspirational and inventive camera work.

Good news for all of you folks here in the US of A, the series is to broadcast on the Discovery Channel, starting mid March. The bad news is though that for some inexplicable reason, the U.S. version will also feature a new narrator, Sigourney Weaver and be shown out of running order. who knows why. thankfully the American 5 disc DVD release of the series in April will be the original version broadcast in the UK and Australia with narration by David Attenborough and running in the correct play-listing.

Yeah, well, it's not like Mr Attenborough compares with Sigourney when it comes to experience with nature documentaries. She -was- in "Gorrillas in the mist", remember...

i know - what's 60 years of groundbreaking natural history filming compared with a bit of ropey aniamatronics? ok thats a bit harsh - it was a good movie and she's a renowned conservationist. apparently. so just to digress, Ms.Weavers charity of choice is underfunded by a quarter of a million dollars a year so dig deep folks :-)

I caught a couple of episodes on The Discovery Channel and was totally blown away!! I rushed upstairs and ordered the DVD box set (BBC version of course). I just wanted to plug the show / DVD set as it is truly incredible and I highly recommend it for anyone who breaths or blinks there eyes...for all others it might not be up your alley.

A hundred years ago, there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still places barely touched by humanity. This series will take you to the last wildernesses and show you the planet and its wildlife as you have never seen them before. – David Attenborough's opening narration.

The features and filmography are stunningly striking be it in NTSC or HD!! I've seen both...HD of course if you have the means, but really the NTSC will still make you eyes drool!!

(*sniff sniff*)

I smell a viral marketer



I'm still a fan of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" .. where they show you a snake over here and a cute bunny over there .. and convince you that snake is gonna get the bunny .. even though they were filmed on different continents

now .. THAT was good tv!!

Run rabbit, run!!

If you like the Boidies ..

Winged Migration (2001)

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From IMDB: .. Watching Jacques Perrin's Winged Migration I felt incredibly cheated. I felt cheated out of the fact that I didn't get the chance to see this remarkable film at my locale theatre where the images would be displayed in a much larger venue. ... (more)

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From rottentomatoes.com (97%) ... if you're in the mood for a film of staggering beauty that will open your eyes to one of the wonders of the natural world breathtakingly captured in all its glory, color, and movement, this is a must see.

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From .. documentaryfilms.net .. Ninety-eight minutes of birds flying (and eating, and dancing, and floundering, and squabbling, and dying) were indeed quite sufficient to make audiences laugh, applaud, and gasp with wonder and delight.

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go fly with them .. wing tip to wing tip

Planet Earth will also receive the cinema release treatment as was Blue Planet - hitting silver screens in time for the christmas holidays I think.

I just saw the episode "Forests". It was narrated by Sigourney Weaver though. It was breathtaking in it's beauty & the images were incredible. It was so full of facts..... I can't wait to see all of the episodes!
Thanks Sam & Phil for passing along the info. I would have hated to miss it ;=)
**edit** just ordered the DVD series ;o)

Planet Earth is simply amazing. The shots they capture during these shows are outstanding. The lady's voice is relaxing, and if you have HD, you are in heaven. It's great, and I think I could sit around all day watching it.