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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years...
's 'Life' series of BBC natural history
BBC Natural History Unit
The BBC Natural History Unit is a department of the BBC dedicated to making television and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries...
programmes. It was released in the UK on 5 December 2005 and has also been made available on Region 4
DVD region code
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DVD in Australia and New Zealand. The Region 4 DVD contains four fewer discs as Life on Earth is not included. It has not yet been issued in Region 1 encoding for the US.
Contents
- Life on Earth (1979)
- The Living PlanetThe Living PlanetThe Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 19 January 1984....
(1984) - The Trials of LifeThe Trials of LifeThe Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 October 1990....
(1990) - Life in the FreezerLife in the FreezerLife in the Freezer is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 18 November 1993....
(1993) - The Private Life of PlantsThe Private Life of PlantsThe Private Life of Plants is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first shown in the UK from 11 January 1995....
(1995) - The Life of BirdsThe Life of BirdsThe Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 21 October 1998....
(1998) - The Life of MammalsThe Life of MammalsThe Life of Mammals is a nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 20 November 2002....
(2002) - Life in the UndergrowthLife in the UndergrowthLife in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 23 November 2005....
(2005)
The ninth part of the "Life" series, Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 February 2008 on BBC One....
(2008), was not yet available at the time of the release of this set and is not included.
Life on Earth
- The Infinite Variety
- Building Bodies
- The First Forests
- The Swarming Hordes
- The Conquest of the Waters
- The Invasion of the Land
- Victors of the Dry Lands
- Lords of the Air
- The Rise of the Mammals
- Theme and Variations
- The Hunters and the Hunted
- Life in the Trees
- The Compulsive Communicators
The Living PlanetThe Living PlanetThe Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 19 January 1984....
- The Building of the Earth
- The Frozen World
- The Northern Forests
- Jungle
- Seas of Grass
- The Baking Deserts
- The Sky Above
- Sweet Fresh Water
- The Margins of the Land
- Worlds Apart
- The Open Ocean
- New Worlds
The Trials of LifeThe Trials of LifeThe Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 October 1990....
- Arriving
- Growing Up
- Finding Food
- Hunting and Escaping
- Finding the Way
- Homemaking
- Living Together
- Fighting
- Friends and Rivals
- Talking to Strangers
- Courting
- Continuing the Line
Life in the FreezerLife in the FreezerLife in the Freezer is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 18 November 1993....
- The Bountiful Sea
- The Ice Retreats
- The Race to Breed
- The Door Closes
- The Big Freeze
- Footsteps in the Snow
The Private Life of PlantsThe Private Life of PlantsThe Private Life of Plants is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first shown in the UK from 11 January 1995....
- Travelling
- Growing
- Flowering
- The Social Struggle
- Living Together
- Surviving
The Life of BirdsThe Life of BirdsThe Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 21 October 1998....
- To Fly or Not to Fly?
- The Mastery of Flight
- The Insatiable Appetite
- Meat-Eaters
- Fishing for a Living
- Signals and Songs
- Finding Partners
- The Demands of the Egg
- The Problems of Parenthood
- The Limits of Endurance
The Life of MammalsThe Life of MammalsThe Life of Mammals is a nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 20 November 2002....
- A Winning Design
- Insect Hunters
- Plant Predators
- Chisellers
- Meat Eaters
- Opportunists
- Return to Water
- Life in the Trees
- Social Climbers
- Food for Thought
Life in the UndergrowthLife in the UndergrowthLife in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 23 November 2005....
- Invasion of the Land
- Taking to the Air
- The Silk Spinners
- Intimate Relations
- Supersocieties
Life in Cold BloodLife in Cold BloodLife in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 February 2008 on BBC One....
- The Cold Blooded Truth
- Land Invaders - Amphibians
- Dragons of the Dry - Lizards
- Sophisticated Serpents - Snakes
- Armoured Giants