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The blue planet : seas of life / a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill ; producers Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes, Andy Byatt. - 5 disc special ed. - [United States] : British Broadcasting Corp., 2007, ©2001. - 5 videodiscs (553 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD extras, discs 1-4: 80 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage; interviews with producer, cameraman, and researcher; Deep trouble: a compelling exploration of the impact of civilization on the oceans; photo galleries; fact files. Originally broadcast on television in 2001.

Disc 1: Ocean world ; frozen seas -- Disc 2: Open ocean ; The deep -- Disc 3: Seasonal seas ; Coral seas -- Disc 4: Tidal seas ; Coasts -- Disc 5: all new bonus material: Amazon abyss ; Dive to shark volcano ; Between the tides ; Antarctica.

Original music, George Fenton. Original music, George Fenton.

Narrator: David Attenborough.

"The Blue Planet: Seas of Life is the definitive exploration of the marine world, chronicling the mysteries of the deep in ways never before imagined"--Container.

Not rated.


DVD; 16:9 aspect ratio; stereo.


Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

BAFTA TV Award: Best Original Television Music, Best Photography (Factual), 2002. Emmy, Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera), Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera), 2002.

ISBN: 1419859412 9781419859410 1419871838 9781419871832

Standard No.: 794051413628 883929030811

Publisher. No.: E4136 BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ocean.
Oceanography--Observations.
Oceanography--Research.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary television programs.
Nature television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.