David Attenborough had been a celebrated natural-history presenter ever since Zoo Quest in the 1950s, yet Life on Earth (1979) was something on an entirely different scale. With 150 minutes of the best selected clips from the 13-programme series, this offers a chronological account of the flora and fauna of planet earth over a period of 3,500 million years. Whether recounting the ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: David Attenborough
Manufacturer: BBC WarnerStarring: David Attenborough
It started as David Attenborough's most ambitious wildlife project, and ended as something really big. First came Life on Earth (1978), then The Living Planet (1984), but when The Trials of Life (1990) arrived the already epic individual series became "The Life Trilogy", collectively the most impressive documentary achievement in the history of television. The intervening ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: David AttenboroughDirected By: Michael Gunton
State of the Planet is long overdue. The BBC's Natural History Unit has finally delivered a hard-hitting documentary series on the extinction crisis many scientists believe is beginning to threaten the integrity of the entire biosphere. The combination of stunning camerawork, glossy production, David Attenborough's inspirational whispering narration and subject matter of the greatest and ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: David AttenboroughDirected By: Kate Broome
The Great Escape image of Steve McQueen (as "The Cooler King") astride his motorcycle has entered silver-screen iconography, alongside Brando on his bike from The Wild One. Based on a true story about a group of POWs who mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi prison camp, this rousing and suspenseful World War II epic features an all-star cast, including James ...
Manufacturer: MGMStarring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald PleasenceDirected By: John Sturges
Manufacturer: Zeitgeist FilmsStarring: Joss Ackland, David Attenborough, Frances Barber, Brian Deacon, Eric DeaconDirected By: Peter Greenaway
The Trials of Life started as David Attenborough's most ambitious wildlife project, and ended as something really big. First came Life on Earth (1978), then The Living Planet (1984), but when The Trials of Life (1990) arrived the already epic individual series became "The Life Trilogy", collectively the most impressive documentary achievement in the history of ...
