Ruthless killers move in, forcing themselves between mother and calf. Eventually, she is forced to rest and the The hunters keep up their chase, forcing the mother whale to flee at a pace that Authors: Alastair Fothergill, David Attenborough, George Fenton, British Broadcasting Corporation, Warner Home Video (Firm) Summary: Tidal seas: Shows the tremendous changes wrought daily by the incoming and receding tides. Migrating grey whale and her calf by a pod of killer whales. The blue planet : seas of life : tidal seas/coasts. The series' most dramatic sequence followed the relentless pursuit of a Far from being just another documentary about fish, the BBCs informative and hypnotic The Blue Planet: Seas of Life reveals the sea and its communities at their most fearsome and alluring, diving boldly into Earths final frontier. Tighter 'bait balls' before gorging themselves on their helpless prey). According to the series unseen narrator, Sir David Attenborough, scientists know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean. Orgy following migrating sardines off South Africa's coast (in one of severalįirsts, The Blue Planet's cameramen captured a previously unseen behaviour, asĭolphins, working in packs, release air bubbles to marshal the sardines into ever Ocean like creatures from the brush of the surrealist Joan Míro the predatory Ice like missiles a blue whale and her calf carnivorous corals bizarre andīeautiful organisms, translucent and illuminated against the black of the deep Wary of the threat of ferocious leopard seals, launching themselves on to the With a suitably magisterial score by George Fenton, the series offered aįeast of enrapturing images: killer whales playing a gruesome game ofĬatch, tossing captured seals dozens of feet into the air emperor penguins, The epic 'Life' series that he begun with Life on Earth (BBC, 1979), but is instead a precursor to the similarly ambitious Planet Earth (BBC, 2006), overseen by producer Alastair Fothergill. Narration, he doesn't appear on screen, and The Blue Planet doesn't belong in Though David Attenborough lent his voice to the series and wrote much of the Months or even years of patient waiting for shots that would in the end take up,Īt most, just a few minutes of screen time. Task, and many of the series' most striking sequences were the result of weeks, On land - its very vastness means that finding your subject can be a daunting Open ocean presents challenges for the natural history filmmaker beyond anything As the BBC's pre-publicity was anxious to point out, the Of the Earth's surface and yet which is, in parts, less well-explored than the Also, explores the Artic and Antarctic worlds. one place researched by fewer people than have been into space. This astonishing documentary, nearly five years in the making, deserves to beĬonsidered one of the most exceptional achievements of BBC Bristol's highlyĪccomplished Natural History Unit, tackling a subject that makes up seven tenths Alastair Fothergill David Attenborough George Fenton BBC Video (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm) - Five years in the making. The rich array of life in the world's oceans and seas.
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