The BBC Natural History Collection Featuring Planet Earth Special Edition

This is the ultimate Natural History collection, featuring the truly remarkable Planet Earth Special Edition, now with over 7 hours of extras, plus an additional three landmark series, The Blue Planet, The Life of Mammals, and The Life of Birds, all narrated by David Attenborough. In all, the collection features over 33 hours of programming on 18 discs, introducing thousands of species of plants and animals and including hours of special features that take you behind the scenes. Each critically acclaimed series reveals elements of the Earth and its unique creatures through stunning imagery and insightful commentary. Journey with the BBC and explore our vast and diverse world.

Planet Earth
Planet Earth took the world by storm when it originally aired. It garnered uniformly glowing reviews, won four Emmy Awards, including Best Nonfiction Series and Best Cinematography, and its longevity on the best-seller list is legend. Now, with the addition of all new commentary and new bonus programs you can relive this incredible experience all over again! In this truly special, limited collector's edition, prepare to be overwhelmed again by the beauty and majesty of Planet Earth.
You'll be filled with awe and amazement every time you watch this stunning BBC series about our planet's best-loved, wildest and most elusive creatures, captured on breathtaking, high-definition film in the Earth's most extreme habitats. Forty cameramen and hundreds of producers, scientists and guides spent four years and $25 million to bring you this God's-eye-view of rare action and intimate moments in impossible locations. Zoom in on the elusive snow leopard hunting a mountain goat on a near-vertical cliff face in Pakistan's Hindu Kush. Swim with the blind angelfish that lives in one waterfall in one cave in Thailand. Squeeze through underground tunnels in New Mexico's recently-discovered Lechuguilla Cave, where crystals dangle like 18-foot chandeliers. Shot entirely in high-definition film, with revolutionary new aerial photography. From the team behind Blue Planet, including the esteemed and beloved Sir David Attenborough.

The Blue Planet: Seas of Life - Special Edition
Dive deeper than ever! Before creating the monumental Planet Earth, producer Alastair Fothergill and his BBC team assembled one of the most breathtaking explorations of the world's oceans ever assembled. The winner of two Emmy® Awards, this special newly released edition features a bonus disc with programming not included in the original DVD release. Narrated by legendary naturalist Sir David Attenborough, you can now experience "a masterpiece...the finest documentary on the world's oceans that any human being has ever seen."-Newsday. Discover the astonishing creatures living deep inside one of Earth's most spectacular environments in Amazon Abyss. Venture to the underwater haven of Cocos Island and explore the terrifying residents in Dive to Shark Volcano. Explore a frozen estuary and its many natural tidal spectacles in Between the Tides. Witness what many experts hail as the definitive portrayal of a cold, desolate continent in Antarctica. Extras include 80 minutes of behind-the-scenes featurettes; interviews; and much more.

The Life of Mammals
The Life of Mammals is the epic story of 4,000 species, including ourselves, which have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest reaches of the planet. In this $12 million production, the most expensive natural history program ever produced by the BBC, Emmy-Award winner David Attenborough leads viewers on a fascinating exploration of the most diverse group of animals on Earth-from the smallest, the two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible, a human baby.

The Life of Birds
Colorful, mysterious, noble and intriguing, birds have fascinated us since the dawn of history. David Attenborough, one of the world's foremost naturalists, hosts an extraordinary exploration into the secret lives of these magnificent creatures.

Planet Earth
BAFTA® Awards
2007 - Best Original Television Music: George Fenton for Planet Earth
The Peabody Awards
2007 - Winner - The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web
International Emmy Awards ®
2007 - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
2007 - Outstanding Music for a Series - George Fenton
2007 - Outstanding Nonfiction Series - Maureen Lemire, Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
2007 - Outstanding sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Kate Hopkins
Blue Planet
BAFTA TV Awards
2002 - Best Original Television Music, George Fenton
2002 - Best Photography, Factual
Emmy Awards
2002 - Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
2002 - Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), music composed by George Fenton
The Life of Birds
BAFTA® Awards
1999 - Best Sound (Factual)

Planet Earth
"...jaw-dropping television from start to finish." -Sunday Express

"...sure to be the most dramatic and talked-about TV event of the year ... it might not be an overstatement to suggest that this series is so breathtaking that some viewers could find themselves at serious risk of respiratory failure." -Michael Holden, Mail On Sunday

"One programme towers head and shoulders above everything else tonight ... this is the most awesomely spectacular and wide-ranging natural history series to have hit our screens, the crowning achievement of the BBC's Natural History Unit ... Even on a non-HD screen, these images look very special. There's a clarity and depth that is closer to what we expect to see in a cinema ... With the right kind - and size - of HD TV screen, the effect is amazing." -Nigel Andrew, Daily Mail

"...it really isn't a show you can watch any less than twice. On the third viewing, I note, my boggling about the magnitude of Nature (Herds! Shoals! Teeth! Wing! Tundra!) had shifted, solipstically, to boggling about the magnitude of the humans. Dear God, but some effort has been put into this series. However amazing the creatures are that we witnessed, this is also a programme about how brilliant us guys - people - are." -Caitlin Moran, The Times

"Every few years we are treated to a series so compelling that it puts all other shows in the shade ... Every single second of these epic new films is a joy to behold ... mindblowing..." -Daily Mirror

"Planet Earth is the BBC's Natural History Unit at its biggest and boldest." -Sally Kinnes, Sunday Times

"This is the BBC doing what it does best - beautifully made, ambitious programmes fronted by a genuine, world-class expert. If I were looking forward to it any more, I would need a knife and fork for it." -Richard Hammond, Daily Mirror

"These programmes should be compulsory viewing for every school child, before they ... start to believe that it does not matter what happens to other species on this planet." -Philip Coggan, Financial Times

"...marvellous to look at ... breathtakingly beautiful photography..." -Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

"Stirring, hugely enjoyable and likely to be a deservedly massive hit ... almost every scene gained an instant place in television history." -James Walton, Daily Telegraph

"...sets a new benchmark in broadcasting ... an exquisite feast, from the opening sequence ... a natural history treat complimented expertly, as ever, by David Attenborough's polished commentary." -Robin McKie, Observer

"...filmed with such crispness and clarity that even my knackered old television, which I suspect once belonged to John Logie Baird himself, looked as if it had secretly been upgraded for high-definition broadcasts." -Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

"...essential viewing ... crammed with grandeur ... and even humour." -Karl French, Financial Times

"Stunning footage ... it was like a snapshot of our planet in action, from its continental weather systems to its tiniest pond-life and, without trying, it instilled a deep sense of awe and respect. With a uniquely intelligent and cliché-free voiceover from David Attenborough, Planet Earth did exactly what good TV should. It showed us things we'd never get a chance to see otherwise, and left us feeling grateful for the experience. It also reminded us that the real world can be as amazing as anything conjured up by computer graphics ... a vivid reminder of why we all need to start caring, now." -Matt Baylis, Daily Express

"...the crowning glory of David Attenborough's extraordinary career." -David Chater, The Times

Blue Planet
"If there was a Nobel prize for documentary filmmaking, these producers would get it." - The Wall Street Journal

"A masterpiece." - Newsweek

The Life of Birds

"The Life of Birds is the televisual equivalent of a Rolls Royce... as much a work of art as one of science." Sunday Telegraph Magazine "The standard is almost too high for credibility... In short, the BBC at its most authoritative, educative and internationally marketable." -Independent on Sunday

"The BBC's Natural History Unit is the eighth wonder of the world... Captivating." Daily Mail

"...unforgettable photography and the mellow, hushed tones of our Patron Saint of Wildlife... his beatific fascination as infectious as ever. The reconstructions of extinct species, starting from a single bone and building up into a fully fleshed virtual monster, are truly miraculous..."- Guardian Guide
"The BBC can still make programmes no other television company could dream of."- Daily Telegraph

"Attenborough's combination of experience and effortless elucidation will have you on the sofa every Wednesday night at 8pm." Time Out "Yet another triumph."- The Times

"David Attenborough unfolds the story of how birds evolved over hundreds of millions of years as if it were a Raymond Chandler novel... The close-up photography often makes you gasp."- The Times