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Ocean Giants
''Ocean Giants'' is a 2011 British nature documentary series narrated by actor Stephen Fry. The series is a production of BBC Natural History Unit, the BBC Natural History Unit, and premiered on 14 August 2011. The documentaries focus on the life of dolphins and whales. The series includes film crew members who worked on the series ''Planet Earth (2006 TV series), Planet Earth''. The cameramen featured in the show are Doug Allen, a winner of four Emmys and four BAFTAs for his work on filming marine mammals, and Didier Noirot, known for working with marine conservationist Jacques Cousteau. The series consists of three episodes, each an hour long. The first episode, ''Giant Lives'', focuses on humpback whales and blue whales, The second, ''Deep Thinkers'', explores the Cetacean intelligence, cognitive abilities of dolphins. The third and final episode, ''Voices of the Sea'', investigates the vocalizations of dolphins and whale song, whales. The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Documentary
A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on video taken in their natural habitat but also often including footage of trained and captive animals. Sometimes they are about wildlife or ecosystems in relationship to human beings. Such programmes are most frequently made for television, particularly for public broadcasting channels, but some are also made for the cinema medium. The proliferation of this genre occurred almost simultaneously alongside the production of similar television series. History In cinema Robert J. Flaherty's 1922 film '' Nanook of the North'' is typically cited as the first feature-length documentary. Decades later, Walt Disney Productions pioneered the serial theatrical release of nature-documentaries with its production of the True-Life Adventures series, a collection of fourteen full length and short subject nature films from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
