''The Life Collection'' is a 24-disc
DVD box set
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Music
Artists and bands ...
of eight titles from
David Attenborough's 'Life' series of
BBC natural history
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programmes. It was released in the UK on 5 December 2005 and has also been made available on
Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand. The Region 4 DVD contains four fewer discs as ''Life on Earth'' is not included. It has not yet been issued in Region 1 encoding for the US.
Contents
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Life on Earth'' (1979)
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The Living Planet
''The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 19 January 1984.
The sequel to his pioneering '' Life on Earth'', it is a study of t ...
'' (1984)
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The Trials of Life'' (1990)
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Life in the Freezer
''Life in the Freezer'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 18 November 1993.
A study of the seasonal cycle of Antarctica, it was the first of Attenborou ...
'' (1993)
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The Private Life of Plants
''The Private Life of Plants'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first shown in the United Kingdom from 11 January 1995.
A study of the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants, it was ...
'' (1995)
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The Life of Birds
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'' (1998)
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The Life of Mammals'' (2002)
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Life in the Undergrowth'' (2005)
The ninth part of the "Life" series, ''
Life in Cold Blood
''Life in Cold Blood'' is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 4 February 2008 on BBC One.
A study of the evolution and habits of amphibians and reptiles, it ...
'' (2008), was not yet available at the time of the release of this set and is not included.
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