RATING

PG

RRP

$39.99 2 discs

BARCODE

9397810173590

SKU

R-Z01735-9

COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTOR

BBC

SYNOPSIS

Using state of the art filming technology and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Nature's Great Events captures the Earth's most dramatic and epic wildlife spectacles and the intimate stories of the animals caught up in them.

From the flooding of the Okavango Delta in Africa, to the great summer melt of ice in the Arctic and the massive annual bloom of plankton in the northern Pacific Ocean, each programme features a different event set in one of the world's most iconic wildernesses.

Witness tiny grizzly bear cubs emerging from their den in snow-covered mountains, baby elephants struggling to survive against drought, a lion attack in Africa, humpback whales hunting as a team, the world's largest concentration of dolphins and sharks gathering off the coast of South Africa; plus polar bear families navigating their precarious way on thinning ice.

This fantastic series employs revolutionary ultra high speed shooting, motion controlled photography, stunning aerial and lapse time techniques pioneered on Planet Earth to reveal, in intimate detail, some of the best-loved wildlife, as their lives become entwined with these dramatic events.

Combining the epic cinematography of Planet Earth, with all the emotion, intimacy and storytelling of a wildlife diary, this dramatic series charts the effects of seasonal changes which each year transform parts of the planet, drawing in thousands of animals and determining their fate. But who are the winners and losers of Nature's Great Events?

Special Features:
Six ten minute making of featurettes – one to accompany each programme.

As seen on TVOne.