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Planet Earth II. Episode 4, Deserts / produced and directed by Ed Charles ; BBC Studios ; a BBC Natural History Unit production ; a co-production with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Télévisions.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history.
- Animals.
- Ecology.
- Habitat (Ecology).
- Biotic communities.
- Deserts.
- Desert ecology.
- Earth (Planet).
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nature television programs.
- Science television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Deserts
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Filmed 10 years on from the original and captured in stunning ultra-high definition detail, Planet Earth II is an immersive exploration of the jungles, mountains, deserts, islands, grasslands and cities of the world. Journey to the four corners of the globe to discover the extreme forces that shape life in each of these iconic landscapes and the remarkable ways animals manage to overcome the challenges of surviving in the wildest places on Earth. From eye-to-eye encounters with incredible creatures to epic journeys through breathtaking wildernesses, experience the wonder of the natural world as never before. The world's deserts are lands of extremes that force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on earth. A pride of desert lions are so hungry they risk hunting a giraffe several times their size, while male sandgrouse fly 120 miles each day to the nearest waterhole and dice with death to collect water for their chicks. Filmed for the first time, a tiny bat does battle with one of the world's deadliest scorpions, and in Madagascar, a locust swarm of biblical proportions is seen as never before.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2019).
- Won 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Won 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program (series)
- Won 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming (series)
- Won 2017 BAFTA Awards, Best Specialist Factual (series)
- Won 2017 BAFTA Awards, Best Photography: Factual (series)
- OCLC:
- 1101021351
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