The Blue Planet on Discovery tonight.

[Wilber_Stool]

With all the crap docs on Discovery these days, it would be nice if they would mention that this one was done by David Attenborough for PBS.

[Ladyhawk]

1. Blue Planet is great. I have the DVDs. :) n/t

[MountainLaurel]

2. What struck me

Was that a few minutes ago, the teaser for the next episide called it "our" series, The Blue Planet. Which, as you mentioned, is a crock of shit.

Although, originally, wasn't it a BBC series? That is what is on the DVD series. (My husband hearts David Attenborough, and we own every series he's done that is out on DVD, and he has a couple in VHS that were taped off the TV.)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

5. I think it was a joint BBC/Discovery production

the two have close relations - Discovery owns BBC America for example.

Regards Attenborough, his latest series "Life In The Undergrowth" was excellent and is currently available on DVD over here (PAL, Region 2) if you want to import it:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ASALQA/

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Yes - originally shown in the USA by Discovery

Production Companies

* British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

* British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2001) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
* The Discovery Channel (2001) (USA) (TV) (original US airing)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296310/companycredits

So people's memories are misfiring. Poor old Discovery - they show a good series, and people still credit PBS for it!

[applegrove]

8. Saw it years ago! n/t

[ellenfl]

3. what's it about? eom

[Marr]

4. It's a series on the oceans and the life in them. The thing that's great

is that it's all shot in an artistic way, rather than the usual (clinical) documentary style. It's really a great series.

[TheBaldyMan]

7. I'd recommend it unreservedly

Real science and breathtaking imagery. Even bible-thumpering ID-ers will be awestruck into silence by the richness and variety of the sea. Even though it can only scratch the surface of a subject of marine biology.

[Missy Vixen]

9. We saw it several years ago

It's one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I very much recommend it. (Some of the imagery is not appropriate for kids, however.)

Julie

[pinniped]

10. I got the DVDs, great show.

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