Nature’s Most Amazing Events (BBC DVD)
I’m a bit of a cheapskate and I’m certainly not one to rush out and buy the latest technology but the BBC Earth series really made me wish for all of the High-Def glory in my home!
I still haven’t jumped on the HD train, but Nature’s Most Amazing Events, a new BBC Video™ release, is spectacular to behold nonetheless!
Nature’s Most Amazing Events is a two-disc set with 300 minutes of nature-filled, educational entertainment.
Besides six “episodes”, you also get an hour of special features including a special “making of” video diary in which you meet the crew!
Episode 1 is entitled The Great Melt and gives us a peek into the short “summer” season int he Arctic. The arctic foxes, beluga whales, lemmings, and birds have a big party, but the polar bears don’t really enjoy themselves.
Episode 2 is called The Great Salmon Run and is filmed in the rainforest of British Columbia, Canada. Did you know there is more flora and fauna there than in any forest in the world? Besides the tallest trees in the world, you get to see bears and wolves vs. the salmon.
Episode 3, The Great Migration, takes us to East Africa’s famous Serengeti Plain to watch millions of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle as they journey to superior grazing lands and fend off predators.
Episode 4: The Great Tide shows a different side of Africa, when winter arrives along South Africa’s east coast and tons of sardines make their yearly Sardine Run. The Sardine Run results in lots of dolphins, sharks, and Bryde’s whales showing up in hopes of a sardine feast!
Episode 5: The Great Flood takes place is Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where yearly flooding draws millions of hungry, thirsty animals. Not all of them are friendly.
Episode 6: The Great Feast is a look at spring time on the coast of Alaska. Whales and sea lions try to fatten themselves up on the bounty of spring in preparation for a long winter.
I’m a reluctant TV watcher, so I’m glad to have Nature’s Most Amazing Events as an option for when the rest of the family is desperate for screen time. This way I can give them the total package: something with real educational value and innovative documentary techniques A feast for the eyes and the brain.
I like it when I learn something from what we watch, and I will be proud if ever my sons decide to share their knowledge of the Arctic melt of spring or the great migrations of the Serengeti with others.
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17 August 2009, 5:51 pm
I haven’t heard of this series. Are you familiar with the Planet Earth series? How does Nature’s Most Amazing Events compare to Planet Earth?
I can handle watching TV too when it is something educational. Even though you are still sitting around, you feel a little more productive. Thanks.