Episode 1
The Great Rift: Footprints in the Valley
53m
The area's evolutionary roots opens this look at the African valley.
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Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Episode 2
The Great Rift: Out of the Ashes
53m
The wildlife that lives on the Great Rift's ash plains.
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The Great Rift: Breaking the Continent
53m
Examines the Red Sea, the island of Madagascar and East Africa.
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Under the Ice
53m
Soft coral, sponges, tubeworms, anemones and giant cod adapt to life in Antarctica's subzero waters.
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Land of Dragons
53m
Profiles the wildlife living within the British crown colony of Hong Kong
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The Great Wood of Caledon
53m
An exploration of the Caledonian forest in Scotland, Britain's largest remaining area of ancient woodland.
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Gorillas
53m
A portrait of the endangered mountain gorilla in equatorial Africa.
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Forest of Fear
53m
A look at the maneating tigers of the Sundarbans delta in India.
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Gran Paradiso
53m
Resource management in Italy's alpine Gran Paradiso National Park has consequences beyond the parks boundaries.
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Cranes of the Grey Wind
53m
Scientists study sandhill cranes on Nebraskan plains, Alaskan and Siberian coasts and in the Northwest Territories.
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King Solomon's Mountains
53m
The forests and waters of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains, may one day renew the country's depleted landscape.
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Hunters of the Sky
53m
A look at how Europe's birds of prey have adapted.
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A Wolf in the Fold
53m
The relationship between working sheepdogs and flocks of sheep. Selective breeding yields a sheepdog with outstanding abilities to tend the creature other canines prey upon.
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The Emerald Isle
53m
Thousands of years of human settlement provide the backdrop by which to discover the wildlife of Ireland.
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Giant Otters
53m
The fur trade continues to threaten the South American otter with extinction, despite its status as an endangered species.
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The Haida Gwai: Islands of the People
53m
Profiles the Haida Indians who live on British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Island.
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Presque Isle: Land in Motion
53m
An exploration of the environmental impact of man's attempts to halt the erosion of Presque Isle beaches.
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Yellowstone on Fire
53m
The effect of the 1988 fire on the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park.
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Serpents
53mfinale
A natural history of the snake includes its significance to man as a symbol of fertility, immortality and death.
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Cast
Donald C. JohansonSelf
George PageNarrator (voice), Host
Jason O'MaraNarrator (voice)
F. Murray AbrahamNarrator (voice)
James NaughtonNarrator (voice)Lynn SherrNarrator (voice)
Michael GrossNarrator (voice)
Christopher PlummerNarrator (voice)Credits
- Created by
- Thomas Lovejoy, George Page
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 692
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
PBSUnited States
ThirteenUnited States
Coneflower Films StudiosUnited States- Trebitsch Produktion International GmbHGermany
Rubin Tarrant ProductionsUnited States
Themes
animal kingdomanimal speciesanimalsanimals & natureenvironmentalhelping animalsknowledgelove of animals
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