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German title: Planet Erde



Emmy Award winning, 11-episodes, 5-years in the making, the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and the first to be filmed in high definition.

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German title: Life: Das Wunder Leben



David Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth in 10 episodes. The first is an overview of challenges facing life, the others are dedicated to hunting, the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures: plants, primates and other large sections of other vertebrates and invertebrates.

This series is a successor to "Planet Earth".

I own two separate Blu-ray boxes of this series (each box has 5 episodes):

Vol. 1 Vol. 2

German title: Die größten Naturereignisse



This documentary series is looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet. We see the impact of the melting of the arctic ice in the summer, the annual return of the salmon to spawn, where the Okavango turns many thousands of miles into a lush wetlands. We also see the impact of the migration of wildebeest on a pride of lions, the annual winter sardine run along the coast of Africa, and the great feast in the ocean when the plankton blooms.

This series is sometimes described as a successor to "Planet Earth".

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German title: Expedition Erde - Die Urkräfte unseres Planeten



This is a BBC-ZDF co-produced geology series. In each episode, Thomas Reiter (UK version: Dr. Iain Stewart) explains the effects and importance of a specific force of nature, such as wind or volcanism. He also examines the various ways in which it shapes planet earth itself and influences life on it, often in conjunction with other natural forces, and sometimes with lifeforms, as in the 'apocalyptically' grave case of global warming.

Episodes: Volcano, Oceans, Atmosphere, Ice, Life (Rare Earth)

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With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.

I own a special version of this documentary on Blu-ray called "Home - Story of a journey" (Home - Die Geschichte einer Reise). Only 20% of the original movie "Home" are reused here, the rest is new footage.

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BARAKA is a collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
It's simply amazing visually and acoustically.

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Samsara is another non-verbal masterpiece from the creators of the award-winning film BARAKA. Filmed over a five-year period in 25 countries across five continents, Samsara transports us via stunning cinematography to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

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German titles: Wunderwelt Erde / Die Kunst der Anpassung



Extraordinary show that reveals how forces of nature through sheer power of evolution shaped life in all it's unexpected and glorious forms, and filled our planet with amazing diversity of animals and plants.

I own a Blu-Ray with the following 6 episodes of season 1:
New Zealand, Australia, Brazil's Cerrado, Africa's Rift Valley Lakes, Madagascar, Japan

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German title: Die Tricks des Überlebens



Secrets of Our Living Planet showcases the incredible ecosystems that make life on Earth possible. Using beautifully shot scenes from all over the world, Chris Packham reveals the hidden wonder of the creatures that we share the planet with, and the intricate, clever and bizarre connections between the species, without which life just could not survive.
Discover previously unknown relationships, like why a tiger needs a crab; or why a gecko needs a giraffe. Chris visits our planet's most vital and spectacular habitats and dissects it, to reveal the secrets of how our living planet works.

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German title: Der Ursprung des Lebens



David Attenborough goes back in time to investigate the origins of life.

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German title: Monster der Tiefe - Im Reich der Urzeit



Sea Monsters is a 2003 BBC television trilogy which used computer-generated imagery to show past life in Earth's seas.

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German title: Unser blauer Planet - Die Naturgeschichte der Meere



The Blue Planet is described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed. The series took almost five years to make, involving nearly 200 filming locations.

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There is also a Blu-ray release of this documentary but it's only an SD upconvert without real HD video quality, so i stick to my DVDs. I doubt that there will ever be a HD-remastered edition. (read more)

German title: Unsere Ozeane


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An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

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German title: Unsere Ozeane – Die komplette TV-Serie



This is a 4 episodes mini-series. Shot at over 50 locations around the world and with eighty different species, this breath-taking four-part special offers a deeper insight into the aquatic side of nature, from the coastal shores to the open sea.

This mini-series is an addition to the earlier released movie "Oceans" by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud. They are both the result of the same expeditions.

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German title: Die Könige der Ozeane



This is a documentary about the magical world of dolphins and whales. We explore the intimate life of the biggest animals on our planet, we look at the learning abilities of dolphins, and how whales and dolphins communicate with each other.

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German title: Delfine hautnah



The award-winning team behind Penguins - Spy in the Huddle use hidden cameras to go into the heart of the dolphins' world, offering the chance to encounter dolphins up-close.

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German title: Tortuga - Die unglaubliche Reise der Meeresschildkröte



A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.

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German title: Wilder Atlantik - Ozean der Extreme



In this three-part BBC nature documentary series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal depths.

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This is a collection of 6 episodes of the German documentary series Expeditionen ins Tierreich (Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom). All these episodes are about marine life. (more information)
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Dive into our planet's greatest mysteries with a team of international underwater cinematographers as they explore the breathtaking bond between humanity and the ocean.

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German title: Last Ocean - Paradies am Ende der Welt



The race to protect Earth's last untouched ocean, the Ross Sea Antarctica, from our insatiable appetite for fish. The film raises the simple ethical question: do we fish the last ocean or do we protect it?

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German title: Die Südsee



A documentary series on life in and adapted to the conditions of the Southern part of the Pacific Ocean, a vast aquatic region with an unequaled number of islands. Both wildlife and human cultures developed in a unique variety, largely determined by such natural conditions as huge distances, sea depths, currents and winds.

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German title: Galapagos - Inseln, die die Welt veränderten


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Galápagos is a three-part BBC nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Galápagos Islands and their important role in the formation of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

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German title: Madagaskar



Over 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild there.

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This blu-ray contains 3 episodes of the Austrian documentary series Terra Mater. All these episodes are about Sri Lanka. (more information)

The Episodes:
Seenland, Waldwelt, Küstenreich

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German title: Wilde Inseln



Each episode explores the wildlife on an island or archipelago, where evolution resulted in remarkable diversity. The islands are in different oceans and conditions, and whether isolated or not, wildlife, human populations and even geology often interact(ed) significantly with insular and/or continental neighbors.

Episodes season 1:
Zanzibar. Land of Giants, Caribbean: Wild Side of Paradise, Galapagos: Darwin's Eden, Sri Lanka: Monsoon Island, Hebrides

Episodes season 2:
Japan: Islands of Extremes, Amazon River Islands: The Floating Forest, Vancouver Island: Rivers of Life, The Philippines: Islands of Mystery, Falkland Islands: Penguin Paradise

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