Seasonal Forests
Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory. David Attenborough reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the northern Taiga to Madagascar.
David Attenborough's documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its eclectic wonder. He reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the evergreen forests of the frozen north to the deciduous dry forests of the equator.
The Taiga forest is a silent world of stunted conifers cloaked in snow and ice. The trees form a belt that circles the globe, broken only by ocean, and contains a third of all trees on earth. Here, animals are scarce, with just a few charismatic loners like the wolverine and lynx.
By contrast, the broadleaf forests of North America and Europe bustle with life. The most startling illustration happens just once every 17 years, when the nymphs of the periodical cicada burst from the soil in the biggest insect emergence on the planet.
In California, witness the cameras fly up the tallest trees on earth: giant redwoods over 100 metres high. See General Sherman, a giant sequoia, ten times the size of a blue whale, and the largest living thing on the planet. Close by are bristlecone pines, so old they pre-date the pyramids and were already 2,500 years old when Jesus Christ was born.
The baobab forests of Madagascar are the strangest of all. The bizarre upside down trees store water in their swollen trunks and harbour strange wildlife, such as the tiny mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate.
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Clips
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Boreal forest aerials
Duration: 01:48
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Best laid ballooning plans
Duration: 04:16
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Periodical cicadas
Duration: 01:45
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Forest floor timelapse
Duration: 01:36
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | David Attenborough |
Series Producer | Alastair Fothergill |
Producer | Mark Linfield |
Broadcasts
- Sun 3 Dec 2006 21:00大象传媒 One South, Wales & Scotland only
- Thu 14 Dec 2006 00:35大象传媒 One South & Wales only
- Sat 16 Dec 2006 01:00大象传媒 One Scotland
- Sat 23 Dec 2006 01:25大象传媒 One Scotland
- Wed 20 Aug 2008 18:00大象传媒 HD
- Sun 7 Sep 2008 15:30大象传媒 HD
- Sat 13 Sep 2008 16:30大象传媒 HD
- Sat 5 Sep 2009 16:40
- Sat 6 Mar 2010 16:00大象传媒 HD
- Wed 17 Nov 2010 19:00大象传媒 HD
- Thu 18 Nov 2010 00:45大象传媒 HD
- Sat 20 Nov 2010 20:00大象传媒 HD
- Mon 27 May 2013 16:15大象传媒 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 17 Apr 2014 15:15大象传媒 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Fri 1 Sep 2017 16:15大象传媒 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Fri 23 Mar 2018 15:15大象传媒 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 31 Aug 2023 19:00
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