| Earthflight | |
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by | David Tennant |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producer | Cassian Harrison |
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| Running time | 60 mins |
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| Release | 29 December 2011 (2011-12-29) – 29 January 2012 (2012-01-29) |
Earthflight is a British nature documentary that shows a flight from the view of the wings of birds across six continents, showing some of the world's greatest natural spectacles from a bird's-eye view.[1] The BBC series was created by John Downer and narrated by David Tennant and consisted of six 60-minute episodes. The first episode aired on BBC One on 29 December 2011.
A two-hour subset of Earthflight was aired in October 2012 by the Discovery Channel in the US as Winged Planet.[2][3] The entire series with rerecorded narrative aired on PBS, beginning in September 2013, under the title Earthflight, A Nature Special Presentation.[4][5]
As explained in the sixth episode, some of the birds were imprinted on a human and filmed from an ultralight plane; others were filmed with a helicopter drone. Some other footage resulted from tiny cameras being strapped to the backs of birds.[4][6]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Produced by | UK viewers (million)[7] | Share (%) | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "North America" | Robert Pilley | 5.77 | TBA | 29 December 2011 (2011-12-29) | |
| 2 | "Africa" | Robert Pilley | 5.08 | TBA | 5 January 2012 (2012-01-05) | |
| 3 | "Europe" | Philip Dalton | 4.62 | TBA | 12 January 2012 (2012-01-12) | |
| 4 | "South America" | Philip Dalton | TBA | TBA | 19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) | |
| 5 | "Asia and Australia" | Robert Pilley | TBA | TBA | 26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) | |
| 6 | "Flying High" | - | TBA | TBA | 29 January 2012 (2012-01-29) | |
Merchandise
[edit]In the UK, a two-disc DVD was released on 26 March 2012,[14] while the Blu-ray sets was released later month on 16 April 2012.[15]
In United States and Canada, a two-disc DVD[16] was released on 18 March 2014, and for Blu-ray Disc[17] was released on 8 April 2014. It was distributed by BBC Warner.
References
[edit]- ↑ BBC One – Earthflight
- ↑ "Winged Planet: About the Show". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ BBC Earthflight (Winged Planet) - Common Cranes Fly Over Venice (Narrated by David Tennant) - YouTube
- 1 2 Lloyd, Robert (4 September 2013). "Review: 'Earthflight' offers an astonishing bird's-eye view". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ "EARTHFLIGHT: Introduction". PBS. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ The Making of PBS’ Nature Series EarthFlight Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, MetroFocus, 2 October 2013
- ↑ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Barb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2010. (No permanent link available. Search for relevant dates.)
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, North America
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, Africa
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, Europe
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, South America
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, Asia and Australia
- ↑ BBC One - Earthflight, Flying High
- ↑ "Earthflight (DVD)". Amazon.co.uk.
- ↑ "Earthflight (Blu-Ray)". Amazon.co.uk. 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Earthflight (DVD)". Amazon.
- ↑ "Earthflight (Blu-ray)". Amazon.
External links
[edit]- Earthflight at BBC Online
- Earthflight at IMDb
- Earthflight Archived 5 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine on the Eden website
