BSkyB Kingdom of Plants 2of4 Solving the Secrets XviD AC3

Kingdom of Plants

Nature Documentary hosted by David Attenborough, published by BSkyB in 2012 - English narration





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Kingdom of Plants
Kingdom of Plants is an astonishing 4-part series coming to Sky - and is written and presented by natural history broadcaster and Kew neighbour David Attenborough.
Entering the strangely slow world of plant time, Attenborough explores how plants cleverly adapt to the changing seasons, including the explosive drama of seed dispersal and the bursts of colour as they bloom. 'One of the most wonderful things about filming plants is that you can reveal hidden aspects of their lives,' said David Attenborough. 'You can capture the moment as one plant strangles another, and as they burst into flower. But whilst time-lapse photography allows you to see things that no human being has ever seen before.' Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens in West London


2) Solving the Secrets
Bladderwort utricularia is a pond-dweller that is among the fastest known, its traps snapping shut in less than a millisecond. As the seasons change, David demonstrates how plants operate on a different time scale to us; how they modify their lives according to the time of year. We discover insects' hidden links with plants, both as pests and pollinators. UV-sensitive 3D cameras reveal the invisible alter-ego of plants and their flowers' mesmerizing patterns; a parallel-dimension of strange colours and stunning patterns through which plants communicate with them. With the aid of visual effects, David steps among the swirling vortices of plant scent; communication signals with which plants are inextricably plugged in to the natural world. And using a tuning fork, he demonstrates how plants and insects can even communicate with music. As autumn envelopes the Gardens, fungi reveal themselves not as the enemies of plants but their vital allies.



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* Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
* Video Bitrate: 1872 kbps
* Video Resolution: 832 x 464
* Video Aspect Ratio: (16:9)
* Frames Per Second: 25
* Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3)
* Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s AC3 48000 Hz
* Audio Streams: 2
* Audio Languages: English
* RunTime Per Part: 50.Mins
* Number Of Parts: 4
* Part Size: 745 MB
* Source: DVD
* Encoded by: Harry65



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1) Further Information

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2012/may/25/david-attenborough-kingdom-plants-kew

http://kingdomofplants.com/?page_id=8