Human Planet 8 Part Mini Series - John Hurt 2011 Eng Subs 720p [H264-mp4]

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Human Planet is an 8-part British television documentary
series. It is produced by the BBC with co-production from
Discovery and BBC Worldwide. It describes the human
species and its relationship with the natural world by
showing the remarkable ways humans have adapted to life
in every environment on Earth.

1:1 Oceans - Into the Blue.
Nearly all human populations in coastal areas interact intensively with the
sea. The food harvest is enormous, varied and obtained in various, sometimes
ingenious ways, including cooperation with wild dolphins. Dangers and
scarcity worsen for environmental reasons, climate change bodes even worse.
Aquatic sports are also culturally important, sometimes even defining.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Director.
=>-Tom Hugh-Jones.

1:2 Deserts - Life in the Furnace.
Deserts cover a third of the earth's land mass, yet harbour only some 300,000
inhabitants, many of which are (semi-)nomadic hunters/herdsmen, making
navigation and adapted animals, such as camels, vital. The only 7,000 years
old Sahara, the planet's vastest sand-pan, counts many tribes. The stony Gobi
enjoys melting snow, wind-transported in all the way from Siberia, but also
counts roaming wolves. In the most arid Araucana, capturing the rare
precipitation is an extremely refined art.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Directors.
=>-Tuppence Stone.

1:3 Arctic - Life in the Deep Freeze.
In the vast icy wastes of the Arctic very little grows. It's dark for months
in the winter and the freezing temperatures make it particularly inhospitable.
Yet four million people live there thanks to ingenious survival techniques
passed down through generations. In Greenland, where food is hard to come by
and dogs are a crucial means of transport, Amos and his son Karl-Frederik
embark on a remarkable journey across the frozen sea. They then fish for the
giant Greenland shark by drilling a hole through the ice. This is food that
will keep their precious dogs going for months. As winter gives way to spring
the Inuit, of Canada, take advantage of an opportunity that only comes with
the most extreme tides of the year. When the tide recedes hunters venture
underneath the sea ice, where they have just minutes to gather a bounty of
seafood from the ocean floor before the water returns. The elusive narwhal
is an unexpected source of vitamin C for the Inuit of Northern Greenland,
whose land grows few plants. Using traditional hunting techniques passed down
through many generations it is still a perilous task - carried out on the
very edges of the sea-ice. Early and unexpected springtime melting of the ice
adds yet more danger. Another source of food comes from the millions of
little Auks that flock along the coastal cliffs to breed. Oshima captures
the birds with nets on the end of a long pole. They are then sewn inside
seal skins and buried under the ice as food for the lean months ahead. For
the residents of Churchill in northern Manitoba coexistence with one of
nature's greatest predators is tricky. Each autumn the town is invaded by
polar bears migrating back onto the ice, and it's Bob Windsor's job to keep
both the townspeople and the polar bears safe. Behind the lens joins a
particularly dangerous narwhal hunt which is carried out on the edge of the
sea ice at the height of the warmest springtime ever.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Director.
=>-Nicolas Brown.

1:4 Jungles - People of the Trees.
Although a mall part of earth's landmass, tropical rain forests contain half the
animal species, mainly on altitudes out of human reach, losing 100 a day, often
undiscovered, trough rapid wood-cut, clearing for agriculture etcetera. The rare
surviving native tribal jungle cultures go to great lengths to remain in
ecological harmony with wildlife and cope with dangers and others challenges,
such as hight, while basically eating what they can catch, from honey to
tarantulas.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Director.
=>-Tom Hugh-Jones.

1:5 Mountains - Life in Thin Air.
Life in the mountains demands elaborate adaptations, for despite the extreme
biological diversity people often have little choice of meat supply, despite
elaborate hunting methods such as nets in clearings to lure giant bats. In
developed regions, modern technology helps control avalanches. Relative isolation
comes at a price, as for health care, and leads to bizarre traditions, such as
Buddhist 'air burial' which actually means relying on vultures to dispose of
corpses before they spread diseases.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Director.
=>-Nicolas Brown.

1:6 Grasslands - Roots of Power.
Grass lands cover vast plains, such as savannah, prairies and pampas. The many,
almost indestructible grass species, for various types of soil and other conditions,
feed huge herds, whose migrations are followed by many predators and (semi-)nomadic
peoples, such as the Mongol master horsemen. Some still practice hunting-gathering,
such as the Khoisan, or traditional 'natural' herd breeding, others as in Australia
use technology to gain maximal control. Domesticating cereals and edible grazers was
crucial in human history, leading to vast food surpluses and sedentary civilization.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Director.
=>-Tuppence Stone.

1:7 Rivers - Friend and Foe.
Man always was attracted by rivers, not unlike seas, for water, fishing, irrigation,
transport. And he deals in many ways with their dangers, ranging from torrents,
frost and perilous crossing to floods. Most lack modern technology, hence are reduced
to minimal control, rather adapting to the tide then controlling it.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Directors.
=>-Mark Flowers.

1:8 Cities - Surviving the Urban Jungle.
Urban environments are man-made, so human design seems totally to overtake wildlife
habitats. Yet animals abound in cities and suburbs, many as pets or working, but
others exempt by religion or even able to pursue their natural life with some fancy
adapting, as many animals do in the wild.

Stars.
=>-John Hurt.

Directors.
=>-Mark Flowers.

Info.
=>-Genre : Documentary : Mini Series.
=>-Release Date : 2011.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 681MiB : 685MiB : 681MiB : 684MiB : 685MiB.
: 681MiB : 680MiB : 675MiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 621 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 58mn44s : 59mn5s : 58mn44s : 59mn1s : 59mn3s.
: 58mn43s : 58mn39s : 58mn11s.

Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 16:9.
=>-Resolution : 1280 x 720.
=>-Bit rate : 1 505 Kbps.

Audio English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel Stereo.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 242 Kbps.

Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.