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12-02-2011, 02:45 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Have you US guys been able to watch "The Frozen Planet" yet?
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This series is a major work by the BBC with David Attenborough about the Arctic and Antarctic regions. It's been screened over here for the last seven weeks.
It's not often I'd describe any TV as "must see" but this is totally 100% unmissable, in my opinion. It has to be one of the greatest nature documentary series ever made. Everybody should watch this stuff. The content, the photography and other technical aspects and just the amazing achievement of making these programmes in these unbelievable conditions are simply stunning. When it comes around, don't miss it. You'll thank me if you watch it on my recommendation. If only all TV could be this great (that's unrealistically asking too much, obviously, as this is such a major and very rare accomplishment).
Anyone who's already caught any of it, please comment.
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12-02-2011, 02:47 PM
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BroadcastFrozen Planet was broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD starting October 26, 2011 and quickly became a ratings success, with the second episode broadcasted on November 2nd, 2011 becoming the highest rating Natural History programme in the UK since 2001.[7] The Australian broadcast followed one day later on October 27th on the Nine Network and the United States broadcast on Discovery scheduled for early 2012.[8] The Discovery Channel, however, is declining to broadcast the final episode, dealing with climate warming issues, in the United States.[9]
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12-02-2011, 02:51 PM
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12-02-2011, 02:57 PM
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12-02-2011, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland | | | Not an US guy, but one more vote for this absolutely beautiful documentary about enviroments we might be losing in the future.
Also, while we're at it, an honorable mention to BBC's blue planet series as well. Absolutely amazing stuff.
These are the only reasons to own a HD television if you ask me.
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12-02-2011, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Relic Looking forward to this when it finally gets here | Relic - don't miss any of this one. If you like TV like this, it's the greatest thing ever made imo.
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12-02-2011, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SF Bay Area North CA | | | BBC America some day, maybe they show this instead of X-Files or ST:NG, two truly Brittish series that BBC America shows zillions of re-runs of.
...at least they showed the two earlier Whitechapel series. |
12-02-2011, 03:19 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | I don't understand the logic of BBC America running X-Files at all (I didn't know there was a BBC America channel, though).
That said, I criticise the Beeb at times myself, but I think they are the only TV company in the world that could have made this. I'm biased, I know. But the Beeb done good this time. Massive respect to all involved.
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12-02-2011, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bassybill I don't understand the logic of BBC America running X-Files at all (I didn't know there was a BBC America channel, though).
That said, I criticise the Beeb at times myself, but I think they are the only TV company in the world that could have made this. I'm biased, I know. But the Beeb done good this time. Massive respect to all involved. | The BBC-Am channel is how we get Dr. Who...
And of course, the science channel refuses to get in the middle of "Global Warming." Makes me think of Carl Sagan edited for Rednecks on that one episode of Family Guy.
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12-02-2011, 07:21 PM
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12-02-2011, 07:33 PM
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12-02-2011, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania The Discovery Channel, however, is declining to broadcast the final episode, dealing with climate warming issues, in the United States.[9] | Gee, why is that? 
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12-02-2011, 10:42 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I wonder how it compares to Planet Earth or Blue Planet. Have you seen either of those bassybill? Each episode of Planet Earth left me in awe.
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12-02-2011, 11:44 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Mike, I really admired and enjoyed both those series, but this is every bit as good as the Blue Planet and the Planet Earth were and maybe even better this time. That might be down to the speed at which technology is changing or the challenges of filming in the harshest environments on the planet, or maybe it's just that the BBC and the production team wanted to outdo themselves for this series as it may well be Attenborough's Swan Song. He is 85 now, after all.
What's been interesting in these documentaries is that the last 10 minutes or so of each they have a section they've called "freeze frame" in which they describe some of the technical and human challenges of making that particular episode (a bit like they did for "Planet Earth"). It's incredible to see what these guys have had to endure to make these programmes - they have quite literally risked their lives to film this stuff.
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12-03-2011, 12:38 AM
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12-03-2011, 02:06 AM
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12-03-2011, 11:24 AM
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12-03-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania The Discovery Channel, however, is declining to broadcast the final episode, dealing with climate warming issues, in the United States.[9] | If that is true, I really need to punch somebody, I just don't know who. Whatever happened to journalistic courage? Isn't the audience smart enough to decide for themselves???
There's always YouTube for the final episode I guess. |
12-03-2011, 01:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW England | | David Attenborough is my all time hero. His entire repertoire is peerless. Immaculately filmed and deeply passionate. Even better in HD.
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12-04-2011, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Switzerland | | | We have been watching it. It has br4ought back lots of fond memories of my time in the high artic. I lived 170km from the magnetis north pole for a couple of years.
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