BSkyB Kingdom of Plants 3of4 Survival 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,



3) Survival
David discovers the plants that have evolved to shed their dependency on water enabling them to survive in the driest environments. The story begins at midnight in midsummer as David steps into the Princess of Wales Conservatory to witness the extraordinary nocturnal blooming of a cactus. The queen of the night, with its giant flowers, is the centre piece of a stunning symphony of cacti blooms that burst open in the desert (and at Kew) at night. In a mesmerizing 3D slow motion sequence, we discover the extraordinary connections between cacti and their natural pollinators: bats. As the sun rises, David meets other amazing plants. Species like the century plant, the Agave franzosini, which grows steadily for over 50 years, only to then flower itself to death with one mighty telegraph pole sized bloom which literally bursts out of the roof of Kew's green house.


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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



Links
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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