Ocean Deep
Series showing our planet in its natural glory. A look at the largest of all habitats, the ocean, which encompasses 90 per cent of all the living space on the planet.
David Attenborough narrates the final episode in the documentary series that shows our planet in all its glory. In this part, he looks at the largest of all habitats - the ocean. From the surface to the distant abyss, it encompasses 90 per cent of all the living space on our planet. Its depths plunge to over 11 kilometres down and it hides over 30,000 immense volcanic mountains, some far taller than Mount Everest. Much of this vastness is a virtual desert, but the creatures that do live here include the most bizarre, most powerful and most charismatic of all. It is the home of the greatest animal ever to have existed, the blue whale, twice the size of the largest known dinosaurs.
So, from the sinister 'vampire squid from hell' glowering in the depths, to the scintillating attacks of 100 sabre-billed sailfish speeding at the surface, explore the alien world of the open ocean in the safety of your living room.
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Chumming up to maneaters
Duration: 06:37
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Hunting nautilus
Duration: 02:01
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Sailfish feeding frenzy
Duration: 01:54
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Whale shark feeding
Duration: 01:57
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | David Attenborough |
| Producer | Andy Byatt |
| Producer | Penny Allen |
Broadcasts
- Sun 10 Dec 200621:00BBC One South, Wales & Scotland only
Thu 21 Aug 200818:00BBC HD
Sat 25 Sep 201018:30BBC HD
Thu 18 Nov 201019:00BBC HD
Fri 19 Nov 201001:30BBC HD- Tue 28 May 201316:15BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Tue 6 May 201415:30BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Mon 4 Sep 201716:15BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 24 Mar 201812:30BBC Two Wales
- Sat 24 Mar 201813:30BBC Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Fri 1 Sep 202319:00
- Wed 10 Sep 202519:00
- Thu 11 Sep 202501:20
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