The Living Edens
| The Living Edens | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Written by | Laura Fravel Alex Gregory Kim MacQuarrie Bruce Reitherman Dominic Weston Andrew Young |
| Narrated by |
Maya Angelou Peter Coyote Linda Hunt Edward James Olmos Ewan Bailey (BBC edition) |
| Composer(s) | Laura Karpman |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Cox Alex Gregory |
| Producer(s) | Drew Hunt Kim Macquarrie Bruce Reitherman Susan Todd Neal Williams Andrew Young |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CBS Productions BBC Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH PBS |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | 5 February 1997 – 14 September 2003 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Living Edens was a Public Broadcasting Service series that began in 1997. Narrators included Peter Coyote and Linda Hunt. Its most recent episode was broadcast in 2003. It was partially funded by Reader's Digest in exchange for various marketing rights. Its state-of-the-art cinematography creates an intimate sense of place and captures a world of wonder, transporting viewers to isolated, undisturbed corners of the globe so pure they remind us of how the ancient world once was.
The series consist of 25 episodes:
(Feb. 5, 1997) There is a place on Earth where an Alaskan wilderness spreads over more than six million acres like a living tapestry at the foot of the tallest peak in North America. Here, seasons of unfathomable extremes march beneath a mountain known as The Great One. In Denali's fierce winter, 20 hours of darkness and temperatures dipping nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are routine; in summer, 20 hours of sunlight. Grizzly bear, wolf, moose, ground squirrel and golden eagle have each found their own way to live in this sub-Arctic eco-system where life pulses in a series of harsh, dark winters, framed by the light of June and August. In this land of extremes, plants and animals alike must be strong to survive. The place is an Eden called Denali.
(Apr. 30, 1997) Journey to the end of the earth, where the Andes stand like giant skyscrapers above a land of vicious and beautiful extremes. Patagonia has stood in its aloof majesty - untouched by modern civilisation - for millennia. This is a place where strange and awesome creatures like the guanaco, elephant seal, rhea, penguin and armadillo are totally adapted to a kingdom of endless and punishing winds. Here, the Andean condor reigns over a mystical landscape. Come discover this Eden where only nature's most adaptable creatures flourish beneath the peaks of snowy mountain towers, icy glaciers and petrified rock.
(Jul. 16, 1997) There is a 1200-mile strip of land off the southwestern coast of Africa where the searing Namibian desert meets the frigid Atlantic sea. Here the basic elements of the earth exist in paradoxical extremes. Namib, the hottest of lands, is obscured in mist created by the Benguela, one of the coldest of ocean currents. Fur seals and penguins divide their time between the sandy shore and the icy water of the sea, while elephant, ostrich, springbok, hyena roam the wind-swept dunes. Ingenious adaptations to this ancient desert's extreme heat allow these and other creatures to survive in an Eden called Namib.
(Nov. 12, 1997) Along the eastern base of the Peruvian Andes is a great river named Manu, the life blood for one of the world's great secrets - the Manu Biosphere Reserve. This Eden is the richest Amazonian wilderness on Earth. As mist rises off the great river, howler monkeys issue the wake up call it is morning in the rain forest. Hundreds of parrots form a brilliant kaleidoscope as they feast on the cliff-side clay. Giant otters take their first swim in the cool waters while sloths get a slow start to their day beneath the mystical canopy. Discover what the day will bring in this mysterious tropical paradise where 90 per cent of the flora and fauna have yet to be identified.
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