1 Season
12 Episode
The Living Planet - Season 1 Episode 11 The Open Ocean
A Portrait of the Earth
This episode focuses on the oceans, both in terms of their geography and their ecology. Discusses the various forms that the ocean floor takes including trenches, mountains and plains. From a life perspective this episode includes deep ocean creatures, plankton, anemone, crabs, rays, sharks, tuna, dolphins, narwhals, whales, walrus, seals, fish of all kinds, ducks, sea dragons, cuttlefish. From a specific habitat perspective many types including kelp forest, coral atolls, underwater deserts, the Sargasso sea, the gulf stream and the grand banks. The effect commercial fishing is having is called into question.
- Year: 1984
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- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: natural history, nature documentary, natural habitat
- Director: David Attenborough
- Cast: David Attenborough