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Wonders of the solar system
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Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent...
Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the rest of the solar system, and how these connections have created the haven we call Earth.
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- Creator
- 2 entertain Video Ltd. ; BBC Productions ; A BBC/Science Channel co-production ; executive producer, Andrew Cohen ; series producer Danielle Peck
- Included Titles
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- Wonders of the solar system (Television program)
- Horizon (Television program)
- Empire of the sun
- Order out of chaos
- Thin blue line
- Dead or alive
- Aliens
- What on earth is wrong with gravity?
- Do you know what time it is?
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Cox, Brian, 1968-
- Peck, Danielle, director
- Olding, Paul, 1973- author of screenplay, director
- Bradshaw, Gideon (Television producer) author of screenplay, director
- Holt, Chris, author of screenplay, director
- Lachmann, Michael, 1946- author of screenplay, director
- Science Channel (Television network)
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- 2 Entertain Video (Firm)
- BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
- BBC Productions
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- London : BBC Worldwide Ltd. : BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (approximately 293 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1419889435, 9781419889431
- OCLC
- ocn662517830
- Credits
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- Presented by Brian Cox
- Directors of photography, Kevin White, Paul Jenkins, Christopher Titus King ; film editors, Darren Jonusas, Gerard Evans, Martin Johnson, Louise Salkow, Lee Sutton ; original music, Sheridan Tongue
- Horizon episodes originally produced in 2008.
- Wonders of the solar system originally produced in 2010.
- Special features include 2 Horizon programs hosted by Brian Cox: What on earth is wrong with gravity and Do you know what time it is?
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo., widescreen presentation (16:9 enhanced).
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
- Disc 1. Empire of the sun (written & directed by Gideon Bradshaw) -- Order out of chaos (written & directed by Michael Lachmann) -- The thin blue line (written & directed by Chris Holt) ; Disc 2. Dead or alive (written & directed by Paul Olding) -- Aliens (written & directed by Michael Lachmann) ; Disc 3. Horizon documentaries : What on earth is wrong with gravity? (2008, written & directed by Paul Olding; camera, Paul Jenkins; editor, Doug Bryson) -- Do you know what time it is? (2008, directed & produced by Paul Olding; camera, Christopher Titus King; editor, Doug Bryson)