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The Living Planet

Episode 1: The Building of the Earth

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

David Attenborough examines the colossal forces that shape the earth's surface and the ways in which animals and plants adapt to the changing conditions. In this first episode David Attenborough visits the deepest gorge in the world - the Kali Gandaki in Nepal; a fire fountain from an erupting volcano in Iceland; America's Yellowstone National Park and the depths of the Pacific. Show less

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