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Genius Of Nature Google and the World Brain
3 x 60’, HD 1 x 60’, HD
Life has been evolving on Planet Earth for over three billion years. The process of The story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google’s
natural selection has been like an arms race, shaping creatures’ ability to survive master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them.
in virtually every corner of the planet. Each episode begins by identifying a Google says they are building a library for mankind, but some say they also have
selection of human problems, explores how nature has solved them, and reveals other intentions - to create a higher form of intelligence, something that HG
the way that modern science has adapted nature’s solutions to our own ends. Wells had predicted in his 1937 essay “World Brain”. A film about the dreams,
dilemmas and dangers of the Internet.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Oxford Scientific Films/BBC Polar Star Films
The Great Elephant Gathering Guadalquivir: The Great River
1 x 60’, HD 1 x 60’, HD
This film captures one of the most stunning phenomena in the wild world. What Arab Emirs once, with pride, called Wadi al Kabir, the Great River, is today
Wild Sri Lankan elephants assembling in large numbers. But with elephant known as the Guadalquivir. The Spanish river itself poses many mysteries and
numbers dwindling as humans encroach on their natural habitat and food, the is home to numerous fascinating animals. From the snow-covered summits of
gathering could be under threat. We join the experts as they explore how we can Cazorla through Doñanas salt marshes right to the seashore, we follow the film’s
conserve Sri Lanka’s elephant population and uncover new insights into elephant main character – the fox.
behaviour, which could help protect the species.
Beach House Pictures/Off the Fence/National Geographic Channel/ Terra Mater Factual Studios
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Inside Extraordinary Humans It’s A Wild Christmas
4 x 60’, HD 1 x 60’, HD
Shockingly tall, amazingly small, morbidly obese or conjoined. These are the Wintertime, high up north: glittering frost and drifting snowflakes. It’s a time to rest,
people whose extraordinary bodies have taken them to the limits of the human save energy and take life slow. Or is it? Wintertime in Earth’s northern hemisphere
condition. Inside Extraordinary Humans will examine the lives these people lead, simply means one thing – it’s summer in the southern half of our planet! From
the problems they face and we’ll come to understand the challenges of being snow-white wallabies in eastern Tasmania to the well-adapted wolverines and
‘exceptional’ in a ‘normal’ world. grey jays, all of nature celebrates life on a wild, silent Christmas night!
Content Available in Neutral Spanish / Contenido disponible en Español Neutro
Authentic Entertainment Terra Mater Factual Studios