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Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University, it was first broadcast as part of the BBC's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009. The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence". Four years in the making, the series was shot entirely in high definition.
Life premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes. The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series, a second look at plants, and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups. They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behaviour. A ten-minute making-of feature Life on Location aired at the end of each episode, taking the total running time to 60 minutes.
Sir David Frederick Attenborough /ˈætənbʌrə/ OM CH CVO CBE FRS FLS FZS FSA Kt (born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and naturalist.
He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.
Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote. He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Attenborough was born in Isleworth, West London, but grew up in College House on the campus of the University College, Leicester, where his father, Frederick, was principal. He is the middle of three sons (his elder brother, Richard, became an actor and director and his younger brother, John, an executive at Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo). During World War II, through a British charitable programme known as Kindertransport, his parents also fostered two Jewish refugee girls from Europe.
Actors: Kapel Furman (writer), Kapel Furman (editor), Kapel Furman (director), Thaís Simi (producer), André Z. Pagnossim (composer), Helena Magon (actor), Helena Magon (producer), Silvana Ivaldi (actor), Silvana Ivaldi (producer), Eliot Tosta (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Valerio Moretti (actor), Kim Gualino (writer), Kim Gualino (producer), Kim Gualino (director), Enrico Piccolo (composer), Enrico Farro (editor), Fabrizio Vernice (actor), Flavio di Giuseppe (composer), Francesco Ferrarelli (composer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Nicole McGeary (director), Nicole McGeary (writer), Nina Mujkic (actor), Jessica Lee Mahney (actor), Andrew Yong (editor), Eamon Walmsley (actor), Vanya Mariani (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Venetia Manthos (producer), Venetia Manthos (writer), Venetia Manthos (director), Venetia Manthos (editor), Bec Everett (actor), Carolyn Soe (actress),
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Laurel Vail (actress), Troy Butcher (actor), Christina Gabrielle (actress), E.R. Womelsduff (actress), Ashley McCormick (actor), Ashley McCormick (producer), Caity Engler (actress), Shannon Lynch (editor), Ben Baker (actor), Jesse Doland (actor), Britainne Pedersen (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Matas (actor), Daniel Matas (producer), Steve Josefson (actor), Kyle Sawyer (actor),
Plot: Meet Death, your average grim reaper working for the Termination Corporation. Death has only one desire: to avoid human contact as much as possible. So when Life, another friendly face in the office, offers him an opportunity to take off and work far away from any human beings, Death is all ears. In order for this to happen, Death must spend at least eight hours with one of his victims, Jane. Begrudgingly, Death sets out on this undesired task, but to his surprise, things turn out much differently than he could ever expect.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Michael Knispel (director), Michael Knispel (producer), Michael Knispel (writer), Michael Knispel (producer), David Knispel (editor), David Knispel (producer), Stephen Coles (producer), Ellery Ryan Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Aleta Hyson (actor), Robert McEwan (actor), Andrew Williamson (actor), Caitlin Wilson (actress), Lukasz Embart (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Juan Pablo Reinoso (actor), Christian Vogeler (producer), Christian Vogeler (writer), Christian Vogeler (director), Christian Vogeler (editor), Grannell Knox (miscellaneous crew), Caridad Delvalle (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Ben Davis (producer), Ben Davis (director), Brian Scott Hunt (editor), Brian Scott Hunt (producer), Brian Scott Hunt (director), Tyler Hiott (actor), Tyler Hiott (writer), Robert Nichols (producer), Cole Timms (actor), Keven White (actor), J.P. Gregoriew (producer),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Matthew J. Gunn (writer), Ian Liddiard (director), Ian Liddiard (actor), Ian Liddiard (producer), Ian Liddiard (writer), Matthew Kitsell (actor), Jose David Mendoza (editor), Peter Health (actor),
Plot: An arrogant, amoral film agent is involved with a car accident on his way to the office leading to strange things starting to happen. In mysterious circumstances he is given an unexpected assignment to meet a new comedy act "Life and Death" for a proposed 24hr T.V show. At the meeting the comedy act hold a mystical empowerment over the agent's decisions, where he's instructed to travel into the unknown to retrieve past footage. As the agent gets closer to the package, future and past visions distort his reality creating a game of wills between life and death for the possession of his soul.
Keywords: darkness, surrealismActors: Meagan Good (actress), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (actress), Orlando Jones (actor), Vanessa Bell Calloway (actress), Dante Basco (actor), Eriq La Salle (actor), Titus Welliver (actor), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Gary C. Warren (actor), Kid Rock (actor), Kadeem Hardison (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Pamella D'Pella (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets. The focus of this story takes place at an annual drag-racing event in Fresno, as Manuel tries to retain his championship title.
Keywords: african-american, based-on-article, bet, biker-gang, bikini-wash, bridge, burnout, california, call-out, car-crash
Fish, the most diverse group of vertebrate animals, thrive in the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans. Slow-motion footage reveals the behaviour of some of the fastest fish in the sea, sailfish and flying fish.
Life, this is an outrageous life,
We're living in.
We call this turmoil our life,
Oh, and it's gettin' old coming over again.
But we don't hear nobody,
Say what they're after.
And we don't hear nobody,
Searching for answers.
John Kennedy died,
They thought he had a solution.
We want to know,
What happened to the revolution.
Did we all get hung up in life.
And do we all know,
Just where were going.
Everything's wrong,
So a change has got to be right (man, baby).
Life, for all the rest of our life,
Will we be wrapped up in strife.
Or, are we gonna start it all over again.
We want to have somebody,
Come up with the answers.
We want to be somebody,
That know's what their after.
We hope that everybody,
Can hear what I'm sayin'.
We know that we will,
If we just keep on prayin'.
CHORUS
Learning to share what were standing on.
Learning to care 'cus it's been so long.
No one so big that they have it all.
We've got to give to the very small.
Life, Give me the rest of my life,
I want to finish it right.
So, I don't have to start all over again.
Let's get together,
For some satisfaction.
Let's stand together,
On a chain reaction.
We need somebody,
We could really depend on.
Don't wait till tomorrow,
'Cause it just might be too long.