''Earthflight'' is a British
nature documentary that shows a flight from the view of the wings of
birds across six
continents, showing some of the world's greatest natural spectacles from a
bird's-eye view
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downwards. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a draw ...
. The
BBC series was created by
John Downer and narrated by
David Tennant and consisted of six 60-minute episodes. The first episode aired on
BBC One on 29 December 2011.
A two-hour subset of ''Earthflight'' was aired in October 2012 by the Discovery Channel in the US as ''Winged Planet''. The entire series with rerecorded narrative aired on
PBS, beginning in September 2013, under the title ''Earthflight, A
Nature Special Presentation''.
As explained in the sixth episode, some of the birds were
imprinted on a human and filmed from an
ultralight plane; others were filmed with a
helicopter drone
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller ...
. Some other footage resulted from tiny cameras being strapped to the backs of birds.
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Episodes
Merchandise
In the UK, a two-disc DVD was released on 26 March 2012, while the Blu-ray sets was released later month on 16 April 2012.
In United States and Canada, a two-disc DVD was released on 18 March 2014, and for Blu-ray Disc
References
External links
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''Earthflight''
on the Eden website
{{BBC Natural History Unit
BBC television documentaries about science
2011 British television series debuts
2012 British television series endings
BBC high definition shows
English-language television shows
Discovery Channel original programming