01 Jan 1968
Divertimento
BP documentary film exploring the natural beauty of oil under the microscope, and through a variety of other techniques.
The Private Life of Plants
David Attenborough takes us on a guided tour through the secret world of plants, to see things no unaided eye could witness. Each episode in this six-part series focuses on one of the critical stages through which every plant must pass if it is to survive:- travelling, growing, and flowering; struggling with one another; creating alliances with other organisms both plant and animal; and evolving complex ways of surviving in the earth's most ferociously hostile environments.
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David Attenborough himself
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