"Actor: Chris Packham"

• Earth | DVD | (21/08/2023) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Discover the astonishing 4.5-billion-year story of the place we call home. This revealing biography of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed centre stage. Chris Packham reveals what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud - including massive bombardments from space, extreme changes in climate and the collision of whole continents. Told over five dramatic episodes, the series uses the latest cutting edge VFX to bring this unique story of creation to life.

• How Life Works | DVD | (09/07/2012) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chris Packham travels to the world's great habitats to reveal how they actually work - despite the huge challenges that nature throws at them. With insight from recent scientific discoveries, Chris delves into complex and interdependent relationships to show why the termite needs the rhino, the shark needs the tiger and the lynx needs the caterpillar.Travelling to the jungles of Borneo and the Amazon, he sees how relentless infestations of insects are responsible for creating the jungles. In Kenya he witnesses how rhinos and giraffes are nurturing and restoring the depleted grasslands. In the North American forests the whole ecosystem crashes and is reborn - and it's all down to a breathtaking feat of timing by its species.Finally in South America, Bangladesh and the Maldives, Chris shows how the creatures and plants that live in the water work together in complex relationships to overcome the challenges of constant change and oxygen starvation.

• Weird Nature | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £15.25   |  Saving you £0.74 (4.85%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An offbeat and fascinating series that investigates the world's weirdest natural events, using first-hand accounts and footage as it unravels the science behind extraordinary phenomena. You'd think nothing nature could do would surprise us, but every year seriously bizarre things happen that seem to defy its laws, puzzling witnesses and experts alike. Exploding toads, birds dying in mid air, blood-red rain, caterpillars cocooning cars - weird events that people don't understand and frequently fear. Stylish graphics, clever use of science and an irreverent approach create this quirky and original take on the most sensationally strange stories from the natural world.