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| Earth Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Geology documentary |
| Narrated by | Aubrey Manning |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Richard Reisz |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 1 November – 27 December 1998 |
Earth Story is a 1998 BBC documentary series on geology presented by Aubrey Manning. A number of filming locations were used around the world including Alaska, India, and Barbados.
A total of eight episodes were produced with each episode having a runtime of 50 minutes.
A two-disc DVD of the series was released on 7 August 2006.
A book entitled Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World ( ISBN 978-0563387992) was written by Simon Lamb and David Sington. It contains 240 pages and was released on 29 October 1998.
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