Earth Story

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Earth Story
Genre Geology documentary
Narrated by Aubrey Manning
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerRichard Reisz
Running time50 minutes
Original release
Network BBC Two
Release1 November (1998-11-01) –
27 December 1998 (1998-12-27)

Earth Story is a 1998 documentary series on geology, co-produced by the BBC and The Learning Channel. [1] Produced by David Sington, the series was narrated by Aubrey Manning. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

A number of filming locations were used around the world including Alaska, India, and Barbados.

Episodes

A total of eight episodes were produced with each episode having a runtime of 50 minutes. [4]

  1. The Time Travellers (1 November 1998)
  2. The Deep (8 November 1998)
  3. Ring of Fire (15 November 1998)
  4. Journey to the Centre of the Earth (22 November 1998)
  5. The Roof of the World (6 December 1998)
  6. The Big Freeze (13 December 1998)
  7. The Living Earth (20 December 1998)
  8. A World Apart (27 December 1998)

Merchandise

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. [5] [2] It contains 240 pages and was released on 29 October 1998.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "David Sington elected honorary member". American Scientist. 88 (5): 469. September 2000. ProQuest   215261651.
  2. 1 2 "Earth Story". BBC Press Office. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Earth Story". BBC Two. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Earth Story – Episodes". BBC Two. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Maxwell, Gloria (15 October 1998). "Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World / The Earth in Turmoil: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Their Impact on Humankind". Library Journal . 123 (17): 93–94. ProQuest   196789874.


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