Wildlife on One

An unusually long cycle of weekly documentary TV shows about wildlife. Interesting facts about the most diverse creatures of our planet, from real giants to very tiny ones, from deadly to completely defenseless, from the most famous and familiar inhabitants of the nearest park to the little-studied exotic inhabitants of very remote islands.

Published for almost three decades, the story is about animals in their natural habitat and about their usual behavior, including competition, hunting and mating. The series are very different, some are extremely interesting, with unexpected facts and unusual shots, while others are not particularly rich in such finds. The episodes differed not only in information saturation, but also in tempo, general mood, concept, and style. The content of the episodes themselves is also very diverse, in addition to the usual narration and illustrations for it, there are simply cute, funny scenes, and downright heartbreaking scenes. It can be difficult for the viewer to remain impassive while watching the tragedies unfold, and the comedies too.

Despite the age, incompleteness and heterogeneity of the issues, I unexpectedly learned a lot of new things, including about quite ordinary, common and familiar creatures, and the early issues were not at all poorer for "discoveries" than the later ones. The old ones have lower picture quality, but not their cognitive value. In general, it is an unusually multi-part and, at the same time, very high-quality, quite interesting and informative series about wildlife. I'm glad I watched at least some of it.

Language. Attenborough speaks excellently, as always - correctly, naturally and clearly, with perfect pronunciation and intonation. But the texts are far from perfect. In many episodes, attempts are noticeable to further captivate the viewer by personifying animals, giving them names and describing their actions in human terms, which seems rather controversial, if not unwise. And there are a lot of colorful epithets, not only for a popular science film, but also for a children's educational program. Subtitles would sometimes be useful, but I couldn't find them categorically.

This is a very unusual series, not only for this particular series of programs, but also for films about animals in general. This music, these unexpected songs are ballads...

Spoiler alert.
And some of the mysteries of their Easter bunnies and eggs have been revealed))