TY - ADVS AU - Nightingale,Neil AU - Day,Matt AU - Attenborough,David AU - Pearson,Hugh AU - Summerill,Mary AU - Clevers,Jeni AU - Bass,Karen ED - British Broadcasting Corporation. ED - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ED - Animal Planet (Television network) ED - BBC Bristol (Firm) ED - BBC Worldwide Ltd. TI - Wild down under AV - QH196.8 .W543 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - [London] PB - BBC Worldwide KW - Natural history KW - Australasia KW - Australia KW - New Zealand KW - New Guinea KW - Phalangeridae KW - Ecology KW - Animal television programs KW - Science television programs KW - Nature television programs KW - Nonfiction television programs N1 - Requires multi-system playback equipment; Disc 1. Wild down under (49 min.) -- Desert heart (49 min.) -- Southern seas (49 min.) ; Disc 2. Gum tree country (49 min.) -- Island arks (49 min.) -- New worlds (49 min.); Special features : Disc 1: Wildlife on one: Possums - tales of the unexpected (BBC Bristol ; 1996 ; 29 min.) -- Fact files ; Disc 2: Wild: Penguin paradise (BBC Bristol ; 2002 ; 9 min.) - Web links; Restricted to home use or face to face teaching; ML: Restricted to UM-Missoula campus; Wild down under series : Producers, Neil Nightingale, Jeni Clevers, Hugh Pearson, Mary Summerill ; aerial photography, Damon Smith ; photographers, Barrie Britton, Mark Lambie, Nick Hayward, Kevin Flay, Wade Fairley, Lindsay Cupper, Michael Pitts, et al ; editors, Vincent Wright, Tim Coope, Jo Payne, Andrew Mort ; writers, Melinda Barker, Susan Western ; music composed by Adrian Johnston ; music performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra; Wildlife on one: Possums : Producer, Karen Bass ; written by Tamsin Constable ; photography, Mark Yates ; editor, Tim Coope ; music, John Alder; Wild down under series narrator : Matt Day; Wildlife on one narrator : David Attenborough N2 - "[A]n epic journey of exploration - an investigation of the natural wonders of Australia and its closest islands. From the tropical jungle to the vast shallow coral reefs; from burning deserts to snowy mountains; from temperate forests to tiny offshore islands, this series reveals how the continent was transformed from a lush green wilderness into a thriving developed nation with a vast desert at its heart." - Container; Wildlife on one: Possums : Features the possums of Australia ER -