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2006 British TV series or programme
Galapagos
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Genre
| Documentary
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Narrated by
| Tilda Swindon
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 3
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Executive producer
| Michael Gunton
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Producers
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- Patrick Morris
- Andrew Murray
- Joe Stevens
- Ashley Hoppin
- Jill Shinefield
- Gail Willumsen
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Cinematography
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- Paul Stewart
- Richard Wollocombe
- Barrie Britton
- Richard Brooks Burton
- Peter Scoones
- John Waters
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Release
| 26 September 2006
(
2006-09-26
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Galapagos
is a three-part
BBC
nature documentary
series exploring the
natural history
of the
Galapagos Islands
and their important role in the formation of
Charles Darwin
's theory of
evolution
. It was first transmitted in the UK on
BBC Two
in September 2006.
The series was filmed in
high definition
, produced by
Mike Gunton
and
Patrick Morris
of the
BBC Natural History Unit
and narrated by actress
Tilda Swinton
. The series was proposed to the BBC by the principal cinematographers Paul D. Stewart and Richard Wollocombe.
Episodes
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The episodes, each 50 minutes in length, are as follows:
- "Born of Fire"
- an introduction to the volcanic islands
- "Islands that Changed the World"
- reveals how the islands helped shape the theory of evolution
- "Forces of Change"
- how life has evolved to cope with climatic and volcanic changes
Some of the endemic wildlife featured in the series includes
frigatebirds
,
marine iguanas
,
flightless cormorants
,
Galapagos tortoises
,
Galapagos finches
and
blue-footed boobies
.
Awards
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The opening episode "Born of Fire" won four awards at the 2007 International Wildlife Film Festival in
Missoula
.
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It won "Best of Festival" at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2007 and won a prestigious
Peabody Award
in the same year.
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Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards, described the first episode as one of the most beautiful things he has ever seen.
[4]
It was also
BAFTA
,
Royal Television Society
,
WildScreen
&
EMMY
nominated for cinematography and won further awards for its photography from the Guild of Television Cameramen and the Japanese Wildlife Film Festival in 2007. Galapagos DVD and Blu-ray sales in the USA were second only to Planet Earth and Blue Planet in BBC Worldwide Natural History sales for three years after its release.
Merchandise
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A DVD, Blu-ray, soundtrack CD and book were released to accompany the TV series:
- A
Region 2
, 2-disc DVD set (BBCDVD1997) featuring all three full-length episodes was released on 30 October 2006. The DVD includes the specially-commissioned 60-minute documentary, "Lonesome George and the Battle for Galapagos", originally broadcast alongside
Galapagos
on
BBC Four
.
- The series was released on a region-free
Blu-ray
disc (BBCBD0011) on 12 November 2007. This disc shows the film in a
1080i
picture.
- The accompanying paperback book,
Galapagos: The Islands that Changed the World
by Paul D. Stewart, with a foreword by
Richard Dawkins
, was published by BBC Books on 7 September 2006 (
ISBN
0-563-49356-9
).
- Soundtrack CD with music created by
Paul Leonard-Morgan
was released in 2006.
See also
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References
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External links
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