Product Details

• Actors: Sir David Attenborough
• Directors: Neil Lucas (II)
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 6
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: March 26, 1996
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304030851
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,437 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nature at its best, August 25, 2002

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This review is from: David Attenborough's Private Life of Plants: A Dazzling Kaleidoscope of the Essence of Life on Earth (Six VHS Tape Set) (VHS Tape)

This is the best nature series I've ever seen. If you can buy no other series, buy this one. David Attenborough gives you both an overview and a detailed look at plants. If you thought plants were quiet, uninteresting inhabitants of the planet, these films will change your mind. David Attenborough is a very knowledgable guide who knows where to look for things and he has a splendid crew to do the photography worldwide.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating, January 5, 2000

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This review is from: David Attenborough's Private Life of Plants: A Dazzling Kaleidoscope of the Essence of Life on Earth (Six VHS Tape Set) (VHS Tape)

As you watch the plants via time lapse you realise that they are not the passive, peaceful and pretty things we use or destroy at our whim. You see the wild and violent world with similar predators, prey and power struggles as the animal kingdon contains. It's just we move to fast (or don't look closely enough) to realise it.P.S. sorry about the alliteration. T'was an accident.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible work - you will not be disappointed!, December 19, 1999

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This review is from: David Attenborough's Private Life of Plants: A Dazzling Kaleidoscope of the Essence of Life on Earth (Six VHS Tape Set) (VHS Tape)

This video set is a must-buy. I know that the subject of plants doesn't sound exciting, but trust me there is more plot, suspense and adventure in these videos than you can imagine. Having bought other works of David Attenborough (Trials of Life), I knew the cinematography would be beautiful and figured that the time-lapse sequences would be exquisite. But I never imagined that these videos would forever change the way I view plants, their relationship with animals, or our place in the world.