BBC Life (discovery channel)

Instead of  watching “Meet the Cardashians’ or ‘Jersey Shore’ or ‘I  like being retarded’; give some other shows a chance. Try to watch something that actually is interesting, informative and entertaining at the same time. Not just a bunch of bitches arguing about what to buy and what clubs to go to….Maybe some of you now saw the commercial for the upcoming nature documentary LIFE on television. This is the 11 part nature documentary series similar to PLANET EARTH series; which will air on Discovery Channel this month. “The series takes a global view of the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have evolved in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence". Four years in the making, the series has been shot entirely in high definition” (wiki). PLANET EARTH was an amazing show, and if you haven’t seen it, I really just don’t know what to tell you.

LIFE is another extraordinary nature documentary. Even if you don’t like watching nature shows, you will definitely like watching this. I saw LIFE right after BBC broadcast the whole series a few months ago. I saw it on HD which makes the whole experience a whole lot better. Some of the shots and sequences are just pure amazing to watch. 

The BBC version of LIFE has 10 parts. The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series, a second looks at plants and the remainder are dedicated to the major animal groups – Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Insects , Primates . They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behavior. A ten-minute making of feature Life on Location airs at the end of each episode, taking the total running time to 60 minutes. There are amazing animal behaviors documented in the series. There’s a part in one episode where you see a bunch of Komodo Dragons (reptiles) attacking and eating a buffalo. That’s right, a fucken buffalo.

Even though the American version of LIFE will be narrated by Oprah Winfrey (which btw I think is a joke and an insult to the original series) ; the original series was narrated and co wrote by David Attenborough. I don’t know if you ever heard of David Attenborough. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programs has endured for more than 50 years. There’s no word describing his voice for natural history shows. The way he narrates the story is just unbelievable. He’s more than 80 years and still continues to voice natural programs.

I have seen plenty of natural history programmes but I gotta say that LIFE is one my favorites along with ‘Planet Earth’ ‘Blue Planet’ and ‘Life of Mammals’. 

Anyways, make sure to check out the LIFE trailer and watch an episode when it airs to see if you like it (which I know you will). It starts on March 21st on discovery  channel at 8 PM (pacific time) or you can rent/buy the dvd.