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sarlackpm t1_ivppq81 wrote

The best documentry series ever made. This show gave me a direction in life.

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FSMFan_2pt0 t1_ivqeavf wrote

Planet Earth is up there too.

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vee_lan_cleef t1_ivsejmx wrote

Honestly, anything made by the BBC Natural History crew are all equally great. Planet Earth did a fantastic job of giving a general overview of the planet but it hardly scratched the surface of what's actually out there to be filmed. Frozen Planet II just recently came out and it's equally incredible, and Planet Earth III is supposed to come out soon, but there are a few hundred other nature documentaries by the BBC that don't get nearly the recognition they deserve, and a lot of the older ones have been re-scanned and released in HD like Attenborough's Life on Earth.

I think one of my all-time favorites is Life In The Undergrowth, filmed using macro lenses that make even the smallest insects incredibly detailed, an entire world we can't see with the naked eye.

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IlluminatedPickle t1_ivsfpn9 wrote

One of my favourites was "Life of a Cell" (? I think that was the title anyway) narrated by David Tennant. An incredible look at the hugely complex things your body does to remain alive.

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TraceyRobn t1_ivskk1t wrote

Yes, so much better than the Cosmos sequel made a few years back.

Cosmos was amazing. The late 1970s/early 1980's were probably the golden age of documentaries. Cosmos, Civilization, The Ascent of Man, Life on Earth and James Bourke's Connections are all still great.

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sarlackpm t1_ivspc7h wrote

Yeah, you just hit my exact shortlist! They are all amazing. I feel like simply showing that set to kids could get them interested in pretty much everything.

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Graham2405 t1_ivpzwtp wrote

How about Ascent of Man….?

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sarlackpm t1_ivsp1q6 wrote

That, Connections and Civilisation are up there too, no doubt about it. But Cosmos has that extra magic. For one, the subject matter covered is so broad that the chance of igniting that spark in someone watching at some point is almost inevitable. Second, Carl Sagan's way of delivering facts, the exposition, is second to nobody. He was, and is, the very best of science teachers.

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Angrymic2002 t1_ivt6w51 wrote

Alone in the Wilderness is great as well. I also really enjoyed ND Tyson’s remake of Cosmos

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