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From Executive Producer Mike Gunton comes a fascinating exploration of one of the most unique habitats in the world, Madagascar! For 65 million years, Madagascar was lost to the world, isolated, undiscovered and untouched by humans. Left to its own devices it became a hotbed of evolution, resulting in the greatest concentration of unique creatures anywhere on the planet. More than 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Recognized as one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots, this is an Alice-in-Wonderland island of eccentric animals, outlandish plants and extraordinary landscapes. It is a truly remarkable island. In this three-part landmark series from the BBC and Animal Planet, viewers will discover what makes Madagascar different from the rest of the world, and how evolution created an island rivaling the Galapagos for mystique, beauty and scientific wonder. (BBC)
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Madagascar, the fourth largest island on our planet with unique flora and fauna where you won’t find about eighty percent of the species there anywhere else on the Earth. It’s a goldmine for any documentary and especially for David Attenborough and the BBC. It has one drawback; since it is only three episodes long, it never lingers over anything which, in view of how interesting everything filmed/said here, is a crying shame (this applies mainly for the episode Lost Worlds). Otherwise we get everything we are used to from BBC nature documentaries - breathtaking high definition, unique shots, diaries about the pitfalls of filming (which again are no less interesting that the “main feature") and... And I’m sure you’ve seen them before; the format has been the same for years. And it still works and amazes like nothing else, because I think it must be impossible to get tired of them.
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