"Earth Story" (1998) TV series

Directors:

Danielle Peck
Simon Singh

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1998 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Aubrey Manning

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Presenter (8 episodes)

Series Directed by
Danielle Peck		(unknown episodes)
Simon Singh		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Richard Reisz	....	executive producer (1 episode)
David Sington	....	series producer (1 episode)
Danielle Peck	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Deborah Mollison		(8 episodes)

Series Cinematography by
John Adderley		(unknown episodes)
Paul Atkins		(unknown episodes)
Naresh Bedi		(unknown episodes)
Michael deGruy		(unknown episodes)
Kathleen Friend		(unknown episodes)
Alex Hansen		(unknown episodes)
John Howarth		(unknown episodes)
Randall Love		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Meakin		(unknown episodes)
Clive North		(unknown episodes)
Wayne Paull		(unknown episodes)
Michael Pitts		(unknown episodes)
Paul Riley		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Christy Hanna		(1 episode)
Jon Bignold		(unknown episodes)
Alice Forward		(unknown episodes)
Helen Walker		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Phil Checkland	....	unit manager (1 episode)
Susan Crane	....	production manager (1 episode)

Series Sound Department
Peter Brill	....	sound (1 episode)
Martyn Clift	....	sound (1 episode)
Michael Danks	....	sound (1 episode)
Pete Fisher	....	sound (1 episode)
Julian Baldwin	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Rajesh Bedi	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Arthur Chesterman	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Tim Day	....	sound (unknown episodes)
John Duvall	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Mike Kasic	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Douglas Kerr	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Jim Mansen	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Kevin Meredith	....	sound (unknown episodes)
John Pritchard	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Geoff Tookey	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Kathy Friend	....	camera operator (1 episode)
John Howarth	....	camera operator (1 episode)
Nigel Meakin	....	camera operator (1 episode)
Clive North	....	camera operator (1 episode)
Sam McCourt	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Jon Bignold	....	post-production team (1 episode)
Chris Burdon	....	post-production team (1 episode)
Chris Packman	....	post-production team (1 episode)
Phil Reed	....	post-production (unknown episodes)
Colin Solloway	....	post-production (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Simon Lamb	....	series consultant (1 episode)
Chris Nicholas	....	production team (1 episode)
Paul Ralph	....	production team (1 episode)
Harjeet Ghataora	....	production team (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2004) (UK) (TV)

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Runtime:

400 min (8 Episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

The way that science should be done on TV

Earth Story is a masterpiece in the way it clearly describes our present understanding of the geological processes. If anyone had said I would sit through eight programmes about geology, watch them again and then a third time, I would not have believed them. It gives the information clearly and straight, without patronising. This is in contrast with the BBC's current hyper-active style which uses a succession of irrelevant images when dealing with scientific subjects and which has to tell everything three times. In Earth Story the camera-work illustrates the points, the people who made the discoveries explain their contributions well, and it is held together by Aubrey Manning's intelligent narrative. Would the BBC please go back to making science programmes like this? I can only suppose that the voters who gave it less than 10/10 were forced to watch it at school.