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Giant Lives
Series about whales and dolphins. Explore the ocean's largest creatures - humpback whales, 200-ton feeding blue whales and southern right whales with one-ton testicles.
This episode explores the intimate details of the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet - the great whales. From the balmy waters of the Indian Ocean to the freezing seas of the Arctic, two daring underwater cameramen - Doug Allan, Planet Earth's polar specialist, and Didier Noirot, Cousteau's front-line cameraman - come face to face with fighting humpback whales and 200-ton feeding blue whales.
Teaming up with top whale scientists, Giant Lives discovers why southern right whales possess a pair of one-ton testicles, why the arctic bowhead can live to over 200 years old and why size truly matters in the world of whales.
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Whale ballet
Duration: 00:56
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Tagging predators
Duration: 02:16
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Blue whale feeding
Duration: 02:04
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Size matters
Duration: 01:00
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:47
Trevor Morris
A King's Procession
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Sara Ford |
Series Producer | Mark Brownlow |
Series Producer | Phil Chapman |
Narrator | Stephen Fry |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Aug 2011 21:00
- Mon 15 Aug 2011 19:30±«Óãtv HD
- Sat 28 Jan 2012 11:30±«Óãtv HD
- Tue 19 Jun 2012 20:00
- Sun 19 Aug 2012 15:40
- Tue 16 Apr 2013 20:00
- Fri 19 Apr 2013 00:00
- Mon 16 Sep 2013 14:45
- Thu 5 Dec 2013 20:00
- Fri 6 Dec 2013 01:30
- Tue 20 May 2014 20:00
- Wed 21 May 2014 01:00
- Wed 13 Jul 2016 22:20
- Thu 14 Jul 2016 02:50
- Mon 10 Jul 2017 23:25
- Mon 2 Oct 2017 20:00
- Mon 27 Aug 2018 15:15
- Thu 28 Mar 2019 15:30
- Mon 8 Jun 2020 22:30
- Mon 7 Jun 2021 00:00
- Sat 16 Jul 2022 18:00±«Óãtv Two except Scotland & Wales
- Tue 4 Jun 2024 16:15±«Óãtv Two except Scotland & Wales
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