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Advantages: Fascinating insight into one of the wildest parts of the British Isles
Disadvantages: Too short

My family have always had an interest in the Western Isles of Scotland; as a child, I spent all of my holidays on islands such as the Uists, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Islay and Jura. I never got the chance to go to Mull - at the time, it was not particularly popular as a tourist destination and the birds that attracted my dad to the islands could be found elsewhere. Over 20 years later, Mull has a thriving tourist industry, both because of its wildlife ...
...coloured houses actually exist in Mull's main town, Tobermory. I still haven't had the chance to go myself, although I hope to later this year and when my dad was given this DVD for Christmas, I knew I'd enjoy it. Colin Buchanan, who presents this DVD, was raised on the Isle of Mull until the age of 17, when he left the island to take on a career as a wildlife photographer, a job that led him all over the world. After 15 years, he returns to the ... Read review

Advantages: Suitable for family viewing, great photography,great cast!!
Disadvantages: As in all nature, things do not always end happily all the time.

...too many nature films. Each Meerkat is designated its own personality which evolves throughout the series and each episode introduces something new about the Meerkat lives. These dvds can be watched again and again and I am sure that children of all ages would enjoy this set and it would be a great Christmas gift as each episode produces a new aspect of the Meerkat's somewhat eratic life. ... Read review

Advantages: A superb documentary. Amazing.
Disadvantages: None.

An epic documentary. Microcosmos is an award-winning French documentary directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou. It was shot in l'Aveyron, a département of the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France, named after the Aveyron river. Microcosmos was the first documentary, back in 1996, to use high-technology camera equipment to capture the infinitely small world of insects. Nowadays, the same techniques are applied in most TV documentaries ...
...go deeper still... and finally Microcosmos begins. Wonderful. You will encounter the most exotic insects ever, as well as some common ones. These are Microcosmos's cast. The list is never-ending: Beautiful rainbow-coloured butterflies, long-tailed caterpillars, duelling Dung beetles, strange underwater spiders, swallow-tail butterflies, Burgundy snails, stag beetles, ferocious red ants, peacock moths... and many more. My favourite part (you can't ... Read review

Advantages: An exquisite documentary in every respect. Quality, ...
Disadvantages: ...not quantity. Special features would be welcomed. Specialist Audience.

...fan of Attenborough and his wildlife collaborations with the BBC, this is a miniature masterpiece. DETAILS Genre.. ..Natural History documentary Production.. ..1999 Length.. ..50 minutes Rating.. ..E Format.. ..Widescreen SYNOPSIS This wildlife special from the BBC finds its home in the idyllic setting of the Karha National Park in India, where the film focusses on the trials of a 12 year old tigress named Lakshmi. The cameras record the tribulations ...
...as is possible in this wildlife special. From the burnt yellows, oranges and blacks of an indian sunrise through the full gamit of greens and browns of the lush tropical forest, Houseman's camera work reveals the full palette of a paradise where the tiger's own magnificence is perfectly in key. There is barely a single shot in this documentary that is not exquisitely framed, yet this is not artistic license as each individual visual is part of a ... Read review

Advantages: enthusiasm
Disadvantages: none

...Out Of Here ' , John sets off on a quest to find the largest and scariest insects in the world and find what it is that makes them so scary. Features spiders, scorpions, bees, leeches, cockroaches, flies, ants and wasps . Through 10 exciting episodes , join John Lydon's breath-taking journey in search of some of the world's most deadly creatures. In his enthusiastic company we enter the dark world of spiders, mosquitoes, cockroaches, scorpions ... Read review