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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Octopus : making contact / a Passion Planet Ltd production for Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC in association with WNET ; written and produced by David Allen ; directed by Anna Fitch.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

Summary:

Visits marine biology professor David Scheel, who has hosted an octopus in his home. Examines Octopus behaviors and traits, focusing on the relationship that evolves between Heidi the octopus and Dr. Scheel and his teenage daughter.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-G (general audience; most parents would find this program suitable for all ages).

Subjects:

Scheel, David.

Octopuses.

Octopuses -- Behavior.

Human-animal relationships -- Case studies.

Marine biologists.

Genre:

Wildlife television programs.

Nature television programs.

Science television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Allen, David (Documentary filmmaker), film producer, screenwriter.

Fitch, Anna, film director.

Scheel, David, narrator.

Purdie, Fraser, composer.

Passion Planet (Firm), production company.

Thirteen Productions, production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Octopus

Nature (Television program)

Notes:

Originally produced as an episode of the television series: Nature; aired on October 2, 2019.

Documentary.

Composer, Fraser Purdie.

Narrator, David Scheel.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.

ISBN:

9781531711290

1531711294

9781531711290 : DVD

1531711294 : DVD

Publisher Number:

NA61903

Other Number:

1122934047

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

816631

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 594.56 Octopus