1979 documentaries

The Secret Life of Plants

The Secret Life of Plants, a 1979 nature documentary based on the controversial 1973 book by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird with the same name.   Their book discusses ideas surrounding "plant sentience", a theory which describes how plants are able to experience pain and fe[...]

Life on Earth

A 1979 series by the BBC in association with Warner Bros., David Attenborough travels the globe to trace the story of the evolution of life on the planet. The series was divided into 13 episodes, each around 55 minutes in duration. This historical important series was the first in Attenborough&rsquo[...]