Planet Earth: Special and Limited Edition Blu-rays

This October, Warner Home Entertainment, 2 Entertain Video, and the BBC will release special Blu-ray editions of the Emmy award-winning nature documentary Planet Earth. The ten-part miniseries takes an in-depth look at life in some of Earth's most extreme conditions.

Warner's new Blu-ray versions of Planet Earth include a Special Edition and a Limited Edition. Both six-disc Blu-ray packages present the show as it aired on the BBC in its original aspect ratio of 1.78:1 with 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround audio tracks; the two box sets also feature a number of supplementary materials, such as:

• One 10-minute behind the scenes program for each episode
• Planet Earth: The Future documentary on the environmental issues raised by Planet Earth
• Commentary on select episodes
• Great Planet Earth Moments featurette
• Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth featurette on the snow leopards that annually visit a cave in the mountains of Pakistan
• Secrets of the Maya Underworld featurette on the freshwater pools in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula
• Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert featurette on two female elephants trying to raise their young in the Namib Desert
• "Music Only" viewing option
• Sneak Peek at Executive Producer Alastair Fothergill's next project: Frozen Planet

The Special Edition comes in a standard Blu-ray slipcase, while the Limited Edition comes in a numbered collector's edition globe package with a set of 4 exclusive art cards.

Both versions of the program will street on October 4th.