Lost Animals of the 20th Century

The television series animals that once existed, is the German editor of the English-language television series Lost Animals of the 20th Century, which was first broadcast from 1995 to 1996 on Channel 4.

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This TV series is concerned with species that have become extinct since the early 20th century, or were exterminated. This also includes many extinct species of mammals, of which still photographs, films or museum specimens exist. From some of these animals are however only written or oral reports, eg there: Giants release of Hawaii, the Andean Räuberkärpfing or Amanto from Lake Titicaca, the Caribbean monk seal, the Eskimo curlew, inter alia,

Background

The Canadian writer David Day created with his book The Doomsday of Animals (1981 ) provide the basis for this series. Some of the extinct vertebrates were illustrated for this book for the first time. David Day put the emphasis of his book, in the 300 vertebrate species have been introduced to latter day extinct species. It only animals were presented, which were extinct since 1680 or were exterminated, so he wanted to make the human influence significantly on biodiversity.

For all the episodes of the television series animals that once existed, David Day also wrote the screenplays. He highlighted the period in which the creatures were extinct, continuing into the present. It will be shown only animals that have disappeared in recent historical past, the 20th century from the species spectrum. There also a few species were recorded, which were spotted after a long time in which they were considered extinct in nature reserves or the last remnants of untouched nature.

Structure of the consequences

The series is composed of about five -minute episodes, which have been compiled by some television programs to an approximately half-hour broadcast. This compilation was carried out according to similarities of the discussed species, such as the living room or the cause of their extinction.

At the beginning of every single episode dive shadow outlines on of extinct animals, next follows the movie title animals that once existed. After that is always the same introductory phrase to hear:

" In the 20th century disappeared hundreds of different kinds of animals. Here's a story about it ... "

Next, we see how yellowed, white sheets with drawings of animals fall to the ground, then a black and white graphic of the animals is shown (ink drawing on a yellowing leaf ). In addition, the name of the species and the date of extinction is large displayed with white letters.

Because of the different types of little picture material is present, are usually photomontages, black and white sketches, if available and original film footage, photographs, records of naturalists and exhibits of animals in museums shown. In addition, the explorers are usually presented with a picture and the year of first description. The appearance and characteristics of the species are explained and the former habitat is shown, if it still exists. At the end of episode one copy is again shown in a black and white image that comes to the fore. After falling at the beginning mentioned yellowed sheet of paper on the floor, on which many more are and will be gone with the wind.

The final movement of each sequence is:

" ... Animals that once existed. "

Production and broadcasting

The series Lost Animals was originally produced for the British Channel 4 television and the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK. Responsible for the co-production were Clark TV, London, and Walk Productions, Tokyo.

The series has been translated into 20 languages ​​and broadcast worldwide by various networks in many countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Turkey, USA, Australia, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa and Indonesia. In the U.S., the broadcast from Discovery Channel and was later acquired by Animal Planet.

The television series ran in Germany starting in 1999 in the SWR and the ARD and was then repeated several times on various public regional programs. The last broadcast was in a festival.

Spokeswoman in the original English version of the TV series is the actress Greta Scacchi. She made the beginning in a series of documentaries about wildlife conservation, in which prominent film actors lent their voice to this concern, including Harrison Ford, its use was thanked by naming several newly discovered species with his name.

Episodes ( selection)

  • The Barbary lion
  • The Japanese wolf
  • The Carolina Parakeet
  • The Prachtmoho of Hawaii
  • The Tiger of Bali
  • The White Wolf of Newfoundland
  • The Caribbean monk seal
  • The bighorn sheep in the Badlands
  • The giant tortoise of Monsieur Marion
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