The Wonder of Weeds

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 5.1 SD Version 5.2 HD Version 6 Links 6.1 Further Information 6.2 Release Post 6.3 Related Documentaries 6.4 ed2k Links

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Nature Documentary hosted by Chris Collins, published by BBC in 2011 - English narration

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Chris Collins celebrates the humble and sometimes hated plants we call weeds. He discovers that there is no such thing as a weed, botanically speaking, and that in fact what we call a weed has changed again and again over the last three hundred years. Chris uncovers the story of our changing relationship with weeds - in reality, the story of the battle between wilderness and civilisation. He finds out how weeds have been seen as beautiful and useful in the past, and sees how their secrets are being unlocked today in order to transform our crops. Finally, Chris asks whether, in our quest to eliminate Japanese Knotweed or Rhododendron Ponticum, we are really engaged in an arms race we can never win. We remove weeds from our fields and gardens at our peril.

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
  
• Video Bitrate: 1400 Kbps
  
• Video Resolution: 832x468
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frames Per Second: 25
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps ABR 48KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 58 mins
  
• Framerate: 25 FPS
  
• Number Of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 642 MB
  
• Source: PDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 21 (~3150Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frames Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: Q=0.41 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 1.37 GB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• BBC Site
• Kew Gardens

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• MVGroup.org (ed2k)
• MVGroup.org (torrent)

[edit] Related Documentaries

• Wild Isles (BBC)
• Invisible Nature: Series 1
• Alien Invaders
• Hidcote: A Garden for All Seasons
• What Plants Talk About
• Miniature Britain (BBC)
• Bees Butterflies and Blooms
• Cruickshank on Kew: The Garden That Changed the World (BBC)
• The Private Life of Plants
• First Flower
• Africa's Desert Garden
• Gardening Confidential
• A Year at Kew
• Kew: The Garden that Changed the World
• Life in the Undergrowth
• Garden Secrets
• Italian Gardens (BBC)
• Satoyama:Japan's Secret Garden

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