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In this episode of the long-running nature programming slot on TV One, naturalist David Bellamy visits New Zealand’s “dinosaur forest” — Whirinaki. Bellamy brings his famed nature-boy enthusiasm to “a living cathedral that dates back 200 million years”. He explores the North Island forest’s “big five”: 60m+ rimu, mataī, kahikatea, miro and tōtara trees; and the ecosystem that they reign over, from kākā parrots to giant tree ferns. The intro is by Gael Ludlow and features the fondly-remembered Jean Michel Jarre synthpop track that was Our World’s signature.
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Gael Ludlow presented 'Our World' throughout the 1980s, until her departure in approx 1988/89.
The theme music to 'Our World', a long-running natural history documentary slot on TVNZ, was very popular with viewers in the 80s and 90s.
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Englishman David Bellamy is a world famous botanist, author, broadcaster and conservationist. He came to prominence in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s with numerous natural history programmes. His trademark beard...
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Brendon Cameron
Posted at 01.50PM - 25.01.2011
God, do I remember this! Was only 11 at the time.
LOVED the theme tune too which was by Jean Michel Jarre (Equinoxe Part 4).
I will always remember the episode with the condors and the pan flute music that accompanied it while they flew about the mountains.
Fantastic stuff!