Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough - 'Builders'
British iTunes Chart Performance

• Release date: 06 Jan 2016
• Chart debut: #64 (07 Jan 2016)
• Highest Position: #50 (11 Jan 2016)
• Most recent chart position: #81 (14 Jan 2016)
• Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 8

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UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Builders

in 1957 david attenborough first travelled to our planet’s largest living structure the great barrier reef and it became for him the most magical place he had ever visited in his life shrouded in mystery and difficult to explore he’s...

...wanted to return to this underwater paradise almost sixty years on aboard the alucia a research and exploration vessel equipped with the latest technology david has the opportunity to unlock the secrets of the reef like never before using the latest filming techniques with the aluciahe embarks on a personal journey of discovery to understand how the reef was created and meet the animals that call it home in this first episode david descends beneath the waves at night in the state of the art triton submersible the first of its kind to visit the reef he meets some of the tiny coral animals that built the reef and helped to turn it into an underwater wonderland before he takes to the skies to witness the vast scale of their endeavour a living structure that provides a home for thousands of species using cutting edge technology to generate computer scans of the sea floor david learns that the great barrier reef we know today is much younger than scientists ever imagined and meets some of the people that have lived alongside it who have told stories of its origins for thousands of years at the beautiful lizard island research station david explores newly discovered research which uncovers a complex community of animals who form remarkable relationships among the coral; from the astonishing hearing of the clownfish to the unique vision of the mantis shrimp but none of this great diversity would be here if it wasn’t for one extraordinary event that happens every year providing a spectacular finale the annual coral spawning - atlantic productions limited mmxv all rights reserved