Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth: Life Stream
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Monday, July 20 on BBC Four (9)
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Life Stream
Season 1, Episode 1
Cillian Murphy narrates a documentary examining the lives of animals and people pitting themselves against the world's wildest ocean, unveiling the natural forces that underpin life in the Atlantic, from the world's most powerful currents, ferocious hurricanes and huge chains of undersea volcanoes. The first episode looks at the influence of the Gulf Stream, with whales, giant turtles and jellyfish riding the huge current that becomes a migration super-highway and helps warm northern Europe, while fishermen battle for survival in mountainous seas as they try to exploit its natural fertility
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Cast & Crew
Cillian Murphy
(Narrator)
Andrew Murray
(Director)
Dan Rees
(Director)
Tim Martin
(Executive producer)
Tim Scoones
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Cillian Murphy
(Narrator)
Born:
May 25, 1976
in
Cork
Best Known For:
His turn in 28 Days Later and Inception.
Early-life:
Born on May 25, 1976, in Cork, the eldest of four children. His father works for the Irish Department of Education, his mother is a French teacher. As a youth, he got a taste of acting in school plays, but instead decided to become a musician. Until his early 20s, Cillian focused his energies on making his band, The Sons of Mr Greengenes, a success; they were offered a five-album deal, but felt its terms weren't favourable and turned it down. After briefly studying law at University College Cork, he fell into acting with an amateur group.
Career:
In 1996, Murphy made his professional stage debut in Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs. The runaway success of the play prompted him to leave university and quit his band, and led to him landing an agent. Between 1997 and 2003, he busied himself in an array of indie productions, but it was his powerful performance in the 2002 thriller 28 Days Later that really got him noticed. Since then, he has notched up impressive performances in a number of diverse films, including The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sunshine, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Cold Mountain, Red Eye, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception and Tron: Legacy. He's also the star of the BBC's Peaky Blinders.
Quote:
'I haven't created any controversy, I don't sleep around, I don't go and fall down drunk.'
Trivia:
Away from the screen, Murphy continues to dabble with music and is a vegetarian.
Andrew Murray
(Director)
Dan Rees
(Director)
Tim Martin
(Executive producer)
Tim Scoones
(Executive producer)
