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Three-part series exploring Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural 
wonders of the world and the largest living structure on our planet. 

Monty Halls explores its full 2000-kilometre length, from the wild outer reefs 
of the Coral Sea to the tangled mangrove and steaming rainforest on the 
shoreline; from large mountainous islands to tiny coral cays barely above sea 
level; from the dark depths of the abyss beyond the reef to colourful coral 
gardens of the shallows. 

Along the way he experiences the reef at its most dangerous and its most 
intriguing, and visits areas that have rarely been filmed, from the greatest 
wildlife shipwreck on earth to the mysterious seafloor of the lagoon, where 
freakish animals lurk under every rock. 

The first film explores the complex structure of the coral reef itself and the 
wildlife that lives on it. So vast it is visible from space, the reef is 
actually built by tiny animals in partnership with microscopic plants. It is a 
place full of surprises, always changing, responding to the rhythms of weather, 
tide, sun and moon. 

Within this magical and intensely crowded world this episode reveals how the 
amazing reef creatures compete and co-operate - from deadly fish-hunting snails 
to sharks that can walk on land, fighting corals and parrot fish that spin 
sleeping bags every night. 

Remote cameras, cutting edge underwater macro and digital time-lapse 
photography, have captured many sequences which have never been filmed before, 
providing completely fresh perspectives on this extraordinary natural wonder.