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Miniseries – Planet Earth

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The planet and its wildlife.
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Planet Earth — Miniseries

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Planet Earth weaves innovative camera techniques and patient observation to deliver viewers an astounding glimpse of the world's perils and wonders, capturing jaw-dropping scenery and animals on both an epic and intimate scale.

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Brian Lowry Variety 04/10/2019
Viewers can debate which images are the most jaw-dropping, but as assembled, it's a major achievement, making glorious use of aerial and time-lapse photography to bring epic grandeur to each chapter. Go to Full Review James Poniewozik TIME Magazine 04/10/2019
While it didn't have an explicitly environmentalist argument, by showing the planet's complex weave of life and natural processes, it was possibly TV's most moving work of eco-tainment yet. Go to Full Review Ben Pobjie Sydney Morning Herald 04/10/2019
It's all just so beautiful you could cry, and really makes you feel like you'll never know enough about the world you've landed on. Go to Full Review R.L. Shaffer IGN Movies 04/10/2019
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Creating a series of this scope and scale is almost impossible to measure. The amount of work that went into Planet Earth is incredible... And the dazzling footage unveiled here is breathtaking, honest, and beautiful in so many ways. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brandon K @TheKeizer May 25 Great narrating, cinematography, and highlights of all different regions on planet earth. The camera / footage quality is only slightly outdated being filmed in the early 2000s. The later series is much better, but this is still a classic with real breathtaking scenes. See more Kevin P 01/21/2025 Amazing cinematography and animal footage captured to bring us one of the greatest nature documentaries of all time...all narrated wonderfully by David Attenborough (or Sigourney Weaver if you grew up with the Discovery Channel version). See more Read all reviews
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David Attenborough

Narrator

Alastair Fothergill

Writer

Alastair Fothergill

Director

Alastair Fothergill

Producer

Vanessa Berlowitz

Producer

Mark Brownlow

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 5, 2006 From Pole to Pole Traveling around the Earth, finding where the sun always shines and where it's rarely seen; finding where water is abundant and where it's scarce. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 12, 2006 Mountains Touring the mightiest mountain ranges. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 19, 2006 Freshwater The descent of rivers from their mountain sources to the sea. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 26, 2006 Caves Exploring caves and their unique habitats. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 2, 2006 Deserts An examination of the often-not-seen life that inhabits the deserts of Earth. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 5, 2006 Ice Worlds New science about the dynamics of emperor penguin behavior and aerial images of a polar bear swimming. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 12, 2006 Great Plains The bizarre looking Tibetan fox and lions as they attempt to hunt elephants. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 19, 2006 Jungles Jungles cover roughly three percent of our planet, yet contain a staggering 50 percent of the world's species; uncovering the strategies the inhabitants adopt in order to survive in this competitive environment; narrated by David Attenborough. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 26, 2006 Shallow Seas A humpback whale and her calf; pygmy seahorses; seals attack king penguins. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 3, 2006 Seasonal Forests The trees of the Taiga forest; giant sequoia, the largest living thing on the planet. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 10, 2006 Ocean Deep Time lapse footage taken from 2,000m down captures eels, crabs and isopods. Details

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Season Info

Director
Alastair Fothergill
Screenwriter
Alastair Fothergill
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest, Documentary, Nature, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Mar 5, 2006