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Planet Earth

Prepare to see it as never before.

  • 2006
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • 1 season
  • 8.6/10

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

Latest: Miniseries · 2006

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  1. E1. From Pole to Pole

    Mar 5, 2006 · 53m

    A global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.

  2. E2. Mountains

    Mar 12, 2006 · 49m

    An exploration of the world's major mountain ranges and the habitats they create.

  3. E3. Fresh Water

    Mar 19, 2006 · 51m

    Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in the planet's weather and erosion. It is immensely important for all non-marine wildlife, which drinks fresh water and swims, procreates, hunts in it. Its concentrations, such as rivers, lakes and swamps, abound in aquatic and other species, often adapted to 'wet' life.

  4. E4. Caves

    Mar 26, 2006 · 50m

    Although often overlooked, caves are remarkable habitats with bizarre wildlife. Explore the structures created inside the earth as well as the adaptations animals have made to thrive in these environments.

  5. E5. Deserts

    Apr 2, 2006 · 50m

    Despite the lack of rain, deserts are the most varied of our ecosystems. In fact, about thirty percent of the earth's land surface is covered in desert. Explore the unique conditions present in deserts as well as the survival mechanisms developed by the animals that inhabit them.

  6. E6. Ice Worlds

    Nov 5, 2006 · 51m

    Experience life in the most hostile corners of the planet by exploring the terrain, seasons, and animals of the Arctic and Antarctic.

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