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Planet Earth
David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.
- Cast:
- David Attenborough
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Network:
- BBC Earth
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E01
Episode 1
★ 8.5From Pole to Pole
2006-03-05 · 53mA global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.2Mountains
2006-03-12 · 49mAn exploration of the world's major mountain ranges and the habitats they create.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.2Fresh Water
2006-03-19 · 51mAlthough 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.
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Episode 4
★ 8.3Caves
2006-03-26 · 50mAlthough 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.
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Episode 5
★ 8.1Deserts
2006-04-02 · 50mDespite 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.
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Episode 6
★ 8.1Ice Worlds
2006-11-05 · 51mExperience 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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Episode 7
★ 8.0Great Plains
2006-11-12 · 50mThis episode deals with savanna, steppe, tundra, prairie, and looks at the importance and resilience of grasses in such treeless ecosystems. Their vast expanses contain the largest concentration of animal life. Over Africa's savanna, a swarm of 1.5 billion red-billed queleas are caught on camera, the largest flock of birds ever depicted.
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Episode 8
★ 8.3Jungles
2006-11-19 · 51mJungles cover roughly three percent of our planet yet contain fifty percent of the world's species. Experience the countless flora and fauna that inhabit these unique areas.
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Episode 9
★ 8.4Shallow Seas
2006-11-26 · 51mA look at the shallow seas of the earth, from coral reefs to kelp forests and beyond.
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Episode 10
★ 8.2Seasonal Forests
2006-12-03 · 51mTrees are Earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants. Seasonal forests (unlike tropical rain-forest) are the largest land habitats. A third of all trees grow in the endless taiga of the Arctic north. Northern America has forests that include California's sequoias, the Earth's largest trees. There and elsewhere, their vast production of photosynthesis and shade presides over a seasonal cycle of life and involves countless plant and animal species.
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Episode 11
★ 8.2Ocean Deep
2006-12-10 · 53mAn exploration of the deepest, darkest realms of the ocean, spanning countless species to a depth of 2,000 meters.
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David Attenborough
Self - Narrator