Planet Earth

Planet Earth
  • Started airing: March 2006
  • Episodes: 17 (Avg. 9 per season)
  • Followers: 176 +1%
  • Popularity rank: #600 -4 places
  • Ended

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Season 1

1x1: From Pole to Pole
The ultimate portrait of our planet looks at the key factors that shape our natural history. The lives of animals and plants are dominated by the sun and fresh water which... read more »
Air date March 5th, 2006
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1x2: Mountains
Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest... read more »
Air date March 12th, 2006
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1x3: Fresh Water
Fresh water is our most precious resource and it defines the distribution of life on land. Follow the descent of rivers from their mountain sources to the sea. Watch spectacular... read more »
Air date March 19th, 2006
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1x4: Caves
The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a 400m vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building. The Lechuguilla cave system in the USA is 193km long and 500m deep with... read more »
Air date March 26th, 2006
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1x5: Deserts
Around 30% of the land's surface is desert, the most varied of our ecosystems despite the lack of rain. Unravel the secrets of desert survival and experience the ephemeral... read more »
Air date April 2nd, 2006
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1x6: Ice Worlds
The Arctic and Antarctic experience the most extreme seasons on Earth. Time-lapse cameras watch a colony of emperor penguins, transforming them into a single organism. The film... read more »
Air date November 5th, 2006
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1x7: Great Plains
After filming for three years, Planet Earth finally captures the shy Mongolian gazelle. Only a handful of people have witnessed its annual migration. Don't miss the... read more »
Air date November 12th, 2006
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1x8: Jungles
Jungles cover roughly three per cent of our planet yet contain 50 per cent of the world's species. High-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of animals living on the... read more »
Air date November 19th, 2006
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1x9: Shallow Seas
A humpback whale mother and calf embark on an epic journey from tropical coral paradises to storm ravaged polar seas. Newly discovered coral reefs in Indonesia reveal... read more »
Air date November 26th, 2006
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1x10: Seasonal Forests
The Taiga forest, on the edge of the Arctic, is a silent world of stunted conifers. The trees may be small but filming from the air reveals its true scale. A third of all trees... read more »
Air date December 3rd, 2006
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1x11: Ocean Deep
Life goes to extraordinary lengths to survive this immense realm. A 30 tonne whale shark gorges on a school of fish and the unique overhead heli-gimbal camera reveals common... read more »
Air date December 10th, 2006
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