Planet Earth: Season 1

2006 · 11 episodes · ★ 8.2

Miniseries

What Season 1 of Planet Earth

Planet Earth is a documentary series from the BBC Natural History Unit, narrated by David Attenborough. It starts with the whole planet: the first episode, "From Pole to Pole," travels the globe from one end to the other and looks at the forces that shaped its natural history. Each of the eleven episodes explores a different biome, such as mountains, caves, or jungles. The common thread is the struggle to survive in extreme places, from the cold of the poles to the lack of rain in deserts. At the end of each installment, a roughly ten-minute featurette shows how the scenes were filmed and what obstacles had to be overcome.

11episodes

Mar 5, 2006released

Dec 10, 2006final episode

9.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 From Pole to Pole
Mar 5, 2006 · 53 min · ★ 8.5
A global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.
Written by Alastair Fothergill, David Attenborough
1x02 Mountains
Mar 12, 2006 · 49 min · ★ 8.2
An exploration of the world's major mountain ranges and the habitats they create.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill · Writing: Vanessa Berlowitz, David Attenborough
1x03 Fresh Water
Mar 19, 2006 · 51 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill · Writing: David Attenborough
1x04 Caves
Mar 26, 2006 · 50 min · ★ 8.3
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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill · Writing: David Attenborough
1x05 Deserts
Apr 2, 2006 · 50 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill · Writing: David Attenborough
1x06 Ice Worlds
Nov 5, 2006 · 51 min · ★ 8.1
Experience life in the most hostile corners of the planet by exploring the terrain, seasons, and animals of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill
1x07 Great Plains
Nov 12, 2006 · 50 min · ★ 8.0
This 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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill
1x08 Jungles
Nov 19, 2006 · 51 min · ★ 8.3
Jungles 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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill
1x09 Shallow Seas
Nov 26, 2006 · 51 min · ★ 8.4
A look at the shallow seas of the earth, from coral reefs to kelp forests and beyond.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill
1x10 Seasonal Forests
Dec 3, 2006 · 51 min · ★ 8.2
Trees 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.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill
1x11 Ocean Deep Season Finale
Dec 10, 2006 · 53 min · ★ 8.2
An exploration of the deepest, darkest realms of the ocean, spanning countless species to a depth of 2,000 meters.
Directing: Alastair Fothergill