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Human Planet
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The landmark nature series looks at the one environment made by humans for humans - the city, where over half of the world's population lives.

April 2017
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Meet the remarkable people who live in the world's grasslands in the jaw-dropping series that explores the extremes of our planet. John Hurt narrates.
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In Mongolia's Altai Mountains, hunters have forged a partnership with golden eagles. Witness their alliance in the BAFTA-winning nature series.
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Acclaimed series that explores mankind's relationship with nature. Rivers provide food and water. For many, they are both a risk to life and a lifeline.
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Landmark series exploring man's relationship with nature. Hear how life in the rainforest requires great skill, ingenuity and sheer bravery.
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Meet the extraordinary people who make their homes in the harshest environment on Earth - the Arctic. John Hurt narrates this stunning series.
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The late John Hurt narrates this landmark nature show. Hear how humans have found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches.
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A look at the one environment that's been made by us for us - the city. Over half of the world's population now lives in the urban jungle. The city is built to keep untamed nature out - but nature can't be pushed away. From bed bugs sucking our blood at night to rats in our restaurants, many animals have adapted to a life ...
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Rivers provide the essentials of life: fresh food and water. They often provide natural highways and enable us to live in just about every environment on earth. But rivers can also flood, freeze or disappear altogether!
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Grasslands feed the world. Over thousands of years, we humans have learned to grow grains on the grasslands and domesticate the creatures that live there. Our success has propelled our population to almost seven billion people.
March 2016
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From lush cloud forests to bare summits that take your breath away, the higher you climb the tougher life gets on a mountain. Human Planet explores the extraordinary ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes where nature becomes utterly unforgiving.
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The rainforest is home to more species of plants and animals than any other habitat on the planet. But for humans, life there is not as easy as it looks. Life in the trees requires great skill, ingenuity and sheer bravery.
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The Arctic is the harshest environment on Earth - little food grows, it's dark for months on end and temperatures stay well below freezing for much of the year. Yet four million people manage to survive here. This film tells the remarkable stories of extraordinary people who make their homes in nature's deep freeze.
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Landmark series exploring mankind's relationship with nature. For human beings, the quest for water brings huge challenges and some ingenious solutions.
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As an air-breathing animal, the human is not built to survive in water. But people have found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches. From a 'shark-whisperer' in the Pacific to Brazilian fishermen collaborating with dolphins to catch mullet, this journey into the blue reveals astonishing t...
June 2015
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A look at how humans have learnt to live in extreme environments, such as deserts.(R)
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A look at how humans have learnt to live with extremes for KS3.(R)
April 2013
A look at how humans have learnt to live in extreme environments, such as deserts.(R)
A look at how humans have learnt to live with extremes for KS3.(R)
November 2012
A look at the one environment that has been made by humans for humans - the city.(R)
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