Planet Earth
Planet Earth is a TV show on BBC4. An exploration of the wild and beautiful parts of our planet. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 28 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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1:00:00Planet Earth
Cities can be worlds of opportunity for animals, from the leopards prowling the streets of Mumbai to the peregrine falcons hunting amongst New York's skyscrapers.
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1:00:00Wildlife documentary series presented by David Attenborough. A look at survival in grasslands, from Asia's saiga antelope to the giant anteaters of Brazil.
1:00:00The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on earth.
1:00:00Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most competitive places.
1:00:00The wildlife documentary series with David Attenborough continues with a unique and intimate glimpse into the secretive lives of mountain-dwelling animals.
1:00:00Wildlife documentary series presented by David Attenborough, beginning with a look at the remote islands which offer sanctuary to some of the planet's rarest creatures.
Series 1
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1:00:00Witness our planet in its natural glory. David Attenborough looks at life deep undersea, where a 30-tonne whale shark hunts and vampire squid employ bioluminescence.
50:00David Attenborough celebrates our amazing planet. Here we follow a humpback whale and its calf on a journey from a tropical paradise to storm-ravaged icy polar seas.
1:00:00David Attenborough's acclaimed natural history series. Learn about tropical rainforests, which cover just three per cent of the world yet are home to half of its species.
1:00:00David Attenborough narrates this series about the world's ecosystems. Enjoy a look at some amazing woodlands, such as the strange baobab forests of Madagascar.
1:00:00David Attenborough looks at the immense wildernesses that support millions of wildebeest and caribou. These breathtaking gatherings of wildlife are captured on film.
1:00:00David Attenborough's awe-inspiring natural history series visits the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic. See polar bears negotiate the retreat of the ice.
1:00:00David Attenborough reveals how animals survive without water in the extreme temperatures of deserts, which make up a third of the Earth's land surface.
1:05:00David Attenborough narrates the award-winning natural history series. This edition looks at caves, home to troglodytes like the Texas cave salamander.
1:00:00David Attenborough narrates the landmark nature series he has described as 'mind-blowing'. See the full force of an avalanche in the Rockies, lair of the grizzlies.
1:00:00David Attenborough tells us more about some of the most breathtaking natural sights on Earth. Witness amazing river scenery and the sight of snow geese in flight.
1:05:00David Attenborough narrates the biggest series ever made by the BBC Natural History Unit. We follow the influence of the Sun on Earth and its diverse wildlife.
Series showing our planet in its natural glory. A look at the largest of all habitats, the ocean, which encompasses 90 per cent of all the living space on the planet.
Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory. David Attenborough reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the northern Taiga to Madagascar.
From tropical paradises where the newborn calf takes his first faltering breaths to the storm-ravaged icy polar seas, the whales' great feeding grounds, we reveal seas of great contrast and surprise.