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Planet Earth

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.

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September 2025
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.
David Attenborough's natural history series. This episode looks at the tropical rainforests, which are home to a staggering 50 per cent of the world's species.
Documentary series which celebrates Earth in its natural glory. A look at the great plains - wildernesses which support the greatest gatherings of wildlife on earth.
Documentary series which celebrates earth in its natural glory. How the advance and retreat of the ice in the polar regions becomes a real challenge to the animals.
David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their ephemeral nature.
August 2025
Documentary series which celebrates earth in all its natural glory. This edition looks at caves, including Deer Cave in Borneo, a daytime retreat for five million bats.
Documentary series which celebrates earth in all its glory. This edition follows the descent of the planet's mightiest rivers from their mountain sources to the sea.
Documentary series which celebrates earth in all its glory. This edition looks at mountains, beginning with the birth of a mountain and ending at the summit of Everest.
The documentary series which celebrates our planet in its natural glory reveals how the sun's seasonal journey affects the lives of all creatures.
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